The entire fleet of Osprey V-22 helicopters used by the US military was temporarily grounded on Wednesday evening. This decision came in response to a tragic incident one week prior, where a tiltrotor aircraft crashed off Japan’s coast, resulting in the loss of eight lives. AP News reported that the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps grounded hundreds […]
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Pentagon Grounds Entire ‘Widow-Maker’ Osprey Fleet After Fatal Japan Crash
U.S. Military Osprey Aircraft With 8 Aboard Crashes Into The Sea Off Southern Japan
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Japan allows US to continue Osprey flights despite fury after fatal crash
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera had asked the US to temporarily stop flying the Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft in his country after a fatal crash off the coast of Australia on Saturday. The accident involved a US Marines aircraft stationed at an airbase in Japan. However, the Japanese Defense Ministry softened its stance on Friday, issuing a […]
Japan ‘outraged’ at resumed US Marine Osprey flights after fatal Australia crash
Japan has pushed back against continuing US military MV-22 Osprey flights on its territory, after calls to ground all the aircraft following a fatal crash off the Australian coast. Flights of MV-22 Ospreys – the primary assault support aircraft for the US Marines – resumed in Okinawa just two days after what the Marines […]