U.S. federal investigators suspect some 4,800 pilots—primarily U.S. military veterans—falsified their medical records for purpose of concealing their receipt of V.A. benefit conducive to the treatment of mental health disorders and similarly serious conditions by dint of which they could be deemed medically unfit to fly. Veterans Affairs investigators discovered the inconsistencies by cross-checking federal databases. The FAA, however, has purposefully concealed the debacle from public scrutiny.
A Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft reportedly belonging to and operated by the United States Marine Corps went down off the coast of the northern-Australian city of Darwin during a training exercise. The V-22, according to sources within the Australian Defense Forces, was carrying some twenty U.S. Marines.
The U.S. will begin training Ukrainian F-16 pilots within two months—so stated Pentagon Press Secretary USAF Brigadier General Pat Ryder on 24 August 2023. Ryder cited no specific numbers, but set forth Ukrainian F-16 pilot and maintenance trainees would number “several” and “dozens” respectively.
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