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.
In a dramatic flare-up in the hostilities between the U.S. and Iran, American forces struck and destroyed five Iranian oil tankers Sept. 8, U.S. Central Command said. Iran retaliated by lobbing ballistic missiles toward a major U.S. base in Jordan.
