Is it just my imagination or has the US military had a surprising number of serious accidents in just last few months? Is this the third or the fourth?
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Ninja edit
It's the fourth.
List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (2020-present)
10 November. A U.S. Army MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Cyprus during a training flight, killing all 5 U.S. service personnel aboard. The dead were members of the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. According to U.S. European Command, the helicopter was involved in "a routine air refueling mission".
28 November. A U.S. Air Force Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, carrying eight airmen, crashed off the coast of Yakushima, Japan, killing one crew member and leaving seven missing as of 30 November 2023. In the aftermath of the crash, the Japanese government asked the U.S. to ground its V-22 Osprey fleet in Japan, except in the case of emergency flights.
27 December. A North American T-2 Buckeye aicraft of the Hellenic Air Force crashed shortly after taking off from Kalamata Air Base. The sole pilot onboard died in the accident.
[This accident.]
and had to be liquidated.