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Offline rangerrebew

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Navy, Air Force cleared to fly Ospreys after inspecting gears
« on: December 23, 2024, 11:33:00 am »
Navy, Air Force cleared to fly Ospreys after inspecting gears
By Stephen Losey
 Friday, Dec 20, 2024
 
The Navy and Air Force are now cleared to resume flying their grounded V-22 Ospreys after conducting inspections on a crucial gearbox in the tiltrotor aircraft, and some are already back in the air.

The military temporarily stopped flying some Ospreys on Dec. 9 after a near crash in New Mexico in November. The Marines soon resumed its Osprey flights, but the Navy and Air Force kept them on the ground longer while they further reviewed what was causing metal components to fail.


Naval Air Systems Command, or NAVAIR, issued a bulletin to the fleet Friday morning ordering crews to verify how many hours each aircraft’s proprotor gearbox had flown.

If an Osprey’s gearbox meets or exceeds a particular number of flight hours — NAVAIR would not say how many due to operational security concerns — it can resume flying under limitations issued in March.

https://www.defensenews.com/air/2024/12/20/navy-air-force-cleared-to-fly-ospreys-after-inspecting-gears/
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Re: Navy, Air Force cleared to fly Ospreys after inspecting gears
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2024, 11:34:38 am »
Quote from: rangerrebew on December 23, 2024, 11:33:00 am
Navy, Air Force cleared to fly Ospreys after inspecting gears

ONCE AGAIN!
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Re: Navy, Air Force cleared to fly Ospreys after inspecting gears
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2024, 01:18:23 pm »
Maybe they should just verify that the gears were made here in the USA and not China to begin with and then go from there.
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