Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey 166720 Canvas Print

The Bell-Boeing, MV-22B Osprey is the primary assault support aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps. The Marine Corps V-22B variant is an assault transport for troops, equipment and supplies, capable of operating from ships or expeditionary airfields ashore; replacing the Marine Corps' CH-46E and CH-53D fleets. The Osprey is unique in that it uses two engines positioned on fixed wing tips housed in nacelles that rotate to allow the MV-22B to land and take off vertically, but achieve much faster flight than a helicopter by tilting the nacelles forward while in flight in a configuration similar to a fixed-wing aircraft. The U.S. Marine Corps began crew training for the Osprey in 2000, and fielded it in 2007. Since March 2000, VMMT-204 has conducted Marine Corps crew training for the MV-22B. The MV-22B reached initial operational capability (IOC) with the Marine Corps on 13 June 2007. On 13 April 2007, the Marine Corps announced the first MV-22B combat deployment at Al Asad Airbase, Iraq....

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