Testing the Osprey on High-Altitude and Long Range Rescue
10/12/2013
The USMC has recently performed a 1400 mile TRAP mission with members of the Marine Special Operations command.
Maintaining Helos at Sea
01/15/2013
Slideshow: The Challenge of Maintaining Helos at Sea
The Evolution of the Osprey: “We are No Longer a Bar Act”
09/09/2012
The experience of Lt. Col. McAvoy embodies the Osprey revolution.
The Maintenance Learning Curve
12/09/2010
An Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Garcia 12/09/2010 - "We had the misfortune of receiving some damage. However, we quickly found out the aircraft is very survivable. We weren't hit with anything very large, mostly small arms, and from RPGs, stuff like that but the holes that actually left were very…
Expanding the Battlespace and Replacing the CH-46
11/05/2010
An Interview with Major Lee York 11/05/2010 - "I have read all stories, all the naysayers, that the V-22 can’t replace the FROG. But my experience says the opposite. The landing zones if used in '04-'05 with the FROG, we went back in '07 with V-22 and we landed in…
Building the “Osprey Nation”
10/27/2010
An Interview with Captain Paul Smith 10/29/2010 - We’re all under the same umbrella. We’re all under the same SOP. It makes everything flow and work that much easier. So that’s the sure intent, it's to support V-22 nation. Shared assets, shared experiences are building our domain knowledge.
Fourteen Days In Haiti
10/17/2010
An Interview With Captain Dwyer (II) 10/17/2010 "The V-22 was used in a perfect conceptual way. We ranged the entire island. We went out to little villages that nobody had been to. We went from the epicenter. We covered the whole concentric rings from where the earthquake struck and we…
Ensuring The Osprey’s Readiness: The VMM-264 At Work
10/08/2010
10/08/2010 Slideshow: these photos show repair activities being conducted by VMM-264 technicians and display some of the squadron’s Ospreys on the tarmac as well.