Bell Boeing delivered the first production MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor transport to the US Marine Corps on 14 May. The first of 350 MV-22s for the USMC, 50 CV-22s for the US Air Force and 48 CV-22s for the US Navy, was handed over at Bell's Arlington, Texas, flight test centre.
Source: Flight International
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