{"id":58174,"date":"2023-12-05T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=58174"},"modified":"2023-12-07T01:11:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T01:11:17","slug":"afsoc-commander-directs-cv-22-operational-standdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=58174","title":{"rendered":"AFSOC commander directs CV-22 operational standdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"article-detail-dateline\">HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AFNS) &#8212; \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Biographies\/Display\/Article\/708808\/tony-d-bauernfeind\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind<\/a><\/strong>, AFSOC commander, directed an operational standdown of the Air Force <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/104531\/cv-22-osprey\/\" target=\"_blank\">CV-22<\/a><\/strong> fleet Dec. 6, 2023, to mitigate risk while the investigation continues on the Nov. 29, 2023, CV-22 mishap near Yakushima, Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary investigation information indicates a potential materiel failure caused the mishap, but the underlying cause of the failure is unknown at this time. The standdown will provide time and space for a thorough investigation to determine causal factors and recommendations to ensure the Air Force CV-22 fleet returns to flight operations.<\/p>\n<p>We extend sincere gratitude to the Joint Force and Government of Japan\u2019s Self-Defense Force, Coast Guard, law enforcement and civilian volunteers for their tireless assistance in the search and rescue operations for our Air Commandos.<\/p>\n<p>Further information will be released as it becomes available. Please direct your questions to our org box: <strong><a href=\"mailto:afsoc.pa.org@us.af.mil?subject=CV-22%20mishap\">afsoc.pa.org@us.af.mil<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-split ntext breakout \">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<section class=\"ast-brandedhr\">\n<div class=\"ast-brandedhr-line\">\n<p>                <title>U.S. Air Force Logo<\/title><\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AFNS) &#8212; \u00a0 Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, AFSOC commander, directed an operational standdown of the Air Force CV-22 fleet Dec. 6, 2023, to mitigate risk while the investigation continues on the Nov. 29, 2023, CV-22 mishap near Yakushima, Japan. Preliminary investigation information indicates a potential materiel failure caused the mishap, but the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":58176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58174"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58177,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58174\/revisions\/58177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}