Defense Opinion Writer. As global threats intensify—from China’s coercion in the Indo-Pacific to instability across the Southern Hemisphere—the United States must safeguard a capability […] ...

Anthony Krockel is a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel whose most recent assignment was as the commodore of Training Air Wing FIVE responsible for undergraduate flight training for the Navy, Marine ...

The V-22 Osprey is a joint-service, multi-mission, medium-lift rotorcraft. The V-22 is a type of aircraft known as a tiltrotor, which is a unique design for a crewed military aircraft. A tiltrotor ...

US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has confirmed the airworthiness of the V-22 Osprey aircraft operated by the US Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy following a comprehensive review released on 12 ...

Longstanding and deadly mechanical problems with the V-22 Osprey have gone unaddressed for years by the joint program office, and it may take a decade to complete recommended fixes, as risks continue ...

In a remote stretch of desert, far from hangars and hardened shelters, a crippled V-22 Osprey sat for months while U.S. personnel quietly turned the crash site into an improvised depot. The aircraft ...

CMV-22 Osprey, assigned to the ‘Sunhawks’ of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 50, sits on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), Aug. 13, ...

Dec. 12 (UPI) --The V-22 Osprey is a highly versatile aircraft that experienced a significant rise in serious accidents in 2023 and 2024, the Government Accountability Office reported Friday. The ...

U.S. sailors assigned to the USS Comstock guide a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey during takeoff in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 8, 2025. (Sgt. Trent A. Henry/U.S. Marine Corps) On the heels of 12 major ...

Long-running mechanical, faulty metallic alloys in the Prop-Rotor Gear Box and lack of synergy between the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps have compounded the V-22 Osprey’s troubles. Faulty ...

V-22 officials say they expect the aircraft – like the one shown here flying over the Northern Territory, Australia – to return to full operations in 2026. (Janes/Michael Fabey) Joint Program Office ...