A CMV-22B Osprey lands on the flight deck of Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier USS "Carl Vinson" (CVN 70). [Courtesy: U.S. Navy]
Key Takeaways:
The V-22 Osprey fleet has returned to service after a three-month grounding following a fatal crash in December.
The grounding was initiated after a "materiel failure" caused a CV-22 crash in Japan, killing eight airmen, though the specific cause of that failure remains undetermined.
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) lifted the grounding on March 8, 2024, after implementing maintenance and procedural changes to address the identified materiel failure, with military branches adopting multi-phased returns to flight.
After a three-month grounding, the V-22 Osprey is back in operation, military officials said Friday.
The Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps all grounded their tiltrotor fleets December 6 amid an investigation into what caused a crash of an Air Force CV-22 Osprey off the coast of Japan that killed the crew of eight airmen.
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