What's Behind the Stark Rise in U.S. Military Accidents?
Collisions at sea and aviation accidents point to an overtaxed force.
By Kyle Mizokami
Dec 6, 2018
December 6, 2018: Yesterday, a Marine F/A-18 Super Hornet collided with a KC-130 refueling tanker during an exercise off the coast of Japan. Both planes went down. Two pilots were recovered from the Hornet, but one has now died. American and Japanese forces are still searching for the crew of five that was on board the tanker.
Back in April, we reported on what was behind the unsettling rise in military training accidents across all the branches of the armed forces:
The U.S. military has experienced a rash of military accidents in the air and at sea, with aircraft-related crashes up nearly 40 percent since 2013. From destroyers colliding with commercial vessels in the Western Pacific to a downed Harrier jump jet in Djibouti, the last several months have seen several highly publicized accidents, many of which involved fatalities. At least one investigation has correlated the rise in accidents with defense budget cuts.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a19735282/us-military-accidents-plane-helicopter-crash-navy-army/
