Aviation accidents alarming Marines

Aviation accidents alarming Marines

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Miramar officer cites 'supervisory gaps', by Rick Rogers UNION-TRIBUNE
STAFF WRITER

September 10, 2004

Marine Corps aviation is having its most accident-prone year since
1990, prompting the high command to worry that it is "degrading" the
service's ability to fight the war on terrorism.

Since October, when the fiscal year began, 15 crashes have killed 15
Marines. Eight accidents and 10 deaths involved aircraft based at
Miramar Marine Corps Air Station.

The situation is so serious that Marine Commandant Gen. Mike Hagee
sent a safety message to flight commanders in late July saying: "We
are currently taking significant losses from a self-inflicted internal
threat: noncombat mishaps. Our peacetime training mistakes ar...

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