A Marine Corps Osprey takes off from FOB Hassanabad as it does "touch and gos" at various bases in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan on December 2, 2009. The hybrid aircraft, which can land like a helicopter but fly as a fixed wing aircraft costs over 120 million dollars each. Ten aircraft from MCAS New River, North Carolina are stationed at Camp Leatherneck in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. Photo by Chuck Liddy/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT/ABACAPRESS.COM