The most recent crash off the coast of Japan Nov. 29 killed all crew members aboard and triggered a grounding Wednesday of all Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy V-22 Ospreys.
The U.S. Air Force has bestowed posthumous awards upon each of the eight airmen who died Nov. 29 when their CV-22B Osprey crashed off Japan’s southwestern coast.
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 7, 2023 - The Pentagon on Wednesday grounded its entire fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft while an investigation continues into a deadly crash involving the aircraft near Japan.
The US military is grounding its entire fleet of V-22 Ospreys, a week after an Air Force CV-22 crashed off the coast of Yakushima Island, Japan, resulting in the deaths of all eight airmen aboard the aircraft.