Posted on 03/18/2022 7:10:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin
"We can confirm an incident has occurred involving a Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey aircraft," Maj. Jim Stenger, a U.S. Marine Corps spokesperson said in a statement. "The aircraft was conducting training in Norway as part of Exercise COLD RESPONSE 22 at the time of the incident."
Stenger said the incident remains under investigation.
The Second Marine Expeditionary Force later issued a statement confirming it was aware of "a mishap" with an Osprey assigned to its command.
Currently there are 3,000 U.S. Marines in northern Norway participating in the Cold Response 22 NATO exercise that is described as one of the largest NATO exercises since the end of the Cold War. There are 30,000 troops total participating in this year's exercise.
Held every two years, the exercise was planned long before the Russian invasion of Ukraine and helps to train multinational NATO forces in how to operate in the Arctic.
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Sad to lose Marines...or ANY military in a foreign land.
RIP, brave men.
That deathtrap should never have been put into production, let alone service.
Prayers up
In one crash, it killed 24 Marines even before it was adopted. Rumsfeld opposed its use.
I remember that crash. Tragic on multiple accounts.
Prayers done for the Crew and Families.
Yeah, those things look like a BIG problem waiting to happen. They need wing extentions that are outboard of the engines, and big enough flaps to help create lift at low speed. I know that it would need a taller landing gear, and all that stuff is more weight, but it needs to be safer.
“That deathtrap should never have been put into production, let alone service.”
That was a pet bacon project for GWBush...It looks like a flying death trap to me.
you are correct my friend. That was my project when I was at Bell Helicopter. You should have seen the ballistics testing. It would scare the crap out of anyone. How anyone could sit in the cargo hold much less fly the damned brick is beyond my common sense. Marines were pushing this piece of crap twice a month up in Washington at buildings JP1 & JP2 for 2 years until the prototype was built. I had to move on to another endeavor but every time I see or hear about a crash, memories flood my mind and not in a good way. I pray for our pilots safety.
It’s a start:
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