“Green Tops” MV-22 osprey tilt-rotor aircraft fly the President’s supporting staff and Secret Service agents.
Posted on 05/28/2018 4:31:00 PM PDT by COBOL2Java
“Green Tops” MV-22 osprey tilt-rotor aircraft fly the President’s supporting staff and Secret Service agents.
(video at link)
The clip was probably filmed by one of the escorting U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. In fact, “Marine One” (when President of the U.S. travels aboard the VH-3D or any other chopper operated by HMX-1, the helicopter uses the radio callsign “Marine One” by which the aircraft is known) was escorted by green-painted MV-22 Ospreys (also referred to as “Green Tops”) that fly the White House Staff during the President’s travels.
The tilt-rotor aircraft fly also the Secret Service agents that follow “Marine One” and take care of its valuable passengers in case the helicopter goes down due to a failure.
Usually, at least two or three Ospreys accompany “Marine One”. For instance, when last year Trump traveled to Virginia’s Newport News Shipbuilding facility to visit pre-commissioning unit USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN78), the two VH-3Ds were escorted by three MV-22s.
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I’m an old Army guy who knows nothing about the Marines but I thought that there were major problems with that particular aircraft...crashes,etc.
Very cool!! Thanks for sharing.
That’s why the President was in the helicopter and the support staff was in the Osprey.
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They are problematic, and have the highest per-hour cost of operation I’ve ever seen.
But the POTUS wouldn’t go in this one. Only support staff.
I think the best thing about the Osprey in flight is that crashes are survivable. I’m really surprised they don’t use Chinooks as support vehicles, or even as Marine 1. Those things are simply the most awesome VTOL aircraft ever made.
Widowmaker.
I think those have all been overcome, especially since the Marines are using it to transport the President. Remember that the initial M-1 Abrams prototypes and test production had a great number of problems as it was being developed, but it has proved fairly reliable for the last 30 years.
Maybe, maybe not. Security is extremely tight with Trump. Many times it will be arranged where a big entourage, motorcade, aircraft escorts etc, are little more than decoys, drawing attention away from the president, as he takes a completely different route/different means of transpiration etc. It depends on current threat assessments etc..
When the M1 malfunctions it doesn't crash into the ground. It just becomes a 52 ton armed and armored foxhole.
Requires much preventative maintenance and TLC.
I love the concept though
What is the purpose of those strange machines?
The purpose is to go to places no flying machine has any business going.
That is warning enough for those who value their lives.
You will never ever get me in one.
Marines don’t have problems, they have challenges.
Do the rotors rotate when the Osprey is flying horizontally? If they are then that picture was taken with a heckova fast shutter.
Marines got his six.
Nice!
Chesty Puller Sums up the Marines..
“General! We are surrounded!”
‘Good.. that greatly simplifies the equation’
That photo looks like an action hero movie.
So were Blackhawks with stabilator issues back in 81. I still don’t trust Ospreys, though.
Marines don’t have many problems but when they do they: “Improvise, Adapt and Overcome!”
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