A group of U.S. Navy aviators, aircrew, and maintainers selected to transition to the CMV-22B are now embedded with VMM-166 in the Middle East to pick up opearational experience.
U.S. Navy Sailors with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 (Reinforced,) assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command 20.2, stand in front of a MV-22B Osprey in Kuwait, Aug. 5, 2020. Sailors, who will eventually transition to the Navy’s CMV-22B Osprey, are currently deployed to the Middle East with the California-based Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron. The SPMAGTF-CR-CC is a crisis response force, prepared to deploy a variety of capabilities across the region. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Cutler Brice)
The squadron currently serves as the Aviation Combat Element for Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command.
