[LBGA]

Hmmm, I hadn't thought of that. I wonder if that could be a contributing factor.

My son was a crew chief on a Blackhawk in Korea before the assignment he has now and I know he was sometimes assigned to different birds than his own and different pilots, but they were always from the same company.

He was responsible for the repairs and maintenance on "his" bird and took great pride in his work. It looks like one pilot and one crew chief together from each company.

[leadpenny]

It just kind of jumps out at me. The human factors element will be investigated but cohesion and flight standardization are important issues. It might be one thing if A and B Companies were co-located in Europe but they obviously deployed to Kuwait from different countries.

[mystery-ak]

Training excercises can be dangerous....I hope your son is well....My prayers to the families of these brave men...There by the grace of God, go I.