Consecutive Incidents Raise Congressional Concerns
A U.S. Navy helicopter has gone down only 34-miles from the site of an 08 June U.S. Marines Corps V-22 Osprey accident that killed five. All four crew-members aboard the MH-60S Seahawk survived the crash and have been safely recovered—a U.S. Navy statement asserts. The incident—one of several recent mishaps involving U.S. military aircraft—has raised Congressional concerns about the safety of military aviation. Since the the beginning of 2022, the U.S. military—in addition to the [08 June] Osprey and [09 June] Seahawk accidents—has has seen losses of an F/A-18E Super Hornet [03 June], an AH-64 Apache [06 June], and another MV-22B Osprey [18 March].
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