Fleet grounded after crash claims the lives of eight service members.
Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has grounded the United States’ entire fleet of CV-22 Ospreys while an investigation into a Nov. 29 crash off the Japanese coast is ongoing.
Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, the AFSOC commander, said in a Dec. 6 media statement he had directed an immediate “operational standdown” of the Osprey fleet until the investigation into the crash off the shore of Japan’s Yakushima Island, Japan, is concluded.
So far, no timeline for the investigation and a possible end date have been revealed publicly.
Lt. Bauernfeind also implied the Osprey fleet would return to service at some point in the future.
This comes despite the latest crash claiming the lives of eight service members and the long history of Osprey crashes all around the world.
At this stage, search and recovery operations are still underway for the remains of two service members who are still missing following the crash. The Air Force officially concluded earlier this week that all eight who went down with the aircraft are deceased.
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