The two pilots had a combined total of 1,500 flight hours and the crew chief was a senior aviator with at least 500 hours in ...

Statistics do not include strikes by the U.S. Army, which fields attack helicopters in Afghanistan, or the Afghan Air Force, which has deployed a growing number of its own armed aircraft.

WASHINGTON — An Afghanistan veteran and a ... involved in the collision — including the air traffic controller, also the pilots of the helicopter and others — we will confirm.” ...