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U.S. Military to Stop Investing in V-22 Osprey Aircraft

The V-22 Osprey has been a trusted mode of transportation for troops around the world for almost two decades. However, the U.S. military has announced that it will no longer be investing in the aircraft, according to a report by Business Insider. The aircraft was developed in the early 1980s as part of the Joint Services Advanced Vertical Lift Aircraft project, which aimed to create a machine that could fly with the speed and endurance of a fixed-wing aircraft while maintaining the flexibility to take off and land vertically.

Despite encountering significant setbacks during development, including several deadly crashes, engineers continued to work on the aircraft through the ’90s and early 2000s. The Marines received their first MV-22 in 1999, while the U.S. Air Force received their first models in 2006, and the Navy got its version in 2020.

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Today, more than 400 Ospreys are in operation, with an estimated 600,000 flight hours logged since they became operational. While the planes will not be retired, the Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force have no plans to purchase any new ones. Military leaders believe that they have all the Ospreys they need and do not plan on starting production again after shutting down the line. Gen. Charles Brown Jr., the Air Force’s chief of staff, confirmed this, stating that it’s expensive to start production again once a line has been shut down.