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DOD: Maybe this Osprey thing was actually a bad idea?

Boeing: "No, no, it's all good."

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Feb 16, 2024
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DALLAS, Tx. – In a moment of rare introspection, the U.S. military is reportedly considering the once-unthinkable: maybe the V-22 Osprey, the infamous tilt-rotor aircraft, wasn't such a great idea after all. 

The soul-searching comes after decades of defending the aircraft's exorbitant costs, high-profile crashes, and tendency to be more temperamental th…

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