What's the latest news of the V22 Osprey?

[Lonewolf_50]

Marine aviation -- ancient CH-53 helos, hangar queen V-22s, and multi-role expensive fighter jets -- when what the Corps should be flying is Black Hawks and A-10s, or even long-legged prop-driven aircraft.

For Dan Reno: possibly the most ill considered post I've seen in re USMC aviation in a while.

A-10 not ship capable.

We discussed the Black Hawk problem before. USMC didn't replace the Phrog with a Black Hawk due to both space limitations on a gator, and having to DOUBLE your pilot manning to lift the same number of Marines anywhere.

USMC and all services are still looking at where manpower can be cut or better allocated (been watching that nut roll since the mid 90's, it's an interesting process).

At the same time, the political leadership requires a huge variety of response capability. With that reality in mind, you get force packages that are chosen on more than the basis of GAAP. (Hence the CVNs continued life ...)