Fleet battle experiment begins integrating V-22 into carrier air wing

By Justin Doubleday / August 2, 2016 at 9:56 PM
ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER CARL VINSON -- The Navy has begun experimenting with how to integrate the V-22 Osprey into an aircraft carrier's cyclic operations, as the service moves toward using the tiltrotor plane as its new carrier onboard delivery aircraft. The "fleet battle experiment" began July 22 and by the middle of the day on Aug. 1, operators had successfully flown 25 V-22 sorties from shore to the Carl Vinson (CVN-70) stationed with its battlegroup just off the coast...

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