Latest ""

V-22 Osprey fleet will fly again, with no fixes but renewed training

The V-22 is allowed to fly again, and the services will each implement their own training and maintenance protocols to get the fleet back to operations.

By Megan Eckstein, Courtney Mabeus-Brown and Rachel S. Cohen

2 months ago

Pentagon to lift Osprey flight ban after fatal Air Force crash

The Osprey has been grounded following a Nov. 29 Air Force Special Operations Command crash in Japan that killed eight service members.

By Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp, AP

3 months ago

Best pics of the week: Jan. 17, 2021

U.S. and Italian paratroopers conduct airborne operations in Italy, National Guard troops arrive in Washington for Inauguration Day events, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.

3 years ago

Airmen receive DFCs, Bronze Star for daring Osprey rescues in Iranian ballistic missile attack

“Today John Leachman, Adam Darrow and Samuel Levander join in the pantheon of Air Force heroes,” 19th Air Force commander Maj. Gen. Craig Wills said.

By Stephen Losey

4 years ago

Best pics of the week: Sept. 27, 2020

An Army helo flies by a castle in Germany, Marines simulate embassy reinforcement in Okinawa, Navy ships in formation during Valiant Shield 2020, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.

4 years ago

Best pics of the week: Aug. 30, 2020

Marines fast rope onto the amphib USS America, soldiers participate in the Air Assault course at Camp Blanding, Air Force Special Tactics operators conduct a static line jump, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.

4 years ago

Best pics of the week: July 19, 2020

Air Guard PJs in Alaska, Exercise Lightning Forge in Hawaii and other military exercises from around the globe in this week's Frontline Photos.

4 years ago

Best pics of the week: June 28, 2020

Aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific area of operations, Misawa Air Base Elephant Walk, diving qualifications and more in this week's Frontline Photos.

4 years ago

Military hardware at Lincoln Memorial for Trump’s big July 4

The military hardware is moving into place. So are the protesters. And, ever the showman, President Donald Trump is promising the “show of a lifetime” on the National Mall for the Fourth of July.

By Robert Burns, The Associated Press and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press

5 years ago

In potential Osprey fix, Marine Corps finds it may have misplaced blame in 2015 crash

Knowing what the Marine Corps knows now, "it would be unfair to paint that [the 2015] mishap in the same light."

By Tara Copp, AP

5 years ago

Melania Trump makes first lady history with ride in Osprey aircraft

Melania Trump made history Wednesday by flying in a V-22 Osprey aircraft during a visit to a pair of military bases.

5 years ago

F-35 inventory soars in new Pentagon spending bill

Lawmakers finalized a $674.4 billion defense spending bill. Here's what's in it.

6 years ago