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what risk does the average pilot in the USAF face - its not like they are facing any! air assets and any ground assets will have been obliterated.
by mauricemir 12y ago
what risk does the average pilot in the USAF face - its not like they are facing any! air assets and any ground assets will have been obliterated.
- poof131 12y agoThere is definitely some risk.[1][2] Aviation is inherently a risky endeavor. Operations in war zones make it even more so. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aviation_shootdowns_and_accidents_during_the_Iraq_War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aviation_shootdowns_and... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aviation_accidents_and_incidents_in_the_war_in_Afghanistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aviation_accidents_and_...
- CHY872 12y agoYes, but it does work out as maybe 20 offensive planes crashing over 10 years and presumably hundreds of thousands of flight hours; and with only a few fatalities at that.