and thereby fly over the Hindu Kush mountain range. One reason the CV-22 was used for the mission was its ability to fly above 15,000 ft. The CV-22 was based in Kandahar and flew 800 naut. Greg Masiello, the V-22 Joint Program Manager. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), not as publicity hungry or savy, has quietly carried out a far more significant search and rescue mission using its tiltrotor.Īlmost exactly a year ago, a CV-22 operating out of Kandahar rescued 32 personnel stranded in difficult conditions in northeastern Afghanistan, according to USMC Col.
Marine Corps has gotten a lot of attention for its MV-22 mission, this year, to rescue one of two downed F-15 pilots when the fighter went down in Libya owing to mechanical problems.īut the U.S.
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