'Things are bad and getting worse': Investigation finds disturbing connection between defense cuts and deadly military aviation accidents

• A new Military Times report shows that accidents involving all US military aircraft rose 40% between the 2013 and 2017 fiscal years.
• The accidents line up with massive budget cuts that Congress put in place during the sequestration.
• There has also been an increase in flight hours, despite a shortage of pilots.
• The report is the first time anyone has mapped the crashes against the sequester.

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A staggering report from the Military Times concludes that accidents involving all aircraft of the US military rose 40% between the 2013 to 2017 fiscal years, and that those accidents resulted in the deaths of at least 133 servicemembers. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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