V-22 Osprey

The V-22 Osprey is a US military VTOL aircraft used by the HECU during the Black Mesa Incident. It was used to transport personnel into combat zones.

Half-Life
The Osprey makes its first appearance near the end of the chapter "We've Got Hostiles" (this appearance marks the ending of Half-Life's first demo, Half-Life: Day One), on the surface of Sector D. It can also be seen in the Topside Motorpool in the chapter Surface Tension where HECU troops are unloaded and fight Alien Grunts. It continually deploys two soldiers every so often.

Half-Life: Opposing Force


At the beginning of Opposing Force, Shephard is transported in a V-22 Osprey through a canyon along with his squad towards the Black Mesa Research Facility until it is attacked by Alien Aircrafts and shot down. At the end of the game, Shephard is teleported to a similar craft for the G-Man ending sequence.

Half-Life: Decay
In Decay, an Osprey is encountered in the Black Mesa Air Control chapter six, Code Green, where it constantly unloads HECU troops until it is destroyed or the player proceeds further. Another is also seen lifting off.

Tactics
The Osprey is unarmed and thus cannot harm the player, but sometimes it will keep on deploying soldiers until destroyed. In such cases, the RPG or the Tau Cannon can be used to defeat it. It can also be destroyed through sustained fire aimed at the rotors, though this is generally not advised, being a waste of ammo.

Behind the scenes



 * An early screenshot of the Half-Life chapter Surface Tension features an Osprey offloading troops along the cliff. In the final version, that part only features an Apache.


 * The crashed Osprey model seen in Opposing Force can also be found in the Half-Life files, hinting at the possibility that the player was originally to come across one in Half-Life.


 * The Opposing Force model files feature what appears to be a Black Ops version of the Osprey, though it never appears in-game. However, it was used in several mods, such as Sven Co-op or Residual Point. The Black Ops Apache, which was not cut, features similar black coloring.


 * As seen in an early Decay screenshot, the players were to enter the blue hangar in front of which the HECU soldiers are offloaded by an Osprey in the Black Mesa Air Control, where a dismantled Osprey was to be found. What remains is only the small door to enter the hangar, while its inside was completely removed.


 * The playable Half-Life 2 Beta files feature models and textures of parts of an Osprey, which was to be used instead of the C-130 by Gordon and Alyx to travel from the Weather Control to the Skyscraper.

List of appearances

 * Half-Life: Day One
 * Half-Life
 * Half-Life: Opposing Force
 * Half-Life: Decay
 * ''Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar'