1/72 Italeri V-22A Osprey 1463

• Type: Cargo
• Period: Modern
• Country: United States
• SKILL: 3
• Model Dim.: 24,3 cm
• Box Dim.: 345 x 242 x 48 mm

The innovative Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey project was initiated during the 1980s but only emerged into production and was deployed to various arms of the US armed forces after enduring a long and complex developmental process that lasted for over twenty years. The Osprey is a tilt rotor, equipped with two tilting engines that have large three-blade propellers attached that make it able to land and take off vertically like a helicopter, while also possessing flight and transfer performance similar to that of a conventional propeller plane. Thanks to its two powerful 6,150 HP Rolls-Royce T406-AD-400 engines, it can exceed 500 km/h in horizontal flight. The United States Marine Corps is the principal user of the aircraft, exploiting its tactical versatility and the transport capability of the V-22 in particular for operational support during troop landings. The Osprey undertook its first operational missions in Iraq in 2008.