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Old June 19th 07, 02:54 PM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval
Mike[_7_]
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Default MV-22 Osprey Deemed Ready for Deployment

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MV-22 Osprey Deemed Ready for Deployment

HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS - Very recently it was announced that the
Marine Corps' MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft achieved initial
operational capability, (IOC), meaning that both the aircraft and the
first combat squadron, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (VMM-263)
are ready for expeditionary operations. IOC is considered the final
major milestone for any defense acquisition program prior to fielding.

Last month Gen. James T. Conway, Commandant of the Marine Corps,
announced that the squadron is scheduled to deploy to Iraq in
September with ten MV-22s. While there, Ospreys will be used for
medium assault support missions ranging from troop transport and
resupply to casualty evacuation. The MV-22 will eventually replace all
CH-46E helicopters for the Marine Corps.

Conditions required for the IOC decision include initial readiness of
VMM-263, the requisite number of aircraft and equipment delivered to
the squadron, confirmation of the combat configuration of the aircraft
through operational testing, and a robust logistical support network
to keep the aircraft ready for missions on deployment.

The Osprey is the only operational aircraft in the world with the
vertical lift capabilities of a helicopter, and the range, speed,
altitude and payload of a fixed-wing airplane. The MV-22 can fly twice
as fast, more than twice as high, and three to five times as far as
the helicopters it will replace.

The Marine Corps conducted dedicated operational testing in February
and March for the combat configuration of the aircraft, known as Block
B.
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Old June 19th 07, 07:24 PM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval
Rob Arndt[_2_]
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Default MV-22 Osprey Deemed Ready for Deployment

On Jun 19, 6:54?am, Mike wrote:
http://www.shephard.co.uk/Rotorhub/I...tion=745115149...
5a99e-939e-4c85-8227-afecc6409b0b

Rotorhub
MV-22 Osprey Deemed Ready for Deployment

HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS - Very recently it was announced that the
Marine Corps' MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft achieved initial
operational capability, (IOC), meaning that both the aircraft and the
first combat squadron, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (VMM-263)
are ready for expeditionary operations. IOC is considered the final
major milestone for any defense acquisition program prior to fielding.

Last month Gen. James T. Conway, Commandant of the Marine Corps,
announced that the squadron is scheduled to deploy to Iraq in
September with ten MV-22s. While there, Ospreys will be used for
medium assault support missions ranging from troop transport and
resupply to casualty evacuation. The MV-22 will eventually replace all
CH-46E helicopters for the Marine Corps.

Conditions required for the IOC decision include initial readiness of
VMM-263, the requisite number of aircraft and equipment delivered to
the squadron, confirmation of the combat configuration of the aircraft
through operational testing, and a robust logistical support network
to keep the aircraft ready for missions on deployment.

The Osprey is the only operational aircraft in the world with the
vertical lift capabilities of a helicopter, and the range, speed,
altitude and payload of a fixed-wing airplane. The MV-22 can fly twice
as fast, more than twice as high, and three to five times as far as
the helicopters it will replace.

The Marine Corps conducted dedicated operational testing in February
and March for the combat configuration of the aircraft, known as Block
B.

Marine Tiltrotor Test and Evaluation Squadron 22 (VMX-22) logged 185
flight hours with four aircraft in just 18 days, operating in the
California and Arizona deserts. The Block B aircraft proved highly
effective during its mission essential tasks.

"The aircraft did very well. We were actually above our normal mission-
capable averages for those three weeks," said Lt. Col. Denny Sherwood,
VMX-22 aircraft maintenance officer. Maintenance resources and
supplies were all in keeping with standard deployment planning, he
said. "We had the aircraft we needed to accomplish all the missions
despite the high op tempo."

Those missions included assault raids, company insertions, recon
insertions and extractions, casualty evacuations, tactical recovery of
aircraft and personnel, noncombatant evacuation operations, and
battlefield logistics. Missions involved fast rope and personnel hoist
operations, external lift of the M-777 Lightweight Howitzer, live fire
of the Ospreys' M-240D ramp-mounted machine guns, and 22 aerial
refuelings. A third of the flying was done at night.

Crews faced multiple ground threats day and night, to validate and
refine the tactics, techniques and procedures for approaching
objectives and reacting to threats. They also integrated operations
with F/A-18 Hornets, AV-8 Harriers and AH-1 Cobras. For troop delivery
and recovery missions, the MV-22s carried 22 to 24 Marines and their
gear. Missions averaged 725 nautical miles round trip, with the four
VMX-22 aircraft logging a total of 30,000 miles during the evaluation
period.

"We absolutely went out there and operated in a very operationally
representative manner," said VMX-22 Commanding Officer Col. Keith
Danel. "You name it, we did it, and the aircraft held up very well.
And we operated it in a gritty, windy, austere environment, and
maintained a very high tempo."

The Marine Corps has extensive experience operating the Osprey in the
desert, and Sherwood said many maintenance lessons have been learned
along the way. Besides prior operational testing in the desert in 2004
and 2005, VMM-263 completed an extended training deployment to Naval
Air Facility El Centro, Calif., in September and October 2006. The
squadron is currently training at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz.
VMM-263's deployment will be followed by deployments for the second
and third MV-22 combat squadrons, VMM-162 and VMM-266. The Marine
Corps is establishing Osprey squadrons from former helicopter
squadrons at a rate of about two per year.


Can't wait for the Marines to falsify the combat records next

Rob

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Old June 20th 07, 07:03 AM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval
Henry J Cobb
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Default MV-22 Osprey Deemed Ready for Deployment

Rob Arndt wrote:
Can't wait for the Marines to falsify the combat records next


What, by saying they got CAS from a F-22?

-HJC
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Old June 20th 07, 10:58 AM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval
Walt[_3_]
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Default MV-22 Osprey Deemed Ready for Deployment

On Jun 20, 2:03?am, Henry J Cobb wrote:
Rob Arndt wrote:
Can't wait for the Marines to falsify the combat records next


What, by saying they got CAS from a F-22?

-HJC


This piece of **** will never be anything but a disgrace to the Marine
Corps.

Walt

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Old June 20th 07, 11:11 AM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval
Rob Arndt[_2_]
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Default MV-22 Osprey Deemed Ready for Deployment

On Jun 20, 2:58?am, Walt wrote:
On Jun 20, 2:03?am, Henry J Cobb wrote:

Rob Arndt wrote:
Can't wait for the Marines to falsify the combat records next


What, by saying they got CAS from a F-22?


-HJC


This piece of **** will never be anything but a disgrace to the Marine
Corps.

Walt


This concept was troublesome enough for the Germans back in WW2:
http://www.luft46.com/misc/wes1003.html

Rob

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Old June 20th 07, 07:08 PM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval
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Default MV-22 Osprey Deemed Ready for Deployment

On Jun 20, 3:58 am, Walt wrote:
On Jun 20, 2:03?am, Henry J Cobb wrote:

Rob Arndt wrote:
Can't wait for the Marines to falsify the combat records next


What, by saying they got CAS from a F-22?


-HJC


This piece of **** will never be anything but a disgrace to the Marine
Corps.





.........or vice versa....




Walt



 




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