Many thanks to Team Osprey for selecting Shelter to Soldier as their charity beneficiary, raising funds to help us continue our mission of rescuing dogs and training them to be psychiatric service dogs for veterans suffering from invisible wounds. 🇺🇸🐾
As part of Team Osprey 2025…. We added a philanthropic component… we did some raffle items and two live auctions and raised $2,000 for Shelter to Soldier. ** Update... added $1500 on the plane ride home! $3,500 raised!** This organization is dedicated to getting these wonderful dogs to Vets in need… The Team Osprey consortium includes more than 500 suppliers that span across nearly every state. These suppliers provide thousands of individual parts that are critical to the tiltrotor’s production and sustainment requirements. This is a strong, collective force whose sole purpose is to support every sortie. In addition to managing and contributing to the aircraft’s supply chain, Team Osprey has strong partnerships with aircraft operators and maintainers, both uniformed and civilian, from various commands across the Department of War. Team Osprey’s participation in industry events and hosting of annual working group meetings fosters relationships with government and military leaders, providing opportunities to exchange ideas and feedback. This interaction is critical for the platform’s current and future operations. At one of our previous Team Osprey working group meetings, an Air Force mission commander shared the story of a daring personnel recovery mission in Africa. Multiple CV-22s supported a long-range nighttime hostage rescue mission. The operation included flying over 1,700 nautical miles each way and multiple in-flight refueling evolutions. Hearing this account directly from a customer, confirming that the Osprey was the only aircraft capable of such a job made a lasting impression on Team Osprey members, reaffirming our dedication to the product and the mission. Each year, operators from across the Osprey community share similair acoounts that are not just informative, but inspiring. Stories like this illustrate the unique versatility of the V-22, the critical solution it provides to the warfighter, and the need to sustain this valuable aircraft for current and future missions for decades to come.
