A Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey carrying 23 Marines crashed early Sunday during an exercise in Australia. Three were killed and five were taken to local hospitals in serious condition. (Staff Sgt.

50 Cal machine gun Range: 500 nm Payload: 24 troops Crew: Four (pilot, copilot and two flight engineers) The MV-22 Osprey is the primary assault support aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps.

The MV-22 Osprey was introduced in the mid-2000s and has become a staple of the U.S. Marine Corps Its unique tilt-rotor function allows for the versatility of a helicopter and the speed of a ...

which suffered the loss of an MV-22 Osprey over the weekend off the coast of Australia -- resulting in the deaths of three Marines. The Osprey slammed into the back of USS Green Bay, a U.S. Navy ...

In a rare training event at Fort McCoy, aircrew with the Marine Corp’s Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162 of Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., flew a pair of MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor ...

The U.S. Marine Corps is progressing with a new project to arm its MV-22 Osprey aircraft with new weapons such as laser-guided 2.75in rockets, missiles and heavy guns – a move which would expand ...

A Marine corporal aboard a doomed MV-22 Osprey died in the moments after it crashed as he fought through flames to reach the aircraft’s trapped pilots. An investigation of the August 2023 crash ...

The recent return to flight of the Osprey made me think back to my many experiences with the MV-22 and how transformational the aircraft has been for Marine Corps aviation. I started flying the MV ...

The MV-22 Osprey’s mission for the U.S. Marine Corps is the transportation of troops, equipment, and supplies from ships and land bases for combat assault and assault support. [Courtesy ...

Tyler Ngiraswei/U.S. Marine Corps) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Marine Corps said Thursday it is not grounding its MV-22 Osprey fleet over a clutch problem, as the U.S. Air Force did earlier this week.

The MV-22 fire happened on the ground ... which ended without serious consequences. "An MV-22B Osprey assigned to a visiting detachment from 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing experienced an engine fire ...

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