How AFSOC Is Addressing The V-22’s Clutch Issue

A U.S. Air Force CV-22 lands at Goodfellow AFB, Texas, in 2021.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force is planning to stagger replacements of a troublesome part of the V-22 Osprey’s clutch to limit impacts to the fleet, as the service’s maintainers are getting used to and speeding up an intensive fix. Following a series of incidents over the past couple of years, V-22 operators...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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