Afsoc Wrestles With CV-22 Operational Loss

By Robert Wall
London

The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command is looking to improve the self-protection system on the CV-22 Osprey to bolster the tiltrotor’s defenses against surface-to-air missiles, even as the small community has to confront the first operational loss of one of the aircraft.

Although the Bell-Boeing V-22 has a history of accidents and technical mishaps, this one marks the first operational crash ...

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