Comments on: Hush Hush…The Ospreys Are Coming

By: freefallingbomb

freefallingbomb — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:28:05 +0000

To the poster “AMMO” :
You wrote: “Let the lives of these men be the judge of the aircraft. I know that sounds cold and unkind, but it’s the truth. If these men come back alive and successful, it will be, at least in part, because the airframe did its job well.“
What are you worried about, “AMMO” ? Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam are ideal low-intensity and low-tech conflicts in which Ospreys can be tested under realistic conditions, and without excessive risk! What better luck could you possibly wish them?

By: AMMO

AMMO — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:15:38 +0000

Let the lives of these men be the judge of the aircraft. I know that sounds cold and unkind, but it’s the truth. If these men come back alive and successful, it will be, at least in part, because the airframe did its job well.

By: abe

abe — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:56:30 +0000

does anybody even care that there are 6 AFSOC CV-22 in IRAQ right now doing real, land in the back yard, kick in the door Assult mission.

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:50:12 +0000

Here’s a thought I had on a capability that could be useful for the osprey. Have a forward firing mortar system that will fire a spread out similar to the WW2 Hedgehogs used be our destroyers. Its a quick way to fire a lot of heavy ordnance fast to clear the LZ before our forces get in hot and heavy. After they are down, the Door gunner has his work cut out for him. The other part is the Cobra more than likely will be coming with…but they must leave much earlier than the Osprey due to the raneg and speed of the Osprey. The same happens with our Apaches when they are tasked to go with the Chinooks.
BTW, any of our birds gets a rotor hit and its going down. As for them being large? The chinook has 2 massive rotors as well.

By: JohnS

JohnS — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:08:46 +0000

I don’t see this aircraft as being combat effective. The oversize rotors prevent any sort of weapon being launched or deployed forward of the aircraft (also the direction of opposing forces). Not only that but the two oversize props give any insurgent a much larger target to hit, not to mention if one of the rotors fail that the whole aircraft is completely and utterly F’d.

By: Jeff M

Jeff M — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:45:58 +0000

I’d like to see this remote guardian supplemented with 2–4 of the newer lightweight missiles (<50 lbs), like the griffin, which is a javelin missile made for aircraft, already built. It is only 6 inches wide and might fit right next to the gun, on the turret. I think these mv-22 aircraft could become an all around good support aircraft with the longer range strike capability.

By: Moose

Moose — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:59:34 +0000

The RG is supposedly plug-and-play, still don’t know if any have actually been bought yet.

By: timetocomeclean

timetocomeclean — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:57:18 +0000

LC Keith Sweeney was a good friend of our family and he rode the bird in on the last mission that
never signed out for a completed mission. He believed in this bird from the time he flew them at Pax River.
Perhaps his spirit will guide the leaders and operators to continue to impove the sytems of immense complexity and audacious potential.
When you operate with FLIR or terrain following systems you don’t fly over mountains you use the
mountain to hide from Mohammad.
You wanna bet the snake eaters frag this crap out of this bird for their missions?

By: ELP

ELP — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:08:40 +0000

Seeing as they haven’t figured out how to use the Osprey on boat ops, I guess they have to figure out how to take it along on a non-Marine mission that should be done by the Army.

By: flying fart proudly joyned

flying fart proudly joyned — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:59:47 +0000

The Osprey didn’t get shot at much in Iraq because it was flying mainly in Anbar province, which was pretty peaceful at that time. It flew well in Iraq, even in searing heat, but most of that country is barely above sea level. Rotorcraft lose performance at higher altitudes and in hot temperatures, and Afghanistan is pretty high and hot.^–
1: i wish they will tell about Ospreys hovering in such highs..
2: i wish they will tell about Ospreys speed in such highs..
3: i wish they will tell about Ospreys being modificated for Afghanisatn sand…