The Corps is on track to turn the MV-22 into a refueling tanker
Apr 23, 2018 · The V-22 Aerial Refueling System will help extend the range of F-35Bs, and other V-22s, by providing an additional 10,000 pounds of fuel to the MEUs.
MV-22B Osprey to get a tanker option - Marine Corps Times
Dec 28, 2014 · The V-22 Osprey will get a new system that will turn it into a tanker. Officials want it to refuel the F-35B
Aerial Refueling Brings the V-22 Osprey to a Whole New Level
Jan 5, 2022 · In recent years, the Corps has built and added a V-22 Aerial Refueling System (VARS) able to support fixed-wing aircraft such as a Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet or Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning...
German A400M Refuels AFSOC CV-22 Osprey for the First Time
Mar 25, 2025 · The test is aimed at expanding the refueling envelope of the A400M to refuel a wide variety of NATO aircraft, and follows the first ever refueling of a V-22 in early 2025. A German Air Force ...
Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey - Wikipedia
The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American multi-use, tiltrotor military transport and cargo aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing and short takeoff and landing capabilities.
The U.S. Military’s V-22 Osprey: “Everything Is An Option”
Mar 30, 2017 · Dubbed, the VARS—V-22 Aerial Refueling System—the idea is for the Ospreys to top-off the F-35Bs as they takeoff from a large-deck amphibious assault ship with a full load of weapons but not...
Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey
Travel with presidential confidence in an interior fuselage designed for dignitaries. The V-22 can refuel off most common tanker aircraft using standard high-speed drogues. Capability-proven during countless trans-Atlantic crossings by U.S. Marine and Air Force crews.
Navy Not Following Marines’ Lead in Developing V-22 Osprey Tanker
May 4, 2015 · The Navy has no immediate plans to explore using its planned fleet of V-22 Ospreys carrier onboard delivery aircraft to refuel its carrier aircraft, while the Marines are actively looking to include a tanking capability in its own tilt-rotor V-22s by 2017, service officials told USNI News on Monday.
Marine Corps Showing Love — And Money — for the V-22 …
Mar 30, 2017 · The Marine Corps has for years been pursuing an aerial refueling “roll-on roll-off” kit for the V-22, says Parker. The goal is to have it ready by 2019, so the Osprey can be deployed as a tanker to refuel fixed wing, tiltrotor and rotary wing aircraft.
Luftwaffe Airbus A400M refuels US Navy V-22 Osprey - AeroTime
Jan 16, 2025 · The Luftwaffe’s Airbus A400M has refueled a US Navy V-22 Osprey for the first time, expanding its tactical tanker capabilities.