Anthony Krockel is a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel whose most recent assignment was as the commodore of Training Air Wing FIVE responsible for undergraduate flight training for the Navy, Marine ...

In the wake of recent high-profile stories covering the V-22 Osprey, aspiring pilots and their families might be led to believe the Osprey is too complex or difficult to fly. That’s just not the case.

CMV-22 Osprey, assigned to the ‘Sunhawks’ of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 50, sits on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), Aug. 13, ...

ABOARD THE USS CARL VINSON—In preparing the deck of his aircraft carrier CVN 70 USS Carl Vinson for MV-22 Osprey cargo operations, Lt. Cmdr. Reynaldo Stanley has a unique problem. On one hand, the ...

The V-22 Osprey is a troop transport with a helicopter's versatility and a turboprop's speed. But the V-22 has crashed several times since becoming operational in 2007, killing over 50 people. The ...

U.S. sailors assigned to the USS Comstock guide a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey during takeoff in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 8, 2025. (Sgt. Trent A. Henry/U.S. Marine Corps) On the heels of 12 major ...

The U.S. military’s controversial V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft won’t resume full flight operations until at least mid-2025 after the entire fleet was grounded last year following four crashes in the ...