Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (VMM-265) is a United States Marine Corps aviation unit operating the MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. This archival image documents an MV-22 conducting a pre-launch sequence at Pearl Harbor on July 20, 2018, during transition operations to Marine Corps Base Hawaii. The aircraft is powered by two Rolls-Royce AE 1107C turboshaft engines and features rotating nacelles for vertical takeoff.

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