A chip in some computer circuit boards temporarily grounded V-22 Ospreys operated by the Air Force and Marine Corps earlier this month, but Otto Kreisher with Congress Daily reports that the Marine Corps and the Bell-Boeing manufacturing team identified and corrected the problem. Three of USAF’s eight Ospreys and 16 USMC V-22s had no problems, so resumed flying last week. The other aircraft will get the bad chips replaced.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.