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US Army attack helicopters crashing at historically high rate amid mechanical issues (www.cnn.com)
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The US Army’s Apache helicopters are crashing at a historically high rate amid a widespread problem with the model’s transmission, according to a CNN analysis of military accident data.

The helicopter type has experienced five major crashes since October, and a deadly mishap earlier this month in Texas killed two soldiers, sparked a wildfire and led the Army to temporarily bar Apache pilots from conducting routine training flights. With that crash, fiscal year 2026 is on pace to be the second worst for Apache flight accidents since a new model of the AH-64 was rolled out in 2011.

The Army announced that the pause in training flights, which exempted units deployed to the Middle East, ended Wednesday.

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[–] 14 points 3 days ago (1 child)

sided with the defense in both world wars and Korea

Eh..... Defense doesn't = good guys, especially when considering Korea. The government in South Korea was basically a war crimes machine being driven by an evil dictator.

Then Nixon and neoliberalism turn America into what it is today. But the US was good.

So long as you ignore the entirety of the southern hemisphere. It's hard to claim they really cared about democracy when they overthrew several democracies in Africa and centra/south america just to install fascist dictators.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    The government in South Korea was basically a war crimes machine being driven by an evil dictator.

    So... like the North?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago

    Incomparably worse at the time. The living standard, quality of life, and access to political representation was all much much better in North Korea before the war.

    Before and during the war the South Korean government was responsible for the vast majority of all warcrimes. Starting with the Jeju island uprising, where the South killed anywhere from 40-80k of its own citizens after they organized a general strike. It was one of the main events that precipitated the north invading.

    Around 2-3 million civilians were killed during the Korean war, over 80% were killed by the South Korean/American government.

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