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AFSOC Says CV-22 Acceleration a Top POM ’10 Priority

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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

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Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has requested funding in the Air Force's next six-year spending blueprint to accelerate its purchase of CV-22 tiltrotor Ospreys to eight aircraft per year starting in FY'10, a top official from the command recently said. AFSOC plans to declare Initial Operational Capability for the CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft "no later than next month," but the command will not have enough CV-22s to support regular deployments for several more years, said Col. J.D. Clem, deputy…

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