Crash Prompts Japan to Call on U.S. Military to Ground Ospreys
Japan said it would suspend operations of its fleet of 14 Ospreys until the cause of the crash was clarified.
Japan said it would suspend operations of its fleet of 14 Ospreys until the cause of the crash was clarified.
The order comes days after three Marines were killed when an MV-22 Osprey went down in Australia during a training exercise.
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.