The Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey fleet surpassed 25,000 flight hours on March 9, when a crew from the first Osprey student class at the 71st Special Operations Squadron at Kirtland AFB, N.M. flew a two-hour qualification flight, according to Bell-Boeing officials at a Washington defense conference Wednesday. Air Force Special Operations Command’s 71st SOS became the Air Force’s inaugural CV-22 unit back in 2005. Gene Cunningham, Boeing Vice President and deputy V-22 program director, told Air Force Magazine he expects delivery of CV-10—AFSOC’s 10th Osprey—to Kirtland this month, with 11 CV-22s scheduled to roll off the line this year in total.
Navy CCA Program’s Shape Coming into Focus
Oct. 17, 2025
In announcing its Navy Collaborative Combat Aircraft contract, General Atomics has provided some clues as to where the service is heading with its version of an armed, autonomous fighter escort. It will likely be quite different from the Air Force version.
