It actually has one the lower mishap rates in the US Navy/Marine Corps inventory. The aircraft with the highest mishap rate is the C-20, a military version of the Gulfstream G-III/G-IV.

@@philsalvatore3902 54 dead not including Melville Island, and your implying it’s not a widow maker.

@@mac2626 Compared to what? I keep telling you that compared to other aircraft and rotorcraft in the US Navy/ US Marine Corps inventory, the V-22 has one of the lowest mishap rates in terms of mishaps per 10,000 flight hours. The CH-53 has a much higher mishap rate. You are ignoring the fact that the great majority of the 400 + V-22 fleet flies every single day, often from ships and in combat zones. The CH-53 has an absolutely miserable maintenance history and very low availability. They don't fly a lot of hours because they are broken and can't fly. We used to jokingly call the CH-53E the "static display". The V-22 flies a lot and the CH-53 not so much. As a result the V-22 might appear to have more mishaps but not in proportion to how much they are flow. You are more likely to die in a CH-53E, or a C-20 (military version of the Gulfstream III/IV) than a V-22. Two of the losses you mention (maybe 3 because we don't know why the USAF lost their CV-22 spec ops bird) were combat losses including one that landed hard, the crew survived and the aircraft was repairable but because it could not be retrieved from an active combat zone it was blown up to prevent it from being captured. I flew the V-22s predecessor, the CH-46, another so-called widowmaker because it had a high mishap rate among US Marine aircrews for a time. A lot of those crashed too, especially Marine Corps CH-46s. It was not inherently unsafe but the Marines sometimes abused them, violated the NATOPS and when you do that the aircraft just might kill you. The Marines were using a flight control mode that was only supposed to be used in a hover. The co-pilot would reach out and put a finger over the pitot tube to fool the flight control system into thinking airspeed was zero. They could zoom into a hot LZ and do a rapid stop. Only problem was it over stressed the aft plyon and soon enough aft pylons started breaking off. Not the helicopter's fault but everyone outside of the CH-46 community started calling it a "widowmaker". Boeing later came up with a completely different digital flight control system that was Marine-proof and no more aft pylon failures. The Marines also do a lot of flying on night vision goggles. I lost one friend because the ambient light fell below the threshold for the older NVGs they were using and they went black. Before they could rip the NVGs off and transition to instrument flight they hit a hillside and crashed. Is that the aircraft's fault? The non flying non military public doesn't know what we do with rotorcraft in an operational environment or just how dangerous that environment is.

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and the final part of S-70 firehawk displayed a Sokol and Squirrel instead of S-70 😁

alas AW609 has not been certified yet despite the claims in the video 🥲

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As long as you land in the water, just like shet, it floats. Just busting your chops. Rarely do I get a chance to dust off that old joke.

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Not any more. It is a helicopter without an engine now.

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Only two short clips of the similar Mi-17 were shown... every other clip was the Super Puma. Once again, they look similar... however the landing gear, windows and tail are the only visible difference. Puma however has much more lift and failsafe's than the Mi-17.

@@babalonkie I am an absolute retard and still I see the difference

@@babalonkie Towards the end of the segment on the Super Puma the video showed a big Mi-26 Halo (a helicopter the size of a C-130) leading what looked like a gaggle of Mi-38s. But don't feel too offended. Locally there was a flyer advertising a dance to celebrate the birthday of the US Navy. On the flier were images of the MiG-29. I guess someone confused the Fulcrum for an F/A-18.

@@philsalvatore3902 I am not offended lol, the OP was offended. The S Puma looks like several Russian Choppers and this channel has a habit on filling in blanks with the closest thing they can find. My point was there was a lot of Super Puma clips...

Westland Lynx used by more Navies than just about any other Anti-Sub and Anti Ship Helicopter. Also missing is the Augusta Westland (Leonardo) Wildcat. Very obvious omission is the Augusta Westland EH101 Merlin. Agree with "759Ai" that the NH 90 has been a disaster, Super Puma has its critics but the Eurocopter Tiger Attack Helicopter is the biggest failure, just ask Australia which wasted a fortune on this failed aircraft. Australia also has decided that the Eurocopter/Airbus NH-90 was a waste of money.