{"id":38617,"date":"2018-07-19T15:57:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T15:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/19\/whats-the-navy-doing-with-the-marines-osprey\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:41:07","slug":"whats-the-navy-doing-with-the-marines-osprey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/07\/19\/whats-the-navy-doing-with-the-marines-osprey\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the Navy doing with the Marines’ Osprey?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On July 12, two pilots, two airmen and Rear Adm. Roy Kelley, commander of Naval Air Force Atlantic, flew from Virginia\u2019s Naval Station Norfolk to Marine Corps Air Station New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, marking the first time an all-Navy crew has flown an MV-22 Osprey<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although brief, the flight telegraphed the future use of the Osprey, a workhorse of Marine aviation, as it shuttles sailors, supplies and spare parts to ships at sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crew belonged to the Navy\u2019s Airborne Command and Control and Logistics Wing\u2019s Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron Detachment 204, according to USNI News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey takes off from the training area in Jordan in support of exercise Eager Lion. (Gunnery Sgt. Eric L. Alabiso II\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Commanders like the Osprey because it can take off and land vertically but flies faster than a helicopter. In 2007, the Marines began swapping out their aging fleet of Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knights <\/a>with the Ospreys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Air Force began fielding its Ospreys two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\t