This is great news!
"Great news"?
Bet it's grounded again within a year.
The test should have been a long sequence of Take offs and landings in a variety of weather. That's where our troops are going to be at max risk.
Damn thing was in design reviews in 1985.
It's a lousy implementation of a marginal concept!
3 auxiliary fuel tanks?
Fuel is payload!
What else can it carry when these 3 tanks are full?
Can the 2 Marines bring full backpacks or does that require a 2nd V22?