Task & Purpose: More Troops Have Died In Aviation Mishaps Than In Afghanistan Combat Over The Past Year
More U.S. military service members have died in aircraft mishaps over the past year than have died while serving in Afghanistan under the Operation Freedom’s Sentinel mission.
That terrible sentence makes me think there is a definite crisis in military aviation. It should give Pentagon leaders pause that a junior soldier can be more confident of their safety downrange, receiving imminent danger pay, than sitting in the back of a helicopter stateside.
Pentagon leaders, apparently, disagree.
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WNU Editor: This says it all .....
.... That’s 47 service members dead, in just one year. Over that same time period, 31 service members died in Afghanistan.
Update: No kidding .... After 5 Deaths In 2 Days, US Military Aviation Is In A Full-Blown Crisis (Task & Purpose).