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Army IDs 3 of 4 soldiers killed in Lithuania training accident
Sgt. Jose Duenez, Sgt. Edvin Franco and Pfc. Dante Taitano were recovered Monday from a peat bog. The fourth soldier's identity has not yet been released.
By Beth Sullivan and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Skipper censured in fatal Marine AAV mishap tapped to command carrier
Capt. John Kurtz commanded the amphibious transport dock Somerset at the time of a fatal Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicle mishap in 2020.
Families of service members killed in 2020 Marine Corps AAV accident sue manufacturer
The lawyers also called for the Corps to cease all waterborne training for the AAV and its replacement, the amphibious combat vehicle, until the alleged cargo hatch flaw can be fixed.
By Philip Athey
Marine Corps rolls out ‘mishap library’ in wake of deadly accidents
The collection will show 'what wrong looks like,' so Marine leaders can 'get it right.'
By Philip Athey
F-35B damaged by its own round exploding in first Marine aviation class A mishap this year
A 25 mm PGU-32/U SAPHEI-T round exploded, damaging the aircraft’s fuselage.
By Philip Athey
Navy will scrap fire-ravaged Bonhomme Richard
Officials said it will cost too much to resurrect the amphib, which burned for more than four days this summer.
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.
Lawsuit filed by families of 4 Marines killed in 2018 CH-53 crash
“The EPDM “button” material degraded after being exposed to hydraulic fluid causing a blockage in the hydraulic system resulting in a “hydraulic lock” condition, causing the flight control system from the subject helicopter to become uncontrollable, unresponsive and/or inoperative leading to the crash."
By Shawn Snow
Air Force identifies pilots killed in Vance aviation mishap
Lt. Col. John “Matt” Kincade, 47, an instructor pilot assigned to the 5th Flying Training Squadron and 2nd Lt. Travis B. Wilkie, 23, a student pilot assigned to the 71st Student Squadron, were killed during a T-38C Talon training mission, according to a release from the Air Force.
By Howard Altman
The Corps reopened an old aviation mishap investigation following deadly 2018 midair tanker collision
Before 2019, the Corps failed to complete an investigation into a 2016 mid-air collision involving a refueling tanker and Hornet that was strikingly similar to the deadly 2018 crash that took the lives of six Marines.
By Shawn Snow
Marine in ‘serious but stable condition’ following live-fire training incident at Twentynine Palms
A lance corporal was shot and “paralyzed from the neck down” during a company live fire event at Twentynine Palms, California.
By Shawn Snow