Obama Rides On V-22 Osprey

[Airline News]

It is not clear where it happened from the brief clip I noticed on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, but Barack Obama was shown deplaning a V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor during his recent trip to the Middle East. Stewart made some comment like "Obama seen getting off of a transformer..."

Funny guy. It does seem like the V-22 is very much starting to become the utility vertical lift platform those behind it had hoped for. I'd like to know more about Obama's ride. If any unit members involved in the Obama flight read this please tell us about it in this thread.

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