Flying Safety, January 1st, 2004
This year we continued to see the high ops tempo we have seen over the last few years. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have kept the airlift community busy. You have done a great job of flying safe; however, the news is not all good. There were still a total of 52 reportable Class A, B, and C mishaps. The good news is no one was killed. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We only experienced two Class A mishaps, both in the C-17. The first Class A took place when the mishap aircraft landed in the construction zone of an operational runway at a classified location. That's right, they were doing concre...
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