Presidential Osprey

LinkF16SimDude · by **LinkF16SimDude** » 12 Aug 2013, 01:31

Caught a wire photo of Bo the First Dog being airlifted into Mahthuh's Vinyud (:roll: ) and the aircraft caught my eye. Apparently the first Osprey delivery happened in March of this year but I didn't see any web stories on it except for the one in the link.

Osprey Joins Presidential Airlift Fleet

KamenRiderBlade · by **KamenRiderBlade** » 12 Aug 2013, 11:06

aaam · by **aaam** » 17 Aug 2013, 07:28

huggy · by **huggy** » 17 Aug 2013, 18:13

I like the large selection of basketballs they imported too.

StolichnayaStrafer · by **StolichnayaStrafer** » 18 Aug 2013, 15:46

So the President and company don't have enough transportation resources that he needs an Osprey too???

Pitiful, utterly pitiful.

count_to_10 · by **count_to_10** » 19 Aug 2013, 01:08

StolichnayaStrafer wrote:So the President and company don't have enough transportation resources that he needs an Osprey too???

Pitiful, utterly pitiful.

The V-22 is replacing some older helicopters.

bjr1028 · by **bjr1028** » 20 Aug 2013, 01:55

StolichnayaStrafer wrote:So the President and company don't have enough transportation resources that he needs an Osprey too???

Pitiful, utterly pitiful.

A) Its for the transportation element of HMX-1. It is not a presidential helicopter. The only different between these and fleet models are the comm suite.

B) its replacing the CH-46s which are being phased out.

StolichnayaStrafer · by **StolichnayaStrafer** » 21 Aug 2013, 02:09

Ok, if you guys say so. It's just that the first photo conveys a lot of easily misconstrued imagery as opposed to official and proper utilization.

Then again, what do I know. :shrug:

count_to_10 · by **count_to_10** » 21 Aug 2013, 02:29

StolichnayaStrafer wrote:Ok, if you guys say so. It's just that the first photo conveys a lot of easily misconstrued imagery as opposed to official and proper utilization.

Then again, what do I know.

The press can be rather tone deaf in these matters.