I’ve only ever seen one Osprey in flight and it was loud as heck, akin to a Chinook on its best day.
I’m guessing the Osprey was used due to the mission being beyond chopper range?
Ospreys are notorious for being flying deathtraps. Mr. GG2 a former pilot said he wouldn’t get in one.
I’m guessing the Osprey was used due to the mission being beyond chopper range?"
I live under the flight path of Marine Corps Air Station New River. Osprey fly over my house all of the time. You are correct, they are as loud if not louder than regular helicopters. I am also certain that they have a "silenced version," but I don't know how quiet that is.
The sound depends on whether the Osprey is in hover or flight mode:
A flight of 10:
The SEALS would most likely have been inserted by Pave Low helos.
The Ospreys would have carried a Marine TRAP force and have landed some miles away at a remote LZ.
No counter measures for barking dogs. SEALS and DELTA have been warned for years about this, and keep tiptoeing in and having their cover blown. It was likely the TRAP force that caused all the damage.
BTW those were not Apaches, but Cobra Zulu helos.