First Production V-22
Workers here joined the major fuselage assemblies of the first production V-22 last week, effectively bringing to a close a 17-year period of uncertainty over whether the Osprey would ever enter production. Mating of the fuselage sections took about 10 min. with workers using air-cushioned build...
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