The U.S. Navy has awarded Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office a $309.5 million contract to produce additional CMV-22B Osprey aircraft, according to the U.S. Department of Defense contract announcements. The contract modification award from Naval Air Systems Command enables the company to provides manufacture and delivery of four CMV-22B multi-engine, dual-piloted, self-deployable, medium lift, vertical takeoff […]

A U.S. Navy CMV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft conducted its first take-off from an aircraft carrier, according to a press release issued Friday by the service press department. For the first time, the Navy version of the Osprey, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) tilt-rotor aircraft conducted the first ever landings, take-offs, and refueling from the flight […]

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The U.S. Special Operations Command Europe has announced that the U.S. units conduct joint operations during a Swedish-led exercise along the Baltic Sea coast. Swedish JAS-39 fighter jets and U.S. CV-22B, F-15, and MC-130 aircraft flew over Gotland, during a joint exercise across the Baltic Sea, the Special Operations Command Europe has announced. “Swedish and […]

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Source Israeli Defense ministry said that the government returns to negotiations to buy U.S.-made V-22 Osprey tiltrotors. Israeli Defense Ministry has expressed an interest in acquiring 12 Bell-Boeing V-22 Ospreys again. Sources also confirmed that Israel requested buy of 12 tiltrotors, additional AE 1107C Rolls Royce Engines, AN/AAQ-27 Forward Looking InfraRed Radars, plus related equipment. […]

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On 23 September, a two CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing, conducted a low-altitude flight over Kyiv, Ukraine. For the first time, U.S. Air Force tiltrotor aircraft have flown over Kyiv as part of the exercise Fiction Urchin. The 352 Special Operations Wing was deployed to Ukraine for exercise Fiction […]

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Ukrainian and United States special operations forces Soldiers conduct static-line and free-fall training as part of a multinational exercise that includes the efforts of ten allied and partner nations. Ukrainian and U.S. SOF started exercise Fiction Urchin this week. The U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II and CV-22 Osprey, assigned to the 352d Special Operations […]

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A unit of the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command has been spotted inside Ukraine after photographs were posted online on Twitter. A two CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft and Lockheed MC-130J Commando II transport aircraft assigned to the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command were spotted at Vinnytsia Airbase, Ukraine on 16 September. The photos […]

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