Thread: "First Ospreys Land In Iraq; One Arrives After 2 Setbacks"
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Old October 19th 07, 12:24 AM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval
Kerryn Offord
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Steve Hix wrote:
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Kerryn Offord wrote:

Dave wrote:
wrote in news:1192662843.030847.172810
@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com:

On Oct 17, 3:53 pm, Tiger wrote:
The Media bashing of the V-22 is getting old. The B-58 had more
accidents than the v-22 ever had. Other programs have had troubled
histories: F4U, F7U, F-104, AV-8,etc...
How many of those has to transition from forward flight to hover in a
combat zone?
AV-8?
Nope.. Only for take off and landing back home normally. Usually
operates as a straight forward plane (Flies forward at some speed)

There was always some level of noise about operating them with reduced
loadouts from forward areas. I don't know if any have actually done it,
though.

The British used to forward deploy them, but for various values of
"forward".. They don't go hover mode in a combat area (Where they are
being shot at)