combat safest flying !!
From rotorhub article today
Here are some helicopter loss figures in GWOT operations from a talk by BG Joe Smith, head of the Army’s Combat Readiness Center. AH-64s (all types) combat losses are eight, non-combat 41; UH-60, losses in combat six, non-combat 21; CH-47 combat five, non-combat 11, OH-58D, losses in combat eight, non-combat 21. Total aircraft lost in theater (class A through C) is 121, lives lost 187, he said. Here are main underlying causes in order of importance: poor crew co-ordination; poor mission planning, false assumptions about risk, and ‘indiscipline’.’ All these are now being hit hard with revised procedures and training emphasis; the problem (as always) is there are still insufficient data collection devices in he helicopters that can be used to help analyse and fix accidents.