Bell Boeing V-22 OSPREY

[Saint]

Bell Boeing V-22 OSPREY, checking out the Niagara Falls area today
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[dispatchgeek]

Bell Boeing V-22 OSPREY, checking out the Niagara Falls area today
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These guys must have stayed the night in Grand Rapids, MI after their sightseeing tour. I stopped at the GRR airport viewing park since I was super early getting into GR. Glad I did. Seeing an Osprey has been one of my bucket list planes.

 

[jtwalker]

Is that USAF? What’s that paint scheme on tail? AZ air national guard?

 

[GlobalNorth]

Is that USAF? What’s that paint scheme on tail? AZ air national guard?

Nope. Check the fuselage marking of Navy. AZ AF ANG is a KC135 based ARW or F-16C unit in Tucson for NORAD air missions.

That tailflash belongs to the USN VRM-40 'Mighty Bison' based out of NAS Norfolk.

 

[wx9svr]

Today (Fri) they continued their sightseeing tour. Flew down the Mighty Mississippi from the Hannibal, MO, area; passing the Gateway Arch approx 1630Z. Then they stopped at Spirit of St Louis Airport (KSUS) for lunch & fuel. Departed again 1833Z. Finished up the day at Eisenhower National Airport (KICT) in Wichita.