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Hagel: US to expedite delivery of V-22 Osprey aircraft to Israel
Jpost ^ | 11/01/2013 | JPOST.COM STAFF

Posted on 11/01/2013 2:10:38 PM PDT by klpt

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1 posted on 11/01/2013 2:10:39 PM PDT by klpt
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Aren’t the arabs killing enough Israelis fast enough without the Osprey? Do we have to help them accelerate the numbers?


2 posted on 11/01/2013 2:12:43 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: klpt

Huh?


3 posted on 11/01/2013 2:13:15 PM PDT by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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No kidding. What has Israel done to deserve the Osprey?


4 posted on 11/01/2013 2:22:12 PM PDT by Jacquerie (An Article V amendment convention is our only hope.)
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No kidding. What has Israel done to deserve the Osprey?

There must be some reason they want it.

5 posted on 11/01/2013 2:23:46 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: Jacquerie

Why not just give them machine guns that have reverse-pointing barrels on them?


6 posted on 11/01/2013 2:24:36 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Jacquerie

They have held off a billion Muslims for decades


7 posted on 11/01/2013 2:25:18 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: klpt

I didn’t think we were even still producing the Ospreys.


8 posted on 11/01/2013 2:25:48 PM PDT by Deb (If you wanna laugh everyday, follow Deepak Chopra on Twitter)
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To: Steely Tom

There’s always leftists in Israel who wil jump up and down with the American flag even if it kills thousands of Jews.


9 posted on 11/01/2013 2:27:55 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/nicolae-hussein-obama/)
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To: Deb

The V-22 is in its third or fourth generation now.


10 posted on 11/01/2013 2:30:09 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/nicolae-hussein-obama/)
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It still doesn’t look like it wants to fly.


12 posted on 11/01/2013 2:32:30 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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Re Wikipedia: Israel had shown an early interest in the V-22.[167][168] Reports in late 2009 stated that Israel favored the Sikorsky CH-53K.[169] In 2011, Israel expressed a new interest in the V-22 to support special operations and in search & rescue operations.[170][171] In 2013, Israel was reportedly interested in a possible lease of six to eight aircraft for special operations missions; the type is not to act as a replacement for existing rotorcraft.[172] On 22 April 2013, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel finalized an arms agreement to sell the V-22 to the Israel Air Force, along with tanker aircraft, radars, and anti-radiation missiles.[173] The Israeli aircraft are to be moved to the front of the production queue, delaying some USMC deliveries.[174]
13 posted on 11/01/2013 2:37:55 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: Jacquerie

Might be the worst investment in an aircraft Israel made since it bought those Czech-built Me109s (the ones with so much torque they swung like pendulums on takeoff and landing). Seriously, what does an Osprey do that a helicopter can’t?


14 posted on 11/01/2013 2:57:01 PM PDT by steelhead_trout (MYOB)
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IIRC, the P-51 Mustang with the Roll-Royce engine had to be throttled very slowly for the same reason: super torque.

Anyway, the V-22 has enough problems as it is. This deal smells.


15 posted on 11/01/2013 3:09:30 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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To: klpt

The utter ignorance on this thread is absolutely profound.

The V-22 had a very tough development, but its operational service has been stellar.

It has an outstanding safety record and has served in combat in multiple deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Israel wants them because, unlike the armchair morons on this thread, they recognize what a transformational platform the tiltrotor Osprey is.

If you actually saw one fly in person, you wouldn’t say they don’t look like they want to fly, that’s for damn sure.


16 posted on 11/01/2013 3:21:59 PM PDT by LSUfan
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I agree, there are some deployed here at Kirtland AFB and they fly over my place in the mountains quite a bit, plus I work right near the base so I see them a lot. It is a very cool aircraft. The first time you hear one it’s “what????” it has a very distinctive sound.


17 posted on 11/01/2013 3:25:59 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Hardraade

How is it performing?


18 posted on 11/01/2013 3:30:36 PM PDT by Deb (If you wanna laugh everyday, follow Deepak Chopra on Twitter)
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To: onedoug

They must know what they’re doing. Fingers crossed...


19 posted on 11/01/2013 3:31:52 PM PDT by Deb (If you wanna laugh everyday, follow Deepak Chopra on Twitter)
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To: LSUfan
you sir are correct. That was my project when it was in “X” prototype through 1st production model. Saw it through test flights,endurance tests.Was on the runway at Bell when they did a test flight for all employees. S.O.B is stealth, you will never see or hear till its on your butt. Only problem I seen is when they did the ballistics tests on the under belly. You didn't want to be inside then.......now ok
20 posted on 11/01/2013 3:41:18 PM PDT by VF-51vnv
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