05 April 2024 First East Coast-Assigned Navy CMV-22B Osprey Arrives to Norfolk NORFOLK, Va. - The first East Coast-assigned Navy tiltrotor vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) CMV-22B Osprey aircraft, assigned to Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 40, arrived to Naval Station Norfolk on April 5...
27 June 2022 Fleet Readiness Center East marks maintenance firsts with V-22 repairs MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) is gearing up to return an MV-22 Osprey to the fleet after conducting a wing-off stow ring replacement on the aircraft, the first completion of this procedure by a naval aviation depot. In another inaugural depot-level...
25 March 2022 NPS Research Seeks to Advance Aircraft Turbine Resilience to Particulates MONTEREY, Calif. - In late 2015, two Marines were killed and 20 others injured after a MV-22 Osprey crashed during pre-deployment training at Bellows Air Force Base in Hawaii. The culprit … Airborne sand and dust particulates caused brownout conditions for the aviators and were ingested into the...
18 February 2022 Navy’s V-22 Achieves Initial Operational Capability Designation NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – The Navy announced initial operational capability (IOC) for the CMV-22B Osprey, confirming the platform’s operational readiness following the successful completion of its maiden deployment, on Feb. 17, 2022...