USAF SOC wants 3 more CV-22s before the product line ceases

U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command’s chief said he would need to buy three more CV-22s to account for attrition before the production is shuttered.

Two 8th SOS CV-22 fly over Hurlburt Field
By Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Congress has so far funded 51 CV-22s for the SOC but the service has lost two Ospreys to crashes.

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