USMC makes aviation adjustments under Force Design 2030

The US Marine Corps (USMC) released the annual update to its Force Design 2030 (FD 2030) modernisation strategy on May 9, which included a number of adjustments to its aviation strategy based on research conducted over the last two-and-a-half years. Regarding force structure, while the USMC originally planned to divest three MV-22 Osprey medium tilt-rotor squadrons (VMMs), which would have resulted in a total of 14 squadrons with 12 aircraft each, the Corps is now returning to a 16 MV-22