The MV-22 seeks new opportunities to excel:
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2009 – After three successful combat deployments over more than 19 consecutive months, Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys will begin a global deployment with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, a senior Marine aviation official said yesterday.
“The Marine Corps views these first three deployments of the Osprey into combat as marvelously successful,” Lt. Gen. George J. Trautman III, deputy commandant of aviation, said during a “DoD Live” bloggers roundtable. “The aircraft completed every assigned mission, and it did so flying faster, farther, and with safer flight profiles than any other assault support aircraft in the history of military operations.”
While in Iraq, the Osprey flew thousands of missions, impressing those who flew in it with its speed and range, Trautman said.
Three deployments?? Where has time gone. Still, this is good news.
Lol. In ’90 I was briefly the Army’s software life cycle POC / manager for Osprey. Since I saw it hover/transition/fly in that year, it was obviously well along in development.
Its good to see they’ll be fully deployed as we approach 2010.