The MV-22 has been at HMX-1 for a little while now.
Yesterday they flew their first mission in support of the Commander in Chief.
Regardless of the President's politics or political party isn't this a waste? I mean seriously! Why couldn't a new build Army UH-60L or a MH-60R able to do this duty? Instead we have a niche platform that is supposedly in short supply and recommended for cancellation used to ferry around cargo and extra personnel for the Chief Executive. Instead of a 28 million dollar helicopter we are using a squadron of 70 million dollar planes.
And we're suppose to be heading toward crushing austerity in the military?
Or is this simply a play by the Marine Corps to get the next Presidential Helicopter to be the MV-22? It sure looks like it and if this is the case then the game is rigged.
