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'08-0048'
Bell/Boeing C-22B Osprey
c/n D1032
@ RAF Mildenhall ~ 06 February 2025 (2nd Visit)
'U.S.A.F.'
'08-0048'
Bell/Boeing C-22B Osprey
c/n D1032
@ RAF Mildenhall ~ 06 February 2025 (2nd Visit)
'U.S.A.F.'
'08-0048'
Bell/Boeing C-22B Osprey
c/n D1032
@ RAF Mildenhall ~ 28 February 2025
'U.S.A.F.'
'08-0048'
Bell/Boeing C-22B Osprey
c/n D1032
@ RAF Mildenhall ~ 28 February 2025
'U.S.A.F.'
08-0048, plus another Osprey, at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk.
Model: CV-22B Osprey
Manufacturer: Bell Boeing
Year built: 2008
Serial number: D1034
USAF serial number: 08-0048
Operator: 20th. Special Operations Squadron (SOS) 'Green Hornets', 27th. Special Operations Wing (SOW)
Crew: 3 or 4 (pilot, co-pilot and 1 or 2 loadmasters/gunners)
Length: 57 ft. 4 in. (17.48 m) Length, folded: 62 ft. 7.5 in. (19.091 m)
Height, engine nacelles vertical: 22 ft. 1 in. (6.73 m)
Height, top of tailfins: 17 ft. in. (5 m)
Height, folded: 18 ft. 1 in. (5.51 m)
Width, including rotors: 84 ft. 7 in. (25.776 m)
Width folded: 18 ft. 5 in. (5.61 m)
Wingspan: 45 ft. 10 in. (13.97 m)
Wing area: 301.4 sq. ft. (28.00 m2)
Empty weight: 31,818 lb. (14,432 kg)
Operating weight, empty: 32,623 lb. (14,798 kg)
Gross weight: 39,500 lb. (17,917 kg)
Combat weight: 42,712 lb. (19,374 kg)
MTOW, vertical: 47,500 lb. (21,546 kg)
MTOW, runway: 55,000 lb. (24,948 kg)
MTOW, runway, ferry: 60,500 lb. (27,442 kg)
Carrying capacity:
Seated troops: 24
Floor loaded troops: 32
Internal cargo: 20,000 lb. (9,100 kg
External cargo, dual hook: Up to 15,000 lb. (6,800 kg)
M1161 Growler light vehicle, internally loaded: 1
Max fuel capacity: 3,706 gal. (16,850 litres)
Engines: 2 x Rolls Royce T406-AD-400 turbo-shaft
Engine output, sea level: 2 x 6,150 hp (4,590 kW) at 15,000 rpm
Main rotor diameter: 2 x 38 ft. (12 m)
Main rotor area: 2,268 sq. ft. (210.7 m2)
Max speed at 15,000 ft. (4,600 m): 305 knots (351 mph - 565 km/h)
Stall speed: 110 knots (130 mph - 200 km/h)
Rate of climb: 2,320 to 4,000 ft/min. (11.8 to 20.3 m/sec)
g limits: +4 max / -1 min
Service ceiling: 25,000 ft. (7,600 m)
Range: 879 nm(1,012 miles - 1,628 km)
Combat range: 390 nm (450 miles - 720 km)
Ferry range: 2,230 nm (2,570 miles - 4,130 km)
Armament:
1 × 7.62 mm (.308 in) M240 machine gun or .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine gun on ramp, removable
1 × 7.62 mm (.308 in) GAU-17 minigun, belly-mounted, retractable, video remotely control
United States Air Force Boeing-Bell CV-22B Osprey 08-0048 performs a test flight at RAF Mildenhall. (11/09/24)
'08-0048'
Bell/Boeing CV-22B Osprey
c/n D1032
@ RAF Mildenhall ~ 17 September 2024
'U.S.A.F.'
'08-0048'
Bell/Boeing CV-22B Osprey
c/n D1032
@ RAF Mildenhall ~ 17 September 2024
'U.S.A.F.'
'08-0048'
Bell/Boeing CV-22B Osprey
c/n D1032
@ RAF Mildenhall ~ 17 September 2024
'U.S.A.F.'
'08-0048'
Bell/Boeing CV-22B Osprey
c/n D1032
@ RAF Mildenhall ~ 17 September 2024
'U.S.A.F.'
'08-0048'
Bell/Boeing CV-22B Osprey
c/n D1032
@ RAF Mildenhall ~ 17 September 2024
'U.S.A.F.'
'08-0048'
Bell/Boeing CV-22B Osprey
c/n D1032
@ RAF Mildenhall ~ 17 September 2024
'U.S.A.F.'
United States Air Force Bell Boeing CV-22B Osprey 08-0048 as Knife71
NATO Exercise Cobra Warrior 24-2
RAF Mildenhall MHZ / EGUN
17.9.24
United States Air Force Bell Boeing CV-22B Osprey 08-0048 as Knife71
NATO Exercise Cobra Warrior 24-2
RAF Mildenhall MHZ / EGUN
17.9.24
United States Air Force Bell/Boeing CV-22B 08-0048 approaching RAF Mildenhall as KNIFE79.
City Airport & Heliport - EGCB
'08-0048'
Bell/Boeing CV-22B Osprey
c/n D1032
@ RAF Mildenhall ~ 02 February 2024
'U.S.A.F.'
'08-0048'
Bell/Boeing CV-22B Osprey
c/n D1032
@ RAF Mildenhall ~ 02 February 2024
'U.S.A.F.'
Bell-Boeing CV-22B Osprey 08-0048 Duxford 5 April 2023