Topic: Osprey Headed Into Combat

tomtom22 · February 28th, 2006

Osprey Headed Into Combat
Associated Press | February 28, 2006

RALEIGH, N.C. - The Marine Corps plans to send the troubled Osprey aircraft into combat zones within a year and is activating a squadron of the tilt-rotor planes this week.
"Obviously, due to operational concerns we don't want to tell exactly when they will deploy," said spokesman Master Sgt. Phil Mehringer at Marine Corps Air Station New River, where the squadron will be based. "But it's certainly going to happen in the near future. Definitely, within a year."
The Osprey, which takes off and lands like a helicopter and flies like an airplane, had a troubled start.
Four Marines died in a 2000 crash in North Carolina that was caused by a ruptured titanium hydraulic line. Nineteen others were killed in a crash that year in Arizona that investigators blamed on pilot error.
The Pentagon approved full production of the Osprey in a $19 billion program last year, and the Marines have been showing them off. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld flew aboard one last week.
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, which will carry the Vietnam-era "Thunder Chickens" nickname of the helicopter unit it is replacing, is to be formally activated Friday. There are about 250 people in the squadron and nine aircraft, Mehringer said.
The Ospreys will replace the aging, Vietnam-era fleet of CH-46E twin-rotor helicopters. The newer aircraft can carry more cargo and fly five times farther at speeds around 300 mph.

PJ24 · February 28th, 2006

This is the worst A/C to become operational before it is ready since the F-111.

zander_0633 · February 28th, 2006

haha! Well, lets hope this "birds" dun crash!

LeEnfield · March 2nd, 2006

Well it will cause one hell of a dust storm in Iraq

zander_0633 · March 2nd, 2006

hehe! I think it will make a great "Dust" Bomb!

PJ24 · March 2nd, 2006

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Originally Posted by zander_0633

hehe! I think it will make a great "Dust" Bomb!

sandy · March 2nd, 2006

osprey,doesn,t or wouldn,t that bird have any arms？

zander_0633 · March 2nd, 2006

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Originally Posted by PJ24

You know smoke bombs? Just that the Osprey kicks up a huge Dust storm and forms a type of shield!

major liability · March 2nd, 2006

Weren't the original problems caused by a conflict between imperial and metric measurements in the craft and the software?

mmarsh · March 2nd, 2006

Actually Im really hoping this aircraft to succeed, the potiential is enormous...

February 28th, 2006	Post 1
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	Post; Osprey Headed Into Combat Osprey Headed Into Combat Associated Press \| February 28, 2006 RALEIGH, N.C. - The Marine Corps plans to send the troubled Osprey aircraft into combat zones within a year and is activating a squadron of the tilt-rotor planes this week. "Obviously, due to operational concerns we don't want to tell exactly when they will deploy," said spokesman Master Sgt. Phil Mehringer at Marine Corps Air Station New River, where the squadron will be based. "But it's certainly going to happen in the near future. Definitely, within a year." The Osprey, which takes off and lands like a helicopter and flies like an airplane, had a troubled start. Four Marines died in a 2000 crash in North Carolina that was caused by a ruptured titanium hydraulic line. Nineteen others were killed in a crash that year in Arizona that investigators blamed on pilot error. The Pentagon approved full production of the Osprey in a $19 billion program last year, and the Marines have been showing them off. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld flew aboard one last week. Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, which will carry the Vietnam-era "Thunder Chickens" nickname of the helicopter unit it is replacing, is to be formally activated Friday. There are about 250 people in the squadron and nine aircraft, Mehringer said. The Ospreys will replace the aging, Vietnam-era fleet of CH-46E twin-rotor helicopters. The newer aircraft can carry more cargo and fly five times farther at speeds around 300 mph. __________________ "It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle." - Norman Schwarskopf, Commander of Desert Storm Operations

February 28th, 2006	Post 2
PJ24 Tribuni Angusticlavii Gear	This is the worst A/C to become operational before it is ready since the F-111. __________________ Ugh.

February 28th, 2006	Post 3
zander_0633 Milforum Gnat Gear	haha! Well, lets hope this "birds" dun crash! __________________ - Ready To Strike -

March 2nd, 2006	Post 4
LeEnfield Tribuni Angusticlavii Gear	Well it will cause one hell of a dust storm in Iraq __________________ LeEnfield Rides again

March 2nd, 2006	Post 9
major liability Tribuni Angusticlavii Gear	Weren't the original problems caused by a conflict between imperial and metric measurements in the craft and the software? __________________ "It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it." - George Washington

March 2nd, 2006	Post 5
zander_0633 Milforum Gnat Gear	hehe! I think it will make a great "Dust" Bomb!

March 2nd, 2006	Post 7
sandy Primus Pilus Gear	osprey,doesn,t or wouldn,t that bird have any arms？

March 2nd, 2006	Post 10
mmarsh Tribunus Laticlavius Gear	Actually Im really hoping this aircraft to succeed, the potiential is enormous...

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