For the sprawling islands of Indonesia, it could connect teams and support long-range missions. News outlet The Drive noted that the aircraft: “Is particularly well suited for Indonesia, a country that is made up of a whopping 17,000 individual islands spanning thousands of miles. The ability for the V-22 to carry significant loads at turboprop speeds, while still being able to land and take off near-vertically will drastically improve the logistics capabilities of the Indonesian military.”

The tiltrotor’s configuration combines the vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) and hover capabilities of a helicopter with the speed and range of a turbo-prop aircraft while in airplane mode, enabling the military to rapidly reach isolated areas at twice the speed and range of helicopters. “While the country does have a number of turboprop transports and helicopters of various types on hand, none of them have the Osprey’s unique remote island-hopping over long-distance capabilities,” The Drive wrote.

The combination of speed, range, and versatility make the Osprey a force multiplier. ‘For missions like search and rescue, and some long-range assaults, it is truly a magical machine,’ according to the Drive. With a global fleet that has 500,000 fleet flight hours, the Bell Boeing V-22 provides tiltrotor capabilities to support worldwide military missions.