Gunfighters and their families tour a static display of two MV-22 Osprey aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Aug. 17, 2011. Approximately 180 Marines from VMM-166 will be conducting training at MHAFB from Aug. 9th to the 25th. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Debbie Lockhart)
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Andrew Brayton, a pilot assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., gives Mayor Tom Rist and Billy Richie, special assistant to the governor for military affairs, a tour of the inside of a MV-22 Osprey aircraft at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Aug. 17, 2011. The MV-22 Osprey combines the vertical flight capabilities of a helicopter with the speed and range of an airplane and is designed for expeditionary assault, raid operations, cargo lift and special warfare. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Debbie Lockhart)
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christopher Miller, a MV-22 Osprey crew chief assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., kneels to open a hatch during a tour of the inside of a VM-22 Osprey aircraft at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Aug. 17, 2011. The MV-22 Osprey aircraft travels at two-and-a-half times the speed of current helicopters, cruises at 13,000 feet and has the capability to quickly get into and out of landing zones. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Debbie Lockhart)
A young boy inspects a propeller of an MV-22 Osprey aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 out of Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar Calif., at a static display on the flightline, at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Aug. 17, 2011. The MV-22 Osprey aircraft is a tilt-rotor aircraft which takes off and lands like a helicopter. Once airborne, its engines can be rotated to convert the aircraft to a turboprop airplane capable of high-speed and high-altitude flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Debbie Lockhart)
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Bryan Tannehill, a MV-22 Osprey pilot assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., explains the capabilities of the MV-22 Osprey aircraft to U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Erik Blake, 366th Component Maintenance Squadron avionics team leader, during a static display at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Aug. 17, 2011. The MV-22 Osprey is a multi-engine, dual-piloted, self-deployable, tilt-rotor aircraft that flies twice as fast, carries three times the weight and flies more than twice as high and six times farther than the CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter it replaces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Debbie Lockhart)
Col. Ron Buckley, 366th Fighter Wing commander, and members of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., pose for a photograph with civic leaders in front of two MV-22 Osprey aircraft after a tour at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Aug. 17, 2011. The MV-22 Osprey aircraft can transport 24 combat troops, 20,000 pounds of internal cargo or up to 15,000 pounds of external cargo using its medium lift and vertical takeoff and landing capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Debbie Lockhart)