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Military pilots face razor edge of safety in fighter operations
Navy F-14 crashes underscore high risk in military aviation. Lt Cmdr John Stacy Bates perished along with a crewman and three on the ground during a training flight near Nashville. Across 15 years, military pilots have far higher serious crash rates than civilians, though overall fatalities have declined. The balance between high performance and safety remains a defining challenge for US armed forces.
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Washington
Cmdr
John Stacy Bates
Nashville
Tenn
Delta
Bates
John Glenn
D-Ohio
Pentagon
ValuJet
Florida Everglades
Carolina
Ethe Navy
West Coast
Adm
Jeremy Boorda
Chief of
Naval Operations
Air Force
Commerce
Ron Brown
AT-43
Brown
U.S
General Accounting Office
National Transportation Safety Board
Ike Skelton
D-Mo
GAO