The Air Force knows what failed on Osprey in a crash in Japan, but still doesn't know why
Air Force Special Operations Command says it knows what failed on its CV-22B Osprey leading to crash in Japan late last year that killed eight service members.
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Air Force Special Operations Command says it knows what failed on its CV-22B Osprey leading to crash in Japan late last year that killed eight service members.
Air Force Special Operations Command said Tuesday it knows what failed on its CV-22B Osprey leading to a November crash in Japan that killed eight service members. But it still does not know why the failure happened.
Alarmingly, in the past two years, 20 troops, or almost 50 percent of the total casualties, have been killed in four V-22 Osprey mishaps.
Air Force eyes return to service for CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor fleet.
Air Force Special Operations Command officials want to get their fleet of Ospreys back in the air for missions but are treading carefully following a CV-22 crash that left eight airmen dead in November.