I understand that our special forces are now using, or will be using the Osprey due to its greater operational ceiling, top speed and load carrying capability compared to helicopters
it has an un-pressurised cabin, so it can’t fly higher then a helicopter. Speed, yep faster than a chinook, but it’s range is shocking (about 250 miles), carrying capacity: not much greater than a chinook. It’s expensive and under developed. for somethings it’s OK, for most things that say; the Marines or special forces need it to do, it’s average to poor (at best).
TBF to it, it’s not got the institutional history and capability knowledge that helicopters have, lets hope that at nearly $75 million a piece (as opposed to about $30 million for a chinook) the RAF can learn to use it properly