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Know Your Options

Helicopter pilots have a potential landing site at any open field, but fixed-wing pilots really like to have a runway available to them. Being aware of airports that are viable alternates, regardless of weather conditions requiring it, just adds to your list of options.

Killed by Convenience

As the load was lifted, one of the chains snapped and struck the Soldier with enough force to literally rip out his throat.

  • 1 October 2019
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The Smallest Details

When I began flying Chinooks, a CW4 told me, “There is no such thing as a perfect flight.”

  • 22 September 2019
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Attention to Detail

We were in Iraq and there was a lot going on, to say the least. Everyone in the assault battalion was planning and looking for the next jump to some other dust- and sand-filled landing zone.

  • 1 September 2019
  • Author: USACRC Editor
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Wrong Switch, Wrong Time

Ask any Soldier who has been deployed about the inherent stresses caused by the theater of war and you will surely hear the near-miss and there-I-was stories.

  • 18 August 2019
  • Author: USACRC Editor
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You Have the Controls

“You have the controls.” How many times have you heard that?

  • 11 August 2019
  • Author: USACRC Editor
  • Number of views: 733
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