“After the end of the Cold War, the intensity of flights and combat use of military aviation has significantly decreased.”, – WRITE: www.unian.ua
After the end of the Cold War, the intensity of flights and combat use of military aviation has significantly decreased.
Western fighter crashes history reminds that planes always break, but have forgotten after the Cold War / photo Getty ImagesThe United Kingdom was criticized because of the F-35b aircraft, which was stuck in India due to a breakdown for more than a month. It is a plane from the HMS Prince of Wales.
But this episode, in conjunction with other data on the accidents such as A-10, F-15 and F-16, is reminiscent of one trend that has been forgotten since the Cold War. The Ukrainian edition of Defense Express writes about it, referring to a new publication of the Royal United Institute for Rusi Defense Research.
And this trend looks quite simple: the planes always break. The fact is that after the end of the Cold War, the intensity of flights and combat use of military aviation has significantly decreased. Therefore, society has lost an understanding of the fact that any aircraft in any situation can fail. And this makes the profession of pilot risky.
“During the 1950s, the US Air Force had 2449 Class A crashes (critical damage to the aircraft up to writing off, the death of the pilot) and 746 incidents of the class” B “(damage to the aircraft, injury or injury to the pilot) with aircraft of type F-86 Sabre, which was lost. Already after the Korean War of 1950-1953, “-the material reads.
At the same time, from the 1970s and 2022, the US Air Force had 295 accidents of “A” and “B” with A-10 aircraft. There were also 481 incidents with the F-15 and another 509 with F-16 fighters. As for the F-35 aircraft, the US Air Force had 11 major accidents with it.
Data on the royal Air Force of the United Kingdom show that from 1982 to 1990, 17-35 aircraft were written off every year. After 2013, the figure was no more than 1 aircraft every year.
Rusi emphasized that for any type of aircraft, the highest number of accidents occur in the first 10 years of operation. The reason is that the technical and flight warehouse has not yet fully mastered new equipment. In addition, there may be some problems.
“Therefore, the general conclusion in this situation looks like this. The public should be reminded that planes can break in any situation, and that aviation is in principle a risky type of equipment. However, it is not necessary to worry so much because Express.
Fighter accidentsRecently, the French Miage-2000 fighter has been crashed in Ukraine. It happened on July 22. The Armed Forces of the Armed Forces noted that the refusal of aviation equipment. The pilot successfully catapult.
Subsequently, the State Bureau of Investigation (DBR) stated that the event occurred in Volyn. The aircraft fell into a deserted territory and drowned in a flooded boom in the marshy area. Thanks to the professional actions of the pilot managed to avoid victims and destruction on the ground.
The DBR started an investigation.
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