• A US Army HH-60G operated by a flight crew from the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing/101st Rescue Squadron (RQS) crashed near the Syrian border in western Iraq on March 16, killing seven personnel. The Pave Hawk was reportedly assigned to the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing, whose personnel had recently been replaced by those from New York. In addition to the flight crew, pararescue personnel from Air Force Reserve Command’s 920th Rescue Wing/308th RQS, and the USAF’s 38th RQS, who were deployed from Patrick AFB, Florida and Moody AFB, Georgia, were killed. The Pave Hawk was supporting Combined Joint Task Force — Operation ‘Inherent Resolve’ when it went down near the town of Qaim in Anbar Province after reportedly striking an electrical power line.
• US Navy F/A-18F BuNo 166683, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213, crashed on final approach to NAS Key West’s Boca Chica Field on March 14. The Super Hornet went down in shallow water around one mile (1.6km) east of the runway. The pilot and weapons systems offcer were both killed.
• Mi-171 serial 6W-HTA, operated by the Senegal Air Force, crashed on March 14. Ei…
