Photo By Airman 1st Class Xavier Lockley | A 71st Special Operations Squadron CV-22 Osprey receives fuel from a 522 SOS, MC-130J...... read more read more
Subscribe
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION NEW RIVER, N.C. – Marines and MV-22B Ospreys from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 are scheduled to participate in a ‘Deployment for Training’ exercise aboard Fort Carson, Sept. 6-24, 2012.
As part of this training, approximately 200 Marines and eight MV-22B Osprey tiltorotor aircraft will travel to Fort Carson for the three-week training exercise. In addition, VMM-263 is looking forward to showcasing their unique and highly-capable MV-22B Ospreys to the local Fort Carson Community.
The V-22 is the world’s first production tiltrotor aircraft. This aircraft’s tiltrotor technology is revolutionizing military air transport in a manner not seen since the introduction of helicopters more than 50 years ago. Unlike any aircraft before it, the V-22 successfully blends the vertical flight capabilities of helicopters with the speed, range, altitude and endurance of fixed-wing transports. This unique combination provides an unprecedented advantage to warfighters, allowing current missions to be executed more effectively, and new missions to be accomplished that were previously unachievable on legacy platforms.
The MV-22B Osprey is the U.S. Marine Corps’ version of this aircraft. The incredible effectiveness and survivability of this versatile aircraft have been demonstrated again and again, from land-based operations in Iraq and Afghanistan to sea-based operations in Haiti and Libya. The MV-22B Osprey provides commanders with unprecedented agility and operational reach. As the Marine Corps continues to transition its aviation platforms in the years ahead, the MV-22B’s revolutionary capability will remain a cornerstone of the Marine Air Ground Task Force
The MV-22 has been supporting the Marine Corps continuously since October 2007, in extreme environmental conditions during 11 combined deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and aboard amphibious shipping.
| Date Taken: | 08.31.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 08.31.2012 10:50 |
| Story ID: | 94091 |
| Location: | FORT CARSON, COLORADO, US |
| Web Views: | 257 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
This work, Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys to train at Fort Carson, by Martin Egnash, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright.
No keywords found.
