House lawmakers look to address 'crisis point' in aviation mishaps

By Justin Katz / May 4, 2018 at 5:19 PM
House lawmakers are taking steps to shore up what they are calling a "crisis point" in military aviation, a plethora of accidents over the last few years, according to a summary of the House Armed Services Committee's chairman's mark of the fiscal year 2019 defense policy bill. The summary notes that 25 military members have been killed in aviation accidents during this spring. "This tragic statistic is the latest in a chain of evidence that has led Chairman [Mac] Thornberry...

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