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| | MV-22B Exercises Sea Legs |
 | | Osprey No. 10, the fourth MV-22B EMD aircraft, landed on the Saipan on 19 January to begin more than three weeks of trials, which had two primary objectives. |
 | | The first, to stress the aircraft in dynamic interface testing, involved validating and expanding the general launch-and-recovery envelope relative to "winds over the deck" for the helicopter spots "where the V-22 could land," Navy officials said. |
 | | As of 29 January, the four EMD MV-22Bs had accumulated a total of more than 1,000 flight hours, bringing to more than 2,200 hours the total flown by the entire V-22 development fleet. |
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