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Osprey loses engine cover

A Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft lost an outer engine cover while hauling troops from northern Virginia and made an emergency landing at the Pitt-Greenville Airport.

Updated: Feb. 10, 2008 2:01 AM | Full story

Osprey's assault vehicles can't haul ammo

A jeeplike vehicle called the Growler cannot safely pull its ammunition trailer. The aircraft were sent to Iraq without them.

Updated: Jan. 29, 2008 8:18 AM | Full story

Ospreys succeeding in Iraq, Marine Corps says

The first Marine squadron to fly the controversial Osprey tilt-rotor in a combat zone is doing well, and likely will be replaced in Iraq by another North Carolina Osprey squadron when it returns to the state this spring, a Marine spokesman said.

Updated: Dec. 14, 2007 5:49 AM | Full story

Osprey lands safely after engine fire

State Briefs:An MV-22 Osprey aircraft was forced to land Tuesday because of an engine fire.

Updated: Nov. 8, 2007 6:28 AM | Full story

Troubled Osprey heads to combat

North Carolina Marines will use the tilt-rotor aircraft for transport missions in Iraq.

Updated: Oct. 9, 2007 2:28 AM | Full story

Marines sending Ospreys to Iraq

After a long struggle, 10 will go in Sept.

Updated: Apr. 14, 2007 3:23 AM | Full story

Long-hobbled Osprey finally soars

After more than 20 years of development work, the V-22 Osprey aircraft won praise from a Marine squadron Thursday.

Updated: Mar. 2, 2007 5:42 AM | Full story

Study says Osprey troubles remain

Makers claim aircraft is safe.

Updated: Jan. 19, 2007 3:05 AM | Full story

Osprey gets ready for combat

Despite its long and troubled history, the V-22 could be sent to Iraq in fall 2007.

Updated: Aug. 11, 2006 9:30 AM | Full story

Company moving to build Osprey buggy

American Growler Corp. will relocate to Robbins where it will make a troop transport able to fit inside the Marine Corps' tilt-rotor aircraft.

Updated: May. 18, 2006 7:40 AM | Full story

Osprey squadron set to fly

New River will get unit; tilt-rotor craft's debut in combat likely within a year.

Updated: Feb. 28, 2006 2:51 AM | Full story

Experts blast Osprey buggy

Critics say design trade-offs impair troop-mover, cost adds up to 'profiteering'.

Updated: Jan. 8, 2006 4:20 AM | Full story

Osprey cleared for production

Critics say the tilt-rotor craft is unproven, unarmed, costly.

Updated: Oct. 25, 2005 6:43 PM | Full story

Shop opens for Osprey parts

Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue marked the opening Monday of a new military aviation facility in New Bern operated by Boeing and Textron subsidiary Bell Helicopter.

Updated: Oct. 22, 2005 6:36 PM | Full story

Osprey parts maker charged

A military supplier and two of the company's workers were charged with providing uncertified material for the V-22 Osprey aircraft.

Updated: Oct. 22, 2005 5:50 PM | Full story

Marines rev up to test Osprey

Pilots will put the troubled aircraft through moves that could determine its future.

Updated: Oct. 24, 2005 1:23 PM | Full story

Honor sought for dead aviators

Osprey victims' kin push for memorial.

Updated: Oct. 24, 2005 2:20 AM | Full story

Osprey lands because of warning light

A Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft made a precautionary landing for about two hours last week after an emergency light came on, but no problems were found and the aircraft returned to its base. The Marine Corps is testing the Osprey to replace aging helicopters in its air fleet. The Osprey was delayed after crashes four years ago in North Carolina and Arizona killed 23 Marines.

Updated: Oct. 23, 2005 5:34 PM | Full story

Osprey comes back to N.C.

Testing, evaluation set for two years.

Updated: Oct. 23, 2005 8:29 PM | Full story

Osprey put through paces to show progress

Leaders of the long-troubled V-22 Osprey program showed new confidence in the tilt-rotor transport aircraft Thursday.

Updated: Oct. 23, 2005 12:40 PM | Full story

Weapons buyer upbeat on Osprey

Departing official urges speedier production.

Updated: Oct. 23, 2005 10:43 PM | Full story

Osprey fails key tests of performance

Weight, Balance Issues Put Program Further Behind, but Marines Say V-22 Is Still Their Top Aviation Priority.

Updated: Oct. 24, 2005 12:48 PM | Full story

Osprey returns to flight

Tests start again after tubing repair.

Updated: Oct. 24, 2005 11:28 AM | Full story

Wounded bird

Problems persist with the Osprey aircraft. The latest, with a system critical to its operation, may be the final straw.

Updated: Oct. 24, 2005 12:28 AM | Full story

Bad tubing grounds Osprey

Problems with titanium hydraulic lines have plagued the innovative aircraft for years.

Updated: Oct. 22, 2005 6:41 PM | Full story

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At a glance


The money and the machine
Osprey work is being done all across the nation, giving many constituencies a stake. And donations to key politicians have paid off for the Bell and Boeing helicopter-makers.

Technical problems plague Osprey
The Marines have bet $12 billion and 30 lives on the V-22 Osprey, the revolutionary aircraft that takes off like a helicopter and flies like a plane. But the Osprey is grounded now, as questions fly about whether the Marines and contractors have pushed the Osprey into production too fast, deleting crucial flight tests and waiving core performance requirements along the way.

Four Marines and a mission to fly
On Monday, Dec. 11, as night fell over Jacksonville, an odd plane climbed into the air. The machine looked and operated like something right out of a superhero comic book, with a helicopter's ability to take off straight up and an airplane's speed and range. Aboard were four Marines -- and the 21st century ambitions of the U.S. Marine Corps.

A tale of two Ospreys
The V-22 Osprey is back in business, amply funded by Congress in the new defense budget and roundly endorsed by a panel of scientists, engineers and pilots convened by NASA.

Osprey fails key tests of performance
Internal program documents obtained by The News & Observer show that the groundbreaking tilt-rotor aircraft -- 20 years and $14.7 billion in the making -- is failing two critical tests it was supposed to have passed several years ago.

Eased standards 'fix' Osprey
The V-22 Osprey, the U.S. military's futuristic tilt-rotor aircraft, is about to return to the sky for test flights after being grounded for 17 months. A pair of crashes in 2000 that killed 23 Marines and a record-doctoring scandal last year are history now, defense officials say.

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