V-22 ospreys temp grounded

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All 84 of the U.S. military’s V-22 Ospreys were temporarily grounded
Saturday after the discovery of loose bolts on the aircraft by Marines in
Iraq, officials said.
The grounding affected all V-22s, including the Corps’ aircraft and the 11
CV-22s the Air Force operates, said Mike Welding, spokesman for the V-22
program at Navy Air Systems Command. As of Tuesday morning, 76 of the 84
aircraft had been cleared to fly, with problems discovered on four Ospreys
operated out of Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, by Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron
266 out of Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C