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| PHILIPPINE SEA - Two U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 and one from VMM 265 landed for the first time on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), Nov. 17. The unique aircraft capable of vertical short takeoff and landing (VSTOL), similar to that of the Marine AV-8B Harrier jump jet, landed on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier to refuel to continue the delivery of relief supplies and transport of personnel in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. |
RANT TIME!
This is beyond unseemly now. They're pimping the MV-22 like a cheap whore. Personally even if I loved every ounce of the airplane I'd be concerned. I don't so I'm pissed. They're trying so hard to stir up overseas orders and to push the Navy to buying it for the Carrier Onboard Delivery requirement that they don't see the ass that they're making of the Corps.
Check out the Israeli Defense Force Flickr page.
What do you see? You see IDF pumping up its people, helping the people of the Philippines in their hour of need. Check out the USMC Flickr site and you see the MV-22. You listen to Marine Corps spokesmen or senior officers and they talk about the MV-22.
Its sickening. Its pathetic. Its desperate and it fucking needs to stop..showcase how Marines are helping the Filipino people and once that is done then you circle back to your favorite toy. Right now they have it ass backwards.
