Falmouth’s affiliated ship RFA Mounts Bay has clocked up another first for a Bay Class ship by landing the US military’s unique aircraft-helicopter hybrid which has been training with amphibious ship ready for further interaction in the Baltic this spring. The US Air Force’s 7th Special Operations Squadron dropped in on the support vessel off Portland with their MV-22 Osprey, the ‘tilt-rotor’ which takes off and lands like a helicopter, then rotates its propellers to fly like a conventional aircraft. Operated by the US Marine Corps and US Air Force, it’s the main battle wagon for carrying American marines and related units into battle.
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