Air Force to deploy Ospreys in weeks
Air Force to deploy Osprey aircraft in weeks following review over deadly crash
Air Force Special Operations Command says it is weeks from deploying its fleet of CV-22B Osprey aircraft for counter terror operations, after grounding its crews in the wake of a fatal crash last November in Japan.
Air Force Ospreys Set to Again Deploy Abroad After Deadly Crash, But Concerns Linger on Mechanical Issues
The news comes less than a year after a deadly November CV-22 Osprey crash in Japan that claimed the lives of eight airmen.
Air Force to deploy Ospreys in weeks as post-crash groundings lift
The military grounded Ospreys after a fatal crash in November 2023, and Air Force Special Operations Command is gradually returning them to the air.
Air Force Gets Ready To Bring Back Troubled Aircraft For Full Deployment Despite Ongoing Safety Concerns
The Air Force is gearing up to bring back the historically troubled Osprey aircraft for fleet-wide deployment, despite ongoing concerns over safety and reliability, Military.com reported Wednesday. The Osprey — an aircraft that can take off vertically like a helicopter and fly horizontally like a plane using tiltrotor propellers — was grounded in December following a string of deadly crashes as a result of mechanical failures.
Air Force’s Ospreys will be forward deployed within “weeks”
The Air Force is weeks away from sending its V-22 Ospreys back to combatant commands after the Pentagon lifted a monthslong grounding on the tiltrotor fleet earlier this year. “We will deploy out here in the coming weeks,
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Ukrainian air force commander fired after fatal F-16 crash
U.S. experts have joined the Ukrainian investigation into the crash, the air force said. Meanwhile, a Russian attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv using powerful plane-launched glide ...
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Zelensky Dismisses the Head of the Air Force Days After F-16 Crash
In a statement about the crash on Thursday, the Air Force said only that “communication was lost” with the plane, leaving unclear whether it had been shot down, by either enemy or friendly ...
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Ukraine just dismissed the commander of its air force after losing an F-16 and a pilot in a battle against Russian missiles
Ukraine has dismissed the commander of the air force, Mykola Oleschuk, after an F-16 loss. It's still unclear what caused the crash, which killed the fighter jet's pilot. The loss occurred ...
A military jet crashes in Bulgaria during a drill. Both pilots are killed
Bulgaria says a military jet crashed during a drill for an airshow marking the anniversary of the country joining NATO.
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Zelensky fires air force commander after F-16 crash
The U.S. has joined the crash investigation ... have involved air defenses shooting down a Ukrainian fighter jet, and the air force tried to “keep silent and hide information about this case ...
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Ukraine Air Force Commander Dismissed Day After F-16 Jet Crash
President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Ukraine's Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk ... the Ukrainian military reported that an F-16 jet crashed and its pilot died while repelling a major ...
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Ukraine Air Force Chief Fired After F-16 Crash Gives Cryptic Response
The former head of Ukraine's air force has ... supplied F-16 jet. Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky dismissed Mykola Oleshchuk on Friday, four days after the F-16 crashed on August 26 ...
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Zelenskiy Dismisses Ukrainian Air Force Chief After F-16 Crash
Ukraine’s Air Force chief was dismissed by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a day after the crash of a Ukrainian F-16 was made public. Zelenskiy made the announcement Friday in a video address on ...
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Zelenskyy dismisses Air Force chief following F-16 jet crash
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has dismissed Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk following the crash of an F-16 fighter jet during a combat mission against Russia. Zelenskyy ...