[Kozak]

Hey, I was just in NC near Camp Lejuene and saw a 15 ship formation of Ospreys and they were damn impressive. An article in the Jacksonville NC magazine had an article about them and they are in the final stages of their combat trials. When they come on line they will be huge asset, able to carry a complement of 24 Marines at high speed and put them down anywhere.

[aspiring.hillbilly]

If one of the props, or the shaft between them gets shot they are unsurvivable, cant autrotate down, and glide like a paving brick. $13 billions and 25 years just to get a flying truck that is a tad faster than a helicopter... sounds foolhardy to me...!