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HASC Leaders Make Appointments to Aviation Safety Commission

Wednesday, November 7th, 2018

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HASC Leaders Make Appointments to Aviation Safety Commission

A US. Marine Corps V-22 lifting off a ship. Photo: U.S. Navy

Both of the top two lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee have made their appointments to the eight-member blue-ribbon panel charged with studying an ongoing military aviation crisis.The National Commission on Military Aviation Safety was created by the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act to provide civilians oversight of an aviation readiness review being prepared by the military.Both studies are designed to root out causes of a spate of high-profile, often fatal, non-combat aviation mishaps in recent years. While just…

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