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We’d been in country six months and had three more to go. Direct-fire actions had been limited, and the biggest threat we faced was indirect fire and accidents. Up to that point, our ANP mentoring could be described as two steps forward, one step back; but all in all, we were making progress.

Wire Strike? Not In My Backyard.

Ask any pilot or crewmember what their biggest hazard to flight would be, and you could expect a few different answers; birds, other aircraft, or weather. What about wires? Pilots and crewmembers are taught the hazards to terrain flight during primary and tactical training.

  • 18 May 2021
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UAS Safety Culture and the 'Big Picture'

Tactical unmanned aircraft system (TUAS) platoons are inherently difficult to manage. Massive amounts of equipment, responsibility for aviation operations, and limited senior leadership are typical constraints found among TUAS elements.

  • 18 May 2021
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Aviation Environmental Training: Don't Forget to Train Aviators to Think

Aviation environmental training is key to success when operating in high, hot, heavy and dusty conditions. With the 4th quarter approaching and the increase in summertime training operations tempo (optempo), the time is now to tune up and ramp up the unit environmental training program.

  • 18 May 2021
  • Author: USACRC Editor
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Prevent the Spike: Managing Transitions in Preparation of the 4th Quarter

As we have discussed over the past year, the 4th Quarter of Fiscal Years (FY) 15-19 contains 40% of Class A mishaps during that period.

  • 18 May 2021
  • Author: USACRC Editor
  • Number of views: 702
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Out of the Darkness

There are only two kinds of bicyclists — those that have crashed and those that are going to crash!

  • 9 May 2021
  • Author: USACRC Editor
  • Number of views: 511
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