 days after the lifting of a worldwide flight ban on the U.S. Ospreys that was imposed after the November 29th accident that killed all eight airmen aboard a U.S. Air Force CV-22. Reporting from Kyoto News, the U.S. Marine Corps Commandant, General Eric Smith, was asked today during a program at the Brookings Institution in Washington about the state of Marine Corps aircraft. And during his response, he gave high marks to the Ospreys.