US Marines: Osprey tiltrotor doing OK in Iraq
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V-22 plane-chopper combo finally working? The troubled, revolutionary V-22 "Osprey" tiltrotor aircraft - which takes off and lands like a helicopter, but flies from place to place like a fixed-wing plane - appears to have finally left most of its development snags behind it.â¦
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CAMP LEJEUNE, NC -- Camp Lejeune Marines patrolling south of Baghdad, Iraq, are getting help from British troops. The 24th Marine Exepeditionary Unit of some 2,200 troops says it is being reinforced by some
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ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN -- Helicopters from this US Navy aircraft carrier flew repeated relief missions along the nearby shoreline of Indonesia yesterday, delivering food, water, and medical supplies to thousands of survivors stranded along the western coast of Aceh Province after last week's devastating tsunamis.
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the weekend and confirmed that the six Americans aboard all died, the US military said. crashed in Bamiyan province on Saturday, said US military spokesman Major Mark McCann.
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The US military in Iraq says it is checking reports that a helicopter has gone down north of Baghdad.
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WASHINGTON -- The former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah has calmed somewhat, with signs of commerce reappearing on the streets and no shots fired over the past 10 days at US or Iraqi forces, the Marine general overseeing US troops in the city said yesterday.
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Lt. Sven Jensen&#39;s US Marine unit survived for weeks on military rations while living rough in Iraq&#39;s Fallujah, so he wangled a truck Thursday and drove his men to the
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By John M.R. Bull And Stephanie Heinatz, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Jun. 4--NEWPORT NEWS -- Ospreys swoop overhead, riding air currents over marsh grasses and stands of oaks.   Herons spear small fish in the shallows. Waves lap quietly at the shoreline.
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All seven crew members and passengers aboard a U.S. Marine helicopter were killed when it came down near Baghdad on Wednesday, the fifth such aircraft to crash in Iraq in less than three weeks, the U.S. military said.
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Fifth U.S. 'copter down in Iraq in 18 days BAGHDAD, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. military confirmed Wednesday a twin-rotor Sea Knight transport helicopter crashed northwest of Baghdad, the fifth in 18 days.  We have a CH-46 that is down, 20 miles northwest of the capital, U.S.
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(Samarra, Iraq-AP, Oct. 2, 2004 4:30 PM) _ A top US commander in Iraq says he&#39;s confident the future of the Iraqi city of Samarra is good.
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A U.S. Marine transport helicopter  crashed early on Wednesday in western Iraq, the U.S. military  said in a statement.
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An Al-Qaeda-linked insurgent group posted a  video showing what it said was the downing of a U.S. military helicopter earlier this week
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A U.S. Marine helicopter carrying 21 people made a hard landing in volatile Anbar province on Monday, injuring 18, the military said. It was the third U.S. military aircraft to go down in the province in two weeks.
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Standing by a vehicle touted by the military as one of its most effective defenses against roadside bombs, Marine Staff Sgt. Tim Kessler couldn't help but sound pleased. Operating the so-called mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles in and around the western Iraqi city of Fallujah, two Marines in...
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BAGHDAD -- An American helicopter crashed north of Baghdad yesterday, the fourth one lost in the past two weeks by the US military and private companies. Two American soldiers were killed in the crash, the US military said.
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When troops in Iraq complain about not having adequate armor on trucks that are big targets in some of the countryâs most dangerous areas, thereâsa good chance that some of the vehicles are from Oshkosh Truck Corp.