50 Cal machine gun Range: 500 nm Payload: 24 troops Crew: Four (pilot, copilot and two flight engineers) The MV-22 Osprey is the primary assault support aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps.

In the 1980s, when the $56 billion V-22 program was in its early stages for Bell Flight and Boeing, the Marine ... The Osprey's entire engine, transmission and proprotors rotate to a vertical ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A United States Marine Corps ... The Osprey is a hybrid aircraft that takes off and lands like a helicopter, but during flight can rotate its propellers forward ...