Japan’s Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba hinted on Tuesday that the deployment of MV-22s in Okinawa might be delayed.
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Guam open to Ospreys
Guam Gov. Eddie Calvo has said the island is willing to host V-22s if the military can prove that the aircraft is safe.
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MV-22 makes precautionary landing near church, eye witnesses say aircraft was smoking
The flight crew of a VMMT-204 MV-22 were forced to make a precautionary landing on a field in Jacksonville on Thursday.
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“You can’t fly the V-22 like a helicopter.”
An in-depth article by AOL Defense on the difficulties of flying the V-22.
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F-35B completes first airborne engine start tests
BF-2 has completed the first airborne restart of the F135 engine on Aug. 15. Verifying the restart capability of the engine is a prerequisite for high angle-of-attack testing.
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