This reads like (almost) another "Blackhawk down" story: 3 V-22 Ospreys almost got shotdown in an aborted assault:
U.S. Air Force Finally Talks About That Time Three V-22s Almost Got Shot Down
What I keep thinking is, how much did the extra speed of the V-22 vs the Chinook/Blackhawk helped the crews to survive? Reading from the text, I get the feeling that they had to run away as fast as possible, and the wounded were borderline critical. And the V-22s seem to have survived a heck of a lot of damage...
U.S. Air Force Finally Talks About That Time Three V-22s Almost Got Shot Down
What I keep thinking is, how much did the extra speed of the V-22 vs the Chinook/Blackhawk helped the crews to survive? Reading from the text, I get the feeling that they had to run away as fast as possible, and the wounded were borderline critical. And the V-22s seem to have survived a heck of a lot of damage...