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U.S. Navy designates its Osprey as CMV-22B

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The U.S. Navy has officially designated its Carrier Onboard Delivery version of the Osprey as CMV-22B.

U.S. Sailors move into position to refuel a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during Operation Damayan in the Philippine Sea 131117-N-XN177-028
By MC3 Peter Burghart [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The NAVAIR press release said three additional items are added to the baseline MV-22B: an extended-range fuel system, a high-frequency radio and a public address system.

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