FOX News: String of US military aircraft crashes in 2018 continues deadly trend
Three U.S. military aircraft crashes this week that killed five service members within two days have some on Capitol Hill worried the military's worn-out air fleet may not be getting the funding it needs.
At a press conference Thursday, the director of the Pentagon’s Joint Staff refused to say the crashes marked a negative trend when a reporter asked if military aviation was in crisis.
“I would reject ‘wave’ and ‘crisis,’” said Marine Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr. “We’re are going to look at each one in turn. Each one is tragic. We regret each one. We will look at them carefully. I am certainly not prepared to say that it’s a ‘wave’ of mishaps or some form of ‘crisis.’”
But the crashes this week indicate a continuation of a disturbing pattern.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 6, 2018
US military air operations suspended in Djibouti, training exercise canceled amid Marine mishaps -- Marine Times
Flights grounded at US military base in Africa crucial to anti-terror fight -- NBC
Deadly Thunderbirds crash marks 4th military aircraft incident this week -- CBS
Why India's Air Force Is Dying -- Daniel Darling, National Interest
Russia to Join U.S.-China South China Sea Face Off After Vietnam Pact -- Newsweek
China's Military and Evacuation Plans from South Korea -- Katsuya Yamamoto & Terence Roehrig, National Interest
US keeps close watch as Chinese navy puts on show of force in live-fire South China Sea drills -- SCMP
Does China's Navy Really Have a Railgun? (Or Is It a Hoax?) -- Melodie Ha, National Interest
China developing UAVs for aircraft carriers -- Jane's 360
Japan bolsters radar at outlying island as China steps up carrier activity -- Asia Times
S. Korea's Army to create reserve forces command -- Yonhap News
India issues request for information for fighter aircraft contract: Air Force -- Economic Times
Haiti's army is new — and definitely improved -- Miami Herald
French Naval Aviation Trains with U.S. Navy -- Jean-Emmanuel Roux de Luze, Proceedings
Britain Opens 'Permanent' Persian Gulf Military Base In Bahrain -- RFE
US to update Saudi artillery for $1.31 billion -- AFP
State Department clears howitzers for Saudi Arabia, drones for Germany -- Defense News
Marine Commander in Southwest Afghanistan Strikes Optimistic Tone on Progress in Fight Against Taliban -- USNI News
Destroyer Churchill deploys, Truman Strike Group up next -- Navy Times
US Navy Test-Fires Trident II D5 Sub-Launched Nuclear Weapons -- Warrior Maven
Huntington-Ingalls Sinks $2B Into Shipyards -- Sydney Freedberg, Breaking Defense
New online military knowledge test coming soon for enlisted sailors -- Navy Times
Marines to Test out Lighter Combat Boots at Boot Camp -- Kit Up!/Military.com
Marines cyber forces to grow -- Fifth Domain
Soldier Swarm: New Ground Combat Tactics for the Era of Multi-Domain Battle -- Modern War Institute
Army Rolling Ahead With Manned-Unmanned Convoys -- National Defense
'Space Force' Idea Isn't Dead, Intel Chief Says -- DoD Buzz
Sisters in service: Carrying on a century-long tradition of military service -- CBS News
Why President Trump Can't Directly Order National Guard Troops To U.S.-Mexico Border -- NPR
Are the U.S. Army and DARPA Trying to Start a Nuclear Arms Race? -- Michael Peck, National Interest
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