The US depends on this aircraft for its military operations. But it crashes frequently and dozens have died.
The Army says “military aviation is inherently risky” Families of dead soldiers demand answers. In 2022, Evan Strickland was 19 years old and a Marine Corps First Corporal in California. He loved playing the saxophone, dancing to make his classmates laugh, and had planned to marry his girlfriend. Just over a year after the funeral, he received a message that another Osprey had gone missing in Australia. He immediately thought, “Oh, no… My heart sinks.”