Before you look at this video, you must be aware they’re not filming the new Transformers movie.
The following footage shows a Bell Boeing MV-22, the U.S. Marine Corps variant of the Osprey tilt-rotor, on the flight deck of the amphibious ship USS Boxer, before taking off.
Filmed during well deck operations, this Osprey was taking part to Exercise Dawn Blitz 2015, a multinational training exercise conducted from Aug. 31 to Sep. 10 by Expeditionary Strike Group 3 (ESG-3) and 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade (1st MEB) to build U.S., Japan, Mexico and New Zealand’s amphibious, and command and control capabilities through live, simulated, and constructive military training activities.
Maybe it’s because it was taken as it was unfolding its wings, but don’t you think this Osprey looks like a Transformer in the act of transforming?
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