V-22“鱼鹰”倾转旋翼飞机,被美国海军陆战队视为“未来之星”。从设计上讲,这种飞机确实是革命性的。可谁会想到,这种“革命性”的飞机险些被现任美国副总统切尼扼杀在摇篮里。作为老布什政府的国防部长,切尼曾先后四次试图“废掉”V-22“鱼鹰”倾转旋翼飞机项目,但均告失败。切尼认定,这种新型飞机存在的问题不可救药,作为 V-22 “Osprey ” tiltrotor aircraft, the United States Marine Corps as “the star of the future.” By design, this aircraft is indeed revolutionary. Who would have thought that such a “revolutionary” aircraft was almost strangled by the current U.S. Vice President Cheney in his cradle. Cheney, the defense minister of the Bush administration, has tried four times to “scrap” the V-22 “Osprey” tiltrot rotorcraft project, but both failed. Cheney decided that the problems with this new aircraft are hopelessly remediable