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Meanwhile, the US Navy's V-22 tiltrotor aircraft have been found to be "not operationally suitable", citing ongoing problems with de-icing systems and maintenan
by watersb 3y ago
Meanwhile, the US Navy's V-22 tiltrotor aircraft have been found to be "not operationally suitable", citing ongoing problems with de-icing systems and maintenance to flight-hour ratios exceeding 45%.
Having retired its C-2 carrier-rated cargo aircraft, the grounding of the V-22 fleet is particularly painful.
PDF report summary:
https://www.dote.osd.mil/Portals/97/pub/reports/FY2023/navy/2023cmv-22b.pdf https://www.dote.osd.mil/Portals/97/pub/reports/FY2023/navy/...
- whalesalad 3y agoOsprey has been a death trap for decades unfortunately.