Three Massachusetts lawmakers are pressing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to ground the V-22 Osprey aircraft again until the military can fix the root causes of multiple recent accidents, including a deadly crash in Japan.

Japan’s defense chief says Japanese and American V-22 Ospreys are being safely operated in the country.

The military's hundreds of V-22 Ospreys will not be permitted to fly their full range of missions until at least 2025 following a series of deadly crashes.

The military services will take a key step toward getting the V-22 Osprey fleet back in the air as they lay out their plans Friday to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin regarding safety concerns stemming from a fatal crash in Japan.

Led by Chaz Lanier's 23 points, the North Florida Ospreys defeated the Lipscomb Bisons 85-76.

When the U.S. military took the extraordinary step of grounding its fleet of V-22 Ospreys this week, it wasn't reacting just to the recent deadly crash of the aircraft off the coast of Japan.

Japan has suspended flights of its Osprey aircraft after a U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed into the sea during a training mission.

The Japanese coast guard says a U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed during a training mission off of the country’s southern coast, killing at least one of the eight crew members.

The Ospreys announced the hire of Erika Lambert on Thursday, becoming just the third coach in the program’s history after Mary Tappmeyer and Darrick Gibbs.

UNF is on the hunt for a new women’s basketball coach after parting ways with Darrick Gibbs on Thursday.

The Ospreys sank 13 three-pointers, the most allowed by JU this season, in a 65-58 win, their second in as many games over the Dolphins.

Robbie Higgins chipped out of the rough to the right of the green, getting it to within a foot and tapping in for birdie to give the University of North Florida men’s golf team a one-stroke win over Charlotte in the annual Hayt at Sawgrass Country Club on Monday afternoon. The Ospreys and 49ers were tied through the first two rounds and just about needed a playoff to determine a champ.

It is time for the River City Rumble. JU and UNF are ready to renew their annual rivalry Saturday.

The first step in a very broad plan to enhance the athletic experience across campus came into focus on Wednesday as the school announced a series of improvements that will begin in the UNF Arena and gradually touch numerous parts of the university.

The University of North Florida has a new athletic director.

University of North Florida Athletic director Lee Moon is calling a career and said his reason for stepping away is simple.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The University of North Florida is preparing to welcome all Ospreys back to the nest during the Fall 2021 semester. In a news release on its website, the university announced its plans to return to “normal pre-COVID campus operations.”Administrators are planning for majority face-to-face courses and small, in-person class sizes. “Compared to schools with much larger populations, UNF’s campus size provides the opportunity to return to a more normal daily life while still minimizing potential health risks,” the news release states. Fall course offerings will be published March 26, which registration by time ticket starting in April. AdLINK: Full news release from UNF

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – UNF basketball will have to wait to start ASUN conference play. Because of a positive COVID test and contact tracing, the Ospreys will not open conference play this weekend. They were scheduled to face Florida as well, but the game was canceled after Gators’ forward Keyontae Johnson collapsed on the court and was hospitalized. On the schedule after the Stetson double-header is two games against Kennesaw State Jan. 8 and 9 in Jacksonville. There is no word whether those games will be played.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF is getting a brand new, on-campus beach volleyball complex. The Ospreys made the announcement on Monday that, thanks to a final funding bump from Dwight and Christine Cooper's "Cooper Family Foundation," they will build a full beach volleyball facility. UNF is one of 83 colleges that have varsity beach volleyball teams in NCAA Division I, II and III. According to the NCAA, the operating costs are $35,000 to $50,000 annually for a beach volleyball program. Beach volleyball, originally called sand volleyball, became recognized as an emerging sport by the NCAA in 2010.

President Donald Trump said that the USS Boxer downed an Iranian drone that came within one thousand yards of the Navy ship and ignored "multiple calls to stand down." But the USS Boxer has more than just aircraft with animal names. On board the USS Boxer, Marines train and maintain their equipment day and night alongside the crew. A few weeks later, a UK Navy frigate leveled its guns at Iranian gunboats that had attempted to maneuver a BP-owned oil tanker into Iranian waters. The craft had come within 1,000 meters of the USS Boxer and ignored multiple calls to stand down, President Donald Trump said.