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USAF Considers Moving CV-22 Pilots Amid Fleet-Wide Restrictions

Bell Boeing CV-22

Special tactics airmen hoist into a CV-22B during training in April 2021.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), as part of a review of its Bell Boeing CV-22 fleet, is considering a shift of aviators to other platforms as the fleet faces at least a year of limited operations. AFSOC announced earlier this year that it is conducting a comprehensive review of its...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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