Osprey fleet won't return to full flight operations until 2025
The U.S. military's V-22 Osprey enterprise will be slow to return to full operations as a wide-ranging review of its training and resources continues.
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The U.S. military's V-22 Osprey enterprise will be slow to return to full operations as a wide-ranging review of its training and resources continues.
It'll take another six to nine months before the command can complete all of its safety and performance assessments for the military's Osprey fleet.
It'll take another six to nine months before the command can complete all of its safety and performance assessments for the military's Osprey fleet.
The military's hundreds of V-22 Ospreys will not be permitted to fly their full range of missions until at least 2025 as the Pentagon continues to address safety concerns in the fleet, the head of the program told lawmakers at a hearing Wednesday.
The U.S. military's controversial V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft won't resume full flight operations until at least mid-2025 after the entire fleet was grounded last year following four crashes in the last two years that killed 20 service members, Defense Department officials told lawmakers at a hearing on Wednesday.