WASHINGTON — A deadly Osprey aircraft crash last November off Japan was caused by cracks in a metal gear and the pilot's decision to keep flying rather than heed multiple warnings that he should ...

T he crash of an Air Force Osprey aircraft eight months ago in Japan that killed all eight airmen on board was caused by a ...

Japan requested U.S. Forces Japan ground Osprey transport aircraft, and the JGSDF grounded its own Ospreys amid U.S. Air Force safety concerns.

“Preliminary investigation information indicates a potential materiel failure caused ... Japan grounded its V-22s immediately after the crash. The U.S. initially said it was suspending Osprey ...

The Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps all grounded their tiltrotor fleets December 6 amid an investigation into what caused a crash of an Air Force CV-22 Osprey off the coast of Japan that killed ...

The other services are expected to maintain their pauses longer as they look at the cause ... Japan crash, inclusions - or ...

The death toll from last week’s crash of the US Osprey convertible in Japan last week has grown ... It remains unclear for now what caused the crash. There have been many incidents involving ...

The latest near crash, at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico on Nov. 20, had similarities to a crash off the coast of Japan in November of last year that killed eight Air Force Special Operations ...

An Air Force Special Operations CV-22B crash in November 2023 off Yakushima Island near Kyushu also added to opposition to Osprey operations in Japan. Plans to base the Ospreys at Saga date back ...

[Courtesy: U.S. Air Force] Search and rescue efforts underway off the coast of Japan following the crash of an Air Force CV-22 Osprey last week are now focusing on recovery of crewmember remains ...

The U.S. military said it was halting Osprey flights because the root cause of ... the Nov. 29 crash, Okinawa Prefecture, which hosts the bulk of U.S. military facilities in Japan, twice called ...

But the V-22 Osprey has also caused the deaths of 62 service members. A crash in Japan last year grounded the entire fleet. We compared accident data for the Osprey with that of its closest rivals ...