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Conway: V-22’s Enduring Afghan Mission To Begin This Year

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By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps expects to deploy the MV-22 Osprey to Afghanistan by year's end, and for the nascent tilt-rotor aircraft to remain in the war-torn country for as long as Marines do, Commandant Gen. James Conway said yesterday. "We think it is going to be just a wonderful machine in that environment," in Afghanistan, Conway told reporters yesterday at a Pentagon roundtable. "In all probability, we will retain an Osprey capability there for as long as we…

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