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MV-22 Osprey
- Thread starter MarineAir
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Clearly this is an emerging capabilities for Marines. Keeps coming up in various PA media outlets. It's a good thing to see new things being tried and the old saying "see what sticks".
I think it’s also part of a much wider PR campaign to message back towards China that the magazine depth and capabilities for injecting problems in any of their 5 approaches to Taiwan might be more difficult than they originally thought.
There’s a reason we started messaging “Hellscape” out in the open. That’s a pretty naked statement/threat to help encourage them to find another way.
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The best ASW sensor in the ARG/MEU and CSG environment is the Mk I, Mod 0 eyeball . . .
Nacelle Improvement Program
news.bellflight.com
Nacelle Improvement Elevates Bell Boeing V-22 Readiness
Bell announces results of Nacelle Improvement Program showing dramatic reduction in maintenance hours and maintainer time to improve readiness
news.bellflight.com
AircraftGeek513
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More info on planned upgrades to the V-22 in the 2027 budget docs. V-22 info starts on page 727. https://www.secnav.navy.mil/fmc/fmb/Documents/27pres/APN_BA5_Book.pdfNacelle Improvement Program
Nacelle Improvement Elevates Bell Boeing V-22 Readiness
Bell announces results of Nacelle Improvement Program showing dramatic reduction in maintenance hours and maintainer time to improve readiness
Glad to see (per the PDF right above my comment) we're finally getting nacelle improvement under the umbrella of the MV-specific upgrade programs. Until now only the AFSOC CVs have been reaping any benefit. And as any Osprey aircrew can tell you, the stuff in the nacelles is really what likes to break a lot. Blade fold components, ice protection, torque and flapping sensors, and other such wiring. Right now it is simply unreliable and just awful to work on from a maintenance perspective.Nacelle Improvement Program
Nacelle Improvement Elevates Bell Boeing V-22 Readiness
Bell announces results of Nacelle Improvement Program showing dramatic reduction in maintenance hours and maintainer time to improve readiness
AircraftGeek513
Well-Known Member
H-1s are getting a slew of mid-life upgrades as well.
Let's be clear this is the *proposed* budget by the Executive Branch of government.
The budget proposal by the House and Senate after conference will likely be significantly different. And getting to a NDAA appropriation will be a whole thing different again. There will be plenty of things Congress insists on and plenty of things Special Interests demand, that DoW/DoD does not want, etc. And things that DoW/DoD want that Congress and Special Interests will oppose.
Appropriation = budget
NDAA = National Defense AUTHORIZATION Act = under what conditions can the DoD spend the budget. It's an easier lift than the budget, which is why it's almost always passed before the budget is.
As long as my job and my unit/organization is in there, I'm happy.
@number9 I don't think it's anything to get angry about. I don't think this aircraft has been airworthy in 15+ years. Maybe even longer.
Even though it sits in the parking lot next to ordinary employee vehicles, it is occasionally cleaned and the tires are kept up to pressure, and I understand that the blade fold system still works and can be actuated with simply an electrical ground power cart.
Well you did say "rotting".. I guess I don't know what to do with it - put it in a museum? But if it is at least a little maintained, that's good!
I spent a bit of time near NAS Oceana and was always unimpressed with the quality of the jets in the garden. Contrast that to Hanscom AFB, where they spent actual weeks restoring/painting/cleaning the lone jet they have on display.
I spent a bit of time near NAS Oceana and was always unimpressed with the quality of the jets in the garden. Contrast that to Hanscom AFB, where they spent actual weeks restoring/painting/cleaning the lone jet they have on display.