As of today, there is only one Bell V-22 Osprey unit operating in the U.S. military. As a result, the U.S. Pacific Fleet has reverted to using the C-2A Greyhound.
yeah. well, this morning, president biden and defense secretary lloyd austin are offering their condolences to the families of three marine base killed in an osprey aircraft accident in australia. president biden writing, jill and i send our deepest condolences to the families of the marine base that lost their lives in this deadly crash. we are praying for those who also suffered injuries. the u.s. military says 23 u.s. marine base were flying in an mv-22b osprey when it crashed. rescue crews worked together to transport the injured from a remote island to a hospital in the northern part of the country. five marines were seriously injured. the cause of that accident is being investigated. on friday, three ukrainian pilots died in a plane crash about 90 miles west of kyiv during a combat mission there. one of those pilots was andrey pilshchykov who went by the call sign juice. that is what he was famous for. he told cnn that his friends
Three US marines died during military exercises in northern Australia on Sunday, the US military said, in a helicopter crash that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called "tragic".