WASHINGTON — A deadly Osprey aircraft crash last November off Japan was caused by cracks in a metal gear and the pilot's decision to keep flying rather than heed multiple warnings that he should ...

The crash of an Air Force Osprey aircraft eight months ago in Japan that killed all eight airmen on board was caused by a “catastrophic failure” of one of the aircraft’s proprotor ...

A gear crack that led to a fatal crash of a V-22 Osprey last year may have been started by weak spots in a metal used to manufacture that part, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

An Air Force investigation into a deadly November CV-22 Osprey crash in Japan found that worn parts inside the plane’s transmission sheared apart in a split-second failure that doomed the plane ...

Internal safety documents obtained by Military.com show that warnings related to a mechanical issue that caused an Air Force Osprey to crash off the coast of Japan last year, killing eight airmen ...

Japan’s air force chief has confirmed the deaths of two service members whose training aircraft crashed last week ...

The crash prompted the US military to ground ... metal weaknesses similar to those found in a part of the Osprey that went down in Japan, according to the Associated Press. The near-crash led ...

The decision to ground the fleet stems from an investigation which found that weakened metal components contributed to the recent incident, mirroring issues identified in a fatal crash off Japan's ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japan grounded its Osprey fleet over the weekend after ... between December and March following the Nov. 29 crash of a Special Operations Command tiltrotor just off ...

Following the fatal crash of a U.S. Air Force CV-22 last November in Japan, Japan’s Ministry of Defense had to make significant efforts explaining Osprey operations are not a danger to the ...