Osprey Grounding Prompts Calls for Investigation and Support for Fallen Air Force Sgt.

The military-wide grounding of the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft fleet is impacting operations across the services, but the Navy is mitigating the loss by utilizing other options such as C-2A Greyhound aircraft, port calls, and underway replenishments. The carrier-specific CMV-22 variant of the Osprey, which the Navy started using in 2021, is currently only deployed on the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson. The Navy considers the Osprey a critical component of its future air wing and plans to continue adding new platforms and capabilities to its carrier air wings over the next decade.