MV-22 slingload training...

Kinda weird turn of events. I remember when we tried to develop weapon systems to fit inside the MV-22 so it wouldn't lose its vaunted speed. Now they're slingloading the thing like its a CH-46 reborn. Don't quite get it but the whiplash of all this is getting old.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 4 prepare to attach a sling load to an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, at Kin Blue, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 25, 2022. pic.twitter.com/ygTyUIcvim

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