The US Army’s Bell V-280 Valor Tiltrotor Long Range Assault Aircraft. Shirt by: @GruntStyle1776

[Mexicansheriff]

Can't wait for all the landing zones that won't fit that.

[devos]

When they finally strap 4 jet engines on one they better name it the Pelican

[tonyd.]

The maintenance on these things are diabolical. RIP crew chiefs

[Sandoodie]

Nice to see the Enclave investing in some Vertibirds

[PatriotPlus]

The UH-60 Blackhawk and variants had a tremendous run. It first went into service in 1979. Forty-five years is a long production run for anything.

[joshuamaxwell]

I flew on an Osprey and lived. Army is about to learn the same lesson as the Marines. When shooting at a helicopter is like shooting at a line, shooting at one of these is like a + sign. There is a lot more to hit and having two vital spinnies on each wing makes it easier to down.

[Tylermaddox]

The V-22 osprey is going to have to compete in crashes now.

[vpoweredpony]

I live in Fort Worth and have worked for Bell for 13 years and will be soon transferring to this new Facility. Go Rotorshop!!! Semper Fidelis.

[GiuseppeSimonetti]

Wow Bell is opening a plant in Texas while john deere and Chevy are moving their production to Mexico and other countries. That's great.

[Handlethis]

Compared to a Black Hawk, the Bell V-280 Valor is designed with a focus on easier and faster maintenance, with features like a fixed engine configuration allowing for independent removal of components like the engine, drive shaft, and gearbox, which significantly reduces maintenance time and improves aircraft availability for operations; essentially, the Valor is expected to require less overall maintenance than a Black Hawk due to its design considerations for maintainability.

[scollins]

how many people in government invested in Bell recently.

[josephelias]

I can't be the only one thinking that's a HUGE accident waiting to happen.

[melohsparks]

They didn't want to do it, but they needed to. The brand-new Chevy Silverado of the sky

[mizake]

Bell is a hugely underappreciated company. Amazing history.
Kudos!

[nerodia]

the one thing people forget is that the osprey's mishap rate is only bad for a fixed-wing, it's actually safer than literally every helicopter the Marines have.
I expect the Valor to be the same, and get the same "but it's unsafe" when it crashes more than planes but less than blackhawks.

[Givemegoodreason]

As long as it doesn’t have crash issues. It’s only a positive to stay ahead of the game, and combining this with amphibious landing craft the us marine corps just purchased from Australia, I’d say there’s a very specific pacific purpose in mind for upgrading.

[xsixinfantryx]

I was working at Bell as a machinist in the drive systems plant making parts for these when the Army first signed the the contract for a bunch of them. Then in normal Army fashion they backed out of it and 230 of us got "laid off" without warning one day. Back to Halliburton it was 😆 They really are good aircraft though. So many improvements over say the osprey. It's so much nicer that the engines are stationary and can have side doors even....

[rolandyamel]

People of the Commonwealth!... Do not interfere!... We are the brotherhood of steel!

[GTAGUY]

The main thing i wonder about tilt rotors is the logistics of side gunning, due to the rotors occupying the forward area to which a ground threat could be present. Which would limit return fire until the threat isnt hidden by the rotor path.

I mean they have more speed than a helicopter, but figure they're still suseptible to ground fire during particular operations.

[RLD_Media]

I’m sure this is a great idea without any unintentional consequences.