Range, speed and flexibilty. Hard rules once defined by the limitations of legacy helicopters. The V-22 offers twice the speed, three times the payload, five times the range, and can fly more than twice as high as older rotorcraft it is destined to replace.
It is the world’s first production tilt rotor combining the vertical performance of a helicopter with the high speed and range of a fixed wing aircraft...
...The V-22 not only rewrites the rules of mobility, it mobilizes the rules of engagement.
Carrries 24 soldiers and their equipment.
Marines, not soldiers.
“..Carrries 24 soldiers and their equipment.”
Yes, 2 blocks.
Check their current rating, rather than the original specs.