V-22s To Return To Flight, With New Gearbox Limitations

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U.S. Air Force CV-22.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The Pentagon will slowly return most of its Bell Boeing V-22 fleet to flight and then to operations with a better understanding of parts failures inside the tiltrotor’s gearbox. Naval Air Systems Command (Navair) in a Dec. 20 statement said it issued a new fleet bulletin directing the inspection of...
Brian Everstine

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

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