{"id":59212,"date":"2023-12-07T22:12:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T23:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=59212"},"modified":"2023-12-08T01:14:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T01:14:16","slug":"pentagon-services-coordinating-on-operational-stand-down-of-osprey-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=59212","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon, Services Coordinating on Operational Stand-Down of Osprey Fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n The Defense Department office that oversees the military’s tiltrotor aircraft program is coordinating with the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps as they conduct an operational standdown of all CV-22 Osprey variants, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said today.\n<\/p>\n

Singh said the decision by the services to ground their platforms was taken out of an abundance of caution as the Air Force continues its investigation following last week’s CV-22A Osprey mishap off the shore of Yakushima Island, Japan that killed eight airmen.<\/p>\n

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She added that the decision by each of the services to conduct the operational standdown reflects the priority Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has placed on operational safety.<\/p>\n

“The secretary fully supports the services and their [decision], out of an abundance of caution, to stand these aircraft down,” she said. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Singh added that while there “will always be an inherent risk in military aviation,” DOD consistently strives to mitigate that risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We will continue to maintain a high level of operational standardization for all of our pilots and all of our crew,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She said each service will determine guidelines for resuming flight operations in coordination with the DOD’s V-22 joint program office after conducting operational safety investigations within their fleets. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The Air Force Special Operations Command is leading the investigation into last week’s mishap. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Singh echoed Austin’s condolences for the family and loved ones of the service members who were lost in the crash.<\/p>\n

“The entire Department of Defense mourns alongside the families and the loved ones of those who lost their lives today in the service of their country,” Austin said in a statement this week. “My heart also goes out to those who were serving alongside these brave men and women in Japan.”<\/p>\n

Singh added that the department is grateful to the Japanese government for their assistance in the search and recovery efforts. \u00a0<\/p>\n

“We will continue to work with them on sharing information and safety procedures during the investigation,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Defense Department office that oversees the military’s tiltrotor aircraft program is coordinating with the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps as they conduct an operational standdown of all CV-22 Osprey variants, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said today. Singh said the decision by the services to ground their platforms was taken out of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":59214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59212","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\/59212","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59212"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59215,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59212\/revisions\/59215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}