10 Osprey aircraft from Hawaii join US Marine rotational force in Darwin | NT Independent

10 Osprey aircraft from Hawaii join US Marine rotational force in Darwin

by | May 4, 2023 | News, Subscriber | 1 comment

Ten MV-22B Ospreys ‘tiltrotors’ from the US Marine Corps based in Hawaii have recently arrived a
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  1. Some know the accident-prone Osprey as the Widowmaker.

    Last year, five marines died during a training mission in Glamis.
    https://fox5sandiego.com/news/national-news/5-marines-killed-in-california-aircraft-crash/

    Osprey have been particularly controversial in Okinawa, ever since one crash-landed in a university in 2004. A crowd reportedly as large as 100,000 protested in Japan earlier a few years ago against plans by the US military to deploy further MV-22 Ospreys to a US base on Okinawa.
    https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=3902

    Other recent incidents include fatal crashes of the aircraft in Morocco and Florida, and an emergency landing in 2012 that narrowly missed a church in North Carolina.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_V-22_Osprey

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