Yep. UN resolutions on disarming America and tanking its fighter programs. The new consciousness of America is now ruling what our soldiers “really want” and need to fight against.
This is all horsecrap.
People kept criticizing the V22, but guess what. Marines are not ready to get rid of it now that they have it and needed it really bad for troop landing and fast takeoff safety reasons while getting in firefights.
Not to mention that the craft it was replacing, the CH-46, was MORE dangerous than even the pre-fix Osprey.
At least when the engines quit, the Osprey can either autorotate or glide to a landing. The CH-46 mostly just falls out of the sky.