The US Marine Corps recently completed an annual review of its aviation forces and, on February 3, 2025, the deputy commandant for aviation released the 2025 Marine Aviation Plan.

The first US Navy-operated CMV-22B Osprey carrier onboard delivery (COD) aircraft for the US Atlantic Fleet arrived at Naval Station Norfolk’s Chambers Field in Virginia on April 5.

The Pentagon has cleared all three variants of the V-22 Osprey to return to flight after what has been a three-month grounding. US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) initially grounded its CV-22B fleet after the fatal loss of an aircraft on November 29, 2023, before US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) grounded the rest of the US Osprey force

The fatal crash of a USAF CV-22B Osprey tiltrotor off the coast of Japan on November 29, 2023, led to an extended fleet-wide grounding, severely impacting US Navy carrier operations as the CMV-22B was increasingly being used for logistics and resupply duties in its new carrier onboard delivery (COD) role

Una selección de algunas de las mejores fotos de aviación publicadas por el Ministerio de Defensa británico tomadas durante 2023.

A selection of some of the best photos of aviation released by the UK Ministry of Defence taken during 2023.

Un CV-22B Osprey operado por la USAF se estrelló frente a la isla de Yakushima (Japón) el 29 de noviembre, causando la muerte de los ocho aviadores que iban a bordo y obligando a suspender las operaciones del rotor basculante en todo el mundo. Este incidente supuso el segundo accidente mortal de un Osprey en 2023, después de que un MV-22B del USMC -asignado a la 1ª Ala Aérea de Marines (MAW)- se estrellara en la isla de Melville (Australia) en agosto, matando a tres de los 23 marines que iban a bordo.

A USAF-operated CV-22B Osprey was lost off Yakushima Island, Japan, on November 29, killing all eight airmen on board and resulting in a global operational stand-down of the tiltrotor

Miltech Simulations has released the MV-22B Osprey for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Having been grounded for just over two weeks, AFSOC has cleared its 52-strong fleet of Bell Boeing CV-22B Ospreys to fly again, but one example remains trapped on an island in Norway after the tiltrotor was forced to make an emergency landing there on August 12, 2022

An official USMC investigation into the crash of an MV-22B Osprey in Norway on March 18, 2022, has found that pilot error was the cause of the accident. The results of the Command Investigation were published on August 14

On August 16, the Commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, Lt Gen Jim Slife directed a safety stand down of all 52 CV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft in the fleet

The USAF’s Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker fleet reached another milestone on June 1, after the type successfully refuelled a CV-22B Osprey tiltrotor in flight for the first time

A US Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey crashed in the southern California desert on June 8, killing all personnel on board

The US Marine Corps has released the annual update to its Force Design 2030 modernisation strategy, which included a number of adjustments to its aviation strategy based on research conducted over the last two-and-a-half years