Army Air Medics: The Most Dangerous Job In The World

I'm surprised nobody has brought goggles into the discussion. I know that the civilian sector is starting to switch over to this, but military has been using them for years and they do mitigate risk involved. The civilian sector has an abysmal safety record.
 
Keep in mind that the general public is often not privy to the details (or even the occurence) of most military aviation mishaps. The military and private contractor helo losses in OIF/OEF have been quite substantial throughout the last 9 years, many resulting from hostile fire, or simply spacial D (on goggles and off).
 
Check out www.armyaircrews.com for info on all the Army's accidents that date far far back. While there have been a decent amount of helicopter losses it isn't nearly as many as one would imagine.
 
The Army operates in all kinds of conditions (weather, night, etc). Most civilian operators are VFR operations only.

You haven't lived until you do a 0-0 departure and end it with a sky obscured, 1/8 miles with fog point-in-space approach!

You won't see this in the civilian market.
 
skywestseth said:
Check out www.armyaircrews.com for info on all the Army's accidents that date far far back. While there have been a decent amount of helicopter losses it isn't nearly as many as one would imagine.
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I looked on the wikipedia page and the army has had quite a few losses over the years in afganistan and iraq.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Coalition_aircraft_losses_in_Afghanistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aviation_shootdowns_and_accidents_during_the_Iraq_War
 
Just read the article. This is one worth the price of the magazine.

Brings back memories.........
 
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