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The military s hundreds of V-22 Ospreys will not be permitted to fly their full range of missions until at least 2025 as the Pentagon continues to address safety concerns in the fleet, the head of the program told lawmakers at a hearing Wednesday.Vice Adm. Carl Chebi, the head of U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, which has responsibility for the V-22 military-wide, told lawmakers at a House oversight hearing into the program s recent crashes that it will be at least another six to nine months before the command will be able to complete all of the safety and performanc
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stanley italia otal of 64 service members have been killed in air and ground accidents, and 93 have been injured.But over the last two years, four separate crashes killed a total of 20 service members and two of those crashes involved catastrophic materiel or mechanical failures the program had not experienced before.Following a November crash off the coast of Japan that killed eight service members, the fleet was grounded for months. The Ospreys were returned to flight status in March, but in a very limited format, and did not perform the full range of missions, including carrier operations, that the aircraft was made to carry out.In use since only 2007, the
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MILWAUKEE 鈥?Families and community members went to Wood National Cemetery on Monday afternoon to observe Memorial Day
stanley cup and honor fallen servicemen and women. My father is buried across the street here, and we have a number of relatives here, said David Kroenke.Kroenke brought his son, Gino, to honor their fallen relatives. David served in the U.S. Army, and he says Memorial Day brings him mixed emotions. It s happiness, it s anger, it s learning all at the same time conflicts we would like to avoid, Kroenke said.Jeff Richter said his father served overseas in 1945, after he lost two cousins in the Pacific. One is named Gordon Spredeman. One was a ship s cook on an LST that got hit by a kamikaze right before Christmas, Richter said.Kris Korpela was at the cemetery touching up her husband, Thomas Korpela s, marking with paint. He se
stanley cup rved in Vietnam, Korpela said. He was in the Navy on a ship, the Springfield and the Little Rock. And he s been gone 17 years now. Korpela said her American Legion post in Hartland raised $1,500 for the Soldiers Home, apartments for veterans and their families who are experiencing homelessness. Because of them we have a bright future for our kids, and we re just thankful, said Vladimir Arroza.Arroza emigrated from the Philippines and came to the cemetery with his wife. He says he doesn t have family who served but says he believes everyone who served has made a differen
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