Two more AF jets down!
 

Lost a Strike Eagle yesterday and a Viper down this morning. Thankfully, everyone made it out ok! What the heck is going on?!

F-15E crashes in Southwest Asia

F-16 fighter jet crashes in west Utah desert, pilot ejects safely | The Salt Lake Tribune


Beers to Aircrew Flight Equipment and Egress! Thankless job, until you need them!

That's the second Strike this year.

Lots of military aviation incidents this year....

Jets are older and need more attention, sensors and systems are more complicated which demands more training except we all fly less now, maintenance has been on their arse due to lack of manpower and morale in the pooper, and ops tempo has been off the charts. pretty simple really. yet, we must be resilient....

A safety officer once observed: "We are rightly concerned when crashes occur in random groups, but we would be even more concerned if they happened on a regular schedule."

High performance military aviation.

fixed that for you...

Crew Chief's are catching hell

Agreed, flying hour cuts, more sim's, very little experience in the SQ = more crashes.

What's going on?