Risk Management Magazine

From the beginning of the mission briefing to the end of the debrief, it had already been a nine-and-a-half-hour work day. To add icing to the cake, I had to perform weekly radio maintenance the following day.

For a line company pilot on deployment, things can become very routine. We often perform daily operations without being able to account for every step needed to accomplish our final goal.

In a rush to get the bump aircraft run up, the PC passed in front of the weapon the door gunner was carrying and arrived at the aircraft an instant before the door gunner placed the weapon on the ground. Then, the inevitable happened.