The US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is to develop a gunship variant of the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor that also has the US Marine Corps (USMC) interested, a senior service official revealed on 13 February. Speaking at the Singapore Airshow, USMC Lieutenant Colonel Eric Ropella, PMA-275 Program Manager, International Programs, said that AFSOC is looking at developing a prototype gunship version of its CV-22 aircraft and that the USMC is following developments with regard to its MV-22.
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