To: Myrddin
"...When (not if) that diaphragm fails from work hardening, the bird falls out of the sky...." Rumsfeld tried to stop the Osprey: personally, I'm pained by the many crashes and loss of scores of US Marines.
Comparing the Osprey to a helicopter doesn't account for the very few years the Osprey has been in service.
24 posted on
04/12/2012 1:22:05 AM PDT by
Does so
(They don't think — they plot!)
To: Does so
I think is was Cheney who tried to stop the Osprey.
25 posted on
04/12/2012 1:30:19 AM PDT by
Kickass Conservative
(A day without Obama is like a day without a Tsunami.)
To: Does so
At this exact number of years into service, the CH-46 had also killed more people than the Osprey.
31 posted on
04/12/2012 12:25:27 PM PDT by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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