Osprey On Station

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Lights on the flight deck of the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) illuminate an MV-22 Osprey attached to Marine Medium Tilt-rotor Squadron (VMM) 263 as it transits the Straits of Tiran. Wasp is on a surge deployment bringing the Osprey on its first combat deployment to the Middle East. Date Taken: October 3rd, 2007.  Photographer: Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Borden, Navy Visual News Service.

An MV-22 "Osprey" attached to Marine Medium Tilt-rotor Squadron (VMM) 263 takes to the air from the flight deck of the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Wasp is on a surge deployment bringing the Osprey on its first combat deployment to the Middle East. Date Taken: September 29th, 2007. Photographer: Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Borden, Navy Visual News Service.

To give you a fuller picture of the Osprey's capabilities, I'll post some pictures of the Osprey landing on the Iwo Jima during sea trials after the Jump.

An aviation boatswain's mate conducts a landing of a V-22 Osprey aboard amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. This was the first time Iwo Jima had conducted flight deck operations with the V-22 Osprey in more than two years. Iwo Jima is underway conducting sea trials. Date Taken: September 27th, 2007. Photographer: Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Williams, Navy Visual News Service.

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Osprey On Station

Lights on the flight deck of the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) illuminate an MV-22 Osprey attached to Marine Medium Tilt-rotor Squadron (VMM) 263 as it transits the Straits of Tiran. Wasp is on a surge deployment bringing the Osprey on its first combat deployment to the Middle East. Date Taken: October 3rd, 2007.  Photographer: Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Borden, Navy Visual News Service.

An MV-22 "Osprey" attached to Marine Medium Tilt-rotor Squadron (VMM) 263 takes to the air from the flight deck of the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Wasp is on a surge deployment bringing the Osprey on its first combat deployment to the Middle East. Date Taken: September 29th, 2007. Photographer: Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Borden, Navy Visual News Service.

To give you a fuller picture of the Osprey's capabilities, I'll post some pictures of the Osprey landing on the Iwo Jima during sea trials after the Jump.

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