“This is the fifth military aircraft crash in the past two weeks.”
I was stationed at Ft Rucker Alabama 1973-76. They trained the Huey and Cobra pilots there, and it was not uncommon to have several fatal accidents, some of which were mechanical failure, or human error by student pilots. I was a medic, and saw the results of several fatal crashes, very grisly, burned beyond recognition.
I don’t know about then, but in 2016 there was a total of 8 u.s. aircraft incidents. There has been six since March this year and most have been in the Southwest.