US Military Grounds Entire Osprey Fleet After Deadly Training Crash in Japan

Fleet grounded after crash claims the lives of eight service members.

An Osprey aircraft flies during preview day for the MCAS Miramar Airshow on Sept. 26, 2019, in San Diego. Eduardo Contreras/The San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS Via The Epoch Times

The U.S. military is grounding the United States’ entire fleet of CV-22 Osprey aircraft following last week’s deadly U.S. Air Force crash off the coast of Japan’s Yakushima Island that left eight airmen dead.

All variants of the Osprey flown by the Marine Corps, Air Force, and Navy are being grounded as part of an operational standdown.