US Marine Corps, MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR: 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing participated in its first aerial refueling of the MV-22 Osprey during training in Southern California Aug. 29.
The Osprey was refueled by a KC-130J from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd MAW.
The MV-22 Osprey is a tilt-rotor aircraft that takes off and lands like a helicopter, but flies like a plane. The Osprey has a 38-foot prop rotor and an engine/transmission nacelle mounted on each wing tip, allowing it to operate like a helicopter for take-off and landing purposes. Once in the air, the Osprey
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