US Navy to Halt Flights to Investigate Recent Crashes

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The US Navy will pause flights starting from Monday to assess the security situation after the recent crashes, according to the press service of the US Navy Air Force Command.
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"As a result of recent crashes involving U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft, Commander, Naval Air Forces has directed all non-deployed Navy aviation units to conduct a safety pause on June 13 in order to review risk-management practices and conduct training on threat and error-management processes," the statement said.
The deployed units will pause operations at the first opportunity, the statement added.
On Wednesday, five US servicemen died after a V-22 Osprey military aircraft crashed in southern California. The aircraft crashed in a desert area while conducting a training mission.
Last week, a pilot of the US Navy fighter jet was killed in a crash, which occurred in the Mojave Desert, southeastern California.
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