re: Ospreys flying in & out of Monroe today

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One buddy told me he wants to charge the manufacturer for all the nights he spent walking through the desert because of that thing.


This maybe times 1,000,000.

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The V-22 Osprey had 12 hull loss accidents that resulted in a total of 42 fatalities. During testing from 1991 to 2006 there were four crashes resulting in 30 fatalities.[1] Since becoming operational in 2007, the V-22 has had seven crashes including two combat-zone crashes,[2][3] and several other accidents and incidents that resulted in twelve fatalities.[4]

Per wiki...How does this compare to other military aircraft?

My buddy survived a Sea Hawk crash in the Persian Gulf. The story he tells of that crash makes you wonder how he is still alive.

My Dad survived a hard landing in an Army UH-1 back in the 70's. Master Alarm came on and the young pilot freaked the F out. He put the bird on the deck hard and fast breaking my Dad's arms and injuring the copilot. Turned out to be a false indicator, the bird was completely fine...Pilot was expeditiously transferred and never flew again.