CMV-22B Ospreys deploy to Indo-Pacific
A Bell-Boeing CMV-22 Osprey aboard the USS Carl Vinson in the Western Pacific. (Photo: USN/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erin Zorich)
Deployment of CMV-22B Ospreys in a logistics and medevac role demonstrated how well the tiltrotor aircraft integrated with the carrier flight cycle.
The USN’s second operational deployment of the Bell-Boeing CMV-22B Osprey tiltrotor in the carrier onboard delivery (COD) mission is underway, USMC Col Brian Taylor of the V-22 Osprey Joint Program Office said on 4 April during the 2022 Navy League meeting in Washington DC.
This follows the first CMV-22B operational deployment aboard the carrier USS Carl Vinson, and the USN announcing on 18 February that the aircraft achieved IOC.
The current CMV-22 deployment to the Indo-Pacific Command Area Of Responsibility (INDOPACOM AOR), is on the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which, like the Carl Vinson, had deployed carrying
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