Mishap milestone: Navy and Marine Corps had zero fatal aviation mishaps in FY 2020
It's the first nonfatal year since the service started tracking such mishaps in 1922.
It's the first nonfatal year since the service started tracking such mishaps in 1922.
According to a Military Times investigation, aviation mishaps across the U.S. military have increased since the onset of sequestration. To understand why, Military Times Pentagon bureau chief Tara Copp talked with Dan Grazier from the Project on Government Oversight. (Jeff Martin and Dustin Q. Diaz/Staff)
The military is bringing down aviation mishap numbers, but dangerous and deadly crashes still plague the services.
The Air Force saw a fleetwide decline in the most serious manned aircraft mishaps in fiscal 2019, but the number of serious mishaps increased for fighter and attack aircraft.
Military Times has obtained updated data to report on every major aviation accident that has occurred during the past year.
The Air Force found blades manufactured using a different process more than 48 years ago might be more susceptible to corrosion, which could lead to dangerous cracks.
The Pentagon is considering revisions to the dollar amounts and damage levels that qualify an aircraft accident as a major mishap to better reflect the expense of repairing advanced jets.
Joint strike fighter delays, unplanned-for service-life extensions and other headaches have cut the time pilots spend in the cockpit and reduced their desire to stay in uniform, according to an Inspector General report.
The incident happened Tuesday in California.
Rescue teams had 30 days from the Dec. 6 crash to find the data recorders.
Two Army pilots and the wife of their fallen crew chief are suing Sikorsky over a deadly 2017 helicopter crash that could have been caused by a manufacturing defect.