
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-Wash.) is seeking to launch a blue-ribbon commission to study the recent uptick in fatal military aviation accidents.Smith on May 7 filed an amendment to the fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act that would create an independent National Commission on Military Aviation Safety. The panel would review military aviation mishaps for the past five years, compare the accident rate to historic averages, attempt to find causes for the accidents and make recommendations…