Tilt-Rotor Aircraft Went Down Wednesday In Morocco
An accident involving an MV-22 Osprey on Wednesday fatally injured two Marines, and left two others with severe injuries. According to the DoD, the Osprey was operating from the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) when it went down in a Royal Moroccan military training area southwest of Agadir, Morocco, while participating in the bilateral Exercise African Lion.
EADS North America To Supply Two HC-144A Airplanes
The U.S. Coast Guard has exercised a $78.5 million contract option to purchase the service's 16th and 17th HC-144A Ocean Sentry Maritime Patrol Aircraft from prime contractor EADS North America. The HC-144A is based on the Airbus Military CN235 tactical airlifter. More than 250 CN235 aircraft are currently being operated by 27 countries.
Capabilities Of Conceptual Aircraft Are Already Known
While what is now being called "Future Vertical Lift", or FVL, by the Army is still a concept, its capabilities are already known. The FVL concept will be "able to support the Army and the ground commanders better than we can do it today," said Maj. Gen. Anthony G. Crutchfield, commander, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence.
Homes Were Destroyed When An F/A-18 Struck The Complex
Stories are coming in via the Internet of people who feel the Navy is being less than generous in its compensation for an F/A-18 hitting an apartment complex and destroying their homes. The incident occurred last Friday, and amazingly no lives were lost when the jet went down.
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