Japan has grounded its fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft again after an incident last Sunday where one of the hybrid helicopter-aircraft tilted unexpectedly and hit the ground while trying to take off.

Experts said the Osprey’s failures have a variety of causes. In the 1980s, when the V-22 was still in early concept for Bell Flight and Boeing, the Marine Corps got to call the shots on the ...

If you have, there's a good chance it was the V-22 Osprey, a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle that is used for a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Japan has grounded its fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft again after an incident last Sunday where one of the hybrid helicopter-aircraft tilted unexpectedly and hit the ground ...

The latest Osprey V-22 crash on Wednesday near Yakushima, Japan, adds to the growing list of Osprey accidents. These repeated incidents have raised questions about the safety and reliability of ...

FILE - U.S. MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft are parked at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, south of Okinawa, southern Japan, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File) (Hiro ...

It was the first major incident for Japan's V-22 fleet since an Osprey crash off the Japanese coast last November killed eight Air Force Special Operations Command service members and led to a ...