Marine Aviation Deaths Are Six Times Navy’s
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on September 25, 2017 at 8:01 PM
Does not include foreign personnel killed aboard US aircraft.
WASHINGTON: If you know a young person who dreams of flying for their country over land and sea, tell them they’re a lot safer in the Navy than in the Marines. The MV-22 tilt-rotor that crashed in August, killing three, and the KC-130T transport that crashed in July, killing 16, are just the tip of a very ugly iceberg. According to data obtained by Breaking Defense, aircraft accidents have killed 62 Marines in the last six years, compared to just 10 personnel from the much larger Navy.
http://breakingdefense.com/2017/09/marine-aviation-deaths-are-six-times-navys/
