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120320-N-YM590-456 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 20, 2012) An MV-22 Osprey flies by the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) as the ship steams through the Atlantic Ocean. George H.W. Bush is in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brian M. Brooks/Released)

120320-N-YM590-481 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 20, 2012) An MV-22 Osprey lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) during test operations. George H.W. Bush is in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brian M. Brooks/Released)

120320-N-YM590-531 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 20, 2012) An MV-22 Osprey lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) during test operations. George H.W. Bush is in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brian M. Brooks/Released)

120320-N-NW381-059 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 20, 2012) An MV-22 Osprey lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) during test operations. George H.W. Bush is in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Maria Rachel D. Melchor/Released)

120320-N-XE109-364 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 5, 2012) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Christopher W. Landrum signals an MV-22 Osprey to land on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) during test operations. George H.W. Bush is in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brian Read Castillo/Released)

120320-N-XE109-463 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 5, 2012) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Michael S. Alves signals an MV-22 Osprey to land on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) during test operations. George H.W. Bush is in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brian Read Castillo/Released)

120320-N-YM590-835 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 20, 2012) An MV-22 Osprey maneuvers on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) during test operations. George H.W. Bush is in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brian M. Brooks/Released)

120320-N-XE109-746 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 20, 2012) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Christopher W. Landrum directs the movement of an MV-22 Osprey on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) during test operations. George H.W. Bush is in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brian Read Castillo/Released)

120320-N-YM590-700 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 20, 2012) An MV-22 Osprey takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) during test operations. George H.W. Bush is in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brian M. Brooks/Released)

120320-N-IM823-006 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 20, 2012) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Christopher W. Landrum directs the landing of an MV-22 Osprey on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) during test operations. George H.W. Bush is in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joseph R. Vincent/Released)

Title and text seems a bit misleading as V-22 formal carrier landings were done during aircraft testing phase at least as early as 1999, if not before. This documentation was actually the sea trials of the carrier, not the Osprey.

The pictures are beautiful, though.

Do these people just make up stuff because they don’t know history?

I’m retired from Bell Helicopter. We developed two proof-of-concept aircraft designated the XV-15 beginning decades ago and one is in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. They led to the much larger V-22 configurations for Navy, Air Force and Marines. ....Carrier qualifications for the V-22 were initially perfomed successfully MANY years ago, not just this March. ....These qualifications were probably for the pilots, not the aircraft.

I served in Catapults on a carrier in the Navy and before we deployed for a multi-month cruise to the Med, we’d conduct day and night ops to qualify the various squadron pilots that were to be deployed with the ship.

The C-2A was ancient back in 87-93 when I flew it. I always wondered why it wasn’t replaced with the V-22 ages ago.

Beautiful pics. Just don’t try bringing that plane into a hot LZ. :-)

V-22 Unit Cost ~ $70 Million
C-2A Unit cost ~ $39 million