VMM-264 completed 475 combat operation missions, transported 965,700 pounds of cargo and more than 23,000 passengers around southwestern Afghanistan.
I am 110 percent positive that they will be able to go above and beyond what is expected of them.”
My Gawd Mi'Lord! I take back everthing I ever said about the unjustly maligned Osprey!
Any aircraft that can carry 2033 pounds of cargo and 48.42 passengers (most of which were wearing combat gear).....is one hell of a machine!
Bull Crap....Bull Crap....the making of a US Marine! (a refrain from a song much favored during my Army days....comes to mind as I read this
PR piece from the Marines!)
Or....is my calculator lying to me again when I run Osprey numbers on it?