USMC Ospreys Complete First Trans-Pacific Flight

Australia Apr 28, 2017 · US Marine Corps

USMC Ospreys Complete First Trans-Pacific Flight

Four MV-22 Ospreys from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268 (VMM-268) completed the first transpacific flight for the type

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE, Darwin - Four MV-22 Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268 (VMM-268) land in Australia, April 28, 2017.

This was the first trans-Pacific flight for the Osprey in history flying from Hawaii to Darwin supported by two KC-130 Hercules tankers.

They will be part of Rotational Force Darwin 17.2

Osprey TransPacific Flight

In Focus

Marine Rotational Force Darwin

In November 2011, President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced the deployment of Marines to Darwin and Northern Australia for around six months at a time to conduct exercises and training…

Unit

Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268

Red Dragons, Tail code YQ redesignated from HMM-268 when received their MV-22B Ospreys in April 2014

Bell V-22 Osprey

6 operators · first flight 1989

The Bell/Boeing V-22 tiltrotor is a revolutionary, vertical and short take-off and land (V/STOL), multi-purpose aircraft with excellent high-speed cruise performance.

US Marine Corps since 2000

The MV-22B training unit VMMT-204 was established on March 2000. In December 2005, VMM-263 became first operational unit to received the aircraft.

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