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	V-22 Osprey

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10-20-2007 11:44 AM

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                        After investing $20 billion over 25 years and losing 30 lives in the development of the controversial <SPAN id="lw_1192892710_0" class="yshortcuts">V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft</SPAN>, known as the Osprey, the <SPAN id="lw_1192892710_1" class="yshortcuts">U.S. military</SPAN> might like to think that its long-awaited combat debut would go relatively smoothly. But even as 10 Marine V-22s have just arrived in Iraq, the Air Force - which is buying V-22s for special operations missions - has decided the gun on the marine's version isn't good enough for an aircraft expressly designed to ferry troops into hot landing zones. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/877B5DB2-C511-4520-BF4E-1497061A7F02/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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