Pentagon Watchdog To Release Classified Audit on V-22 Osprey

Looks like time is catching up to the Osprey.

The Marine Corps and Air Force have shown improvement in their mission-capability rates since the GAO report was published.

In 2010, Marine Corps Ospreys spent nearly half their time under maintenance, ready for missions just 53 percent of the time. The Air Force was only slightly better, with their CV-22 variants ready for flight 54 percent of the time.

By 2011, the Air Force improved to have its Ospreys ready 58 percent of the time and the Marine Corps 63 percent. Last year, those figures were up to 62 percent and 68 percent, respectively.

Not exactly high MC-rates. Good grief.