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Marine Corps Matches Navy With Aviation Stand Down

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Marine Corps Matches Navy With Aviation Stand Down
A Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, lands aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge on Sept. 3, 2017 in preparation to support hurricane relief efforts. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan A. Soto-Delgado.)

A top Marine Corps official directed the services’ aviation units to conduct an aviation safety standdown on June 13, matching a similar order from the Navy. On Monday, Naval Air Forces Command (NAVAIR) directed all non-deployed Navy aviation units to undergo a safety pause to review risk-management practices and conduct training on threat and error-management processes. This follows a series of Navy and Marine Corps aircraft crashes in recent months (Defense Daily, June 13). Likewise, Gen. Eric Smith, assistant commandant…

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