U.S. Marine Corps Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey.
Registration: 168026.
Unit: VMM 165 White Knights.
The V-22 Osprey is the first aircraft in the world to be developed and mass-produced under the so-called tiltrotor concept. This involves combining the vertical lifting capability of a helicopter with the high forward speed and also the longer range of a normal twin-engine turboprop-powered aircraft. The aircraft was developed by the firms's Bell and Boeing.
This photo was taken during the airshow at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma on 3 September 2013.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…