Air Force Special Ops Command Ends CV-22 Stand Down
The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has resumed CV-22 Osprey flight operations following a more than two-week stand down to investigate hard clutch engagement incidents.
The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has resumed CV-22 Osprey flight operations following a more than two-week stand down to investigate hard clutch engagement incidents.
The U.S. Marine Corps has no immediate plan to ground its fleet of MV-22 Osprey aircraft, service officials said following news that Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) had grounded its fleet of CV-22 aircraft due to safety investigations into the aircraft’s clutch.
AFSOC ordered the stand down of its fleet of tilt-rotor Ospreys, citing a hard clutch engagement issue.