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PCB66

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17. Crashes at air shows
Mon May 18, 2026, 05:52 PM
8 hrs ago

have been going on ever since there have been air shows. For instance, an average of 3.8 deaths a year occurred at U.S. air shows from 1991 to 2006. From 2007 until the present it has been 1.9. Those four crew members in the EA-18s were very lucky to survive.

To blame this crash it the current military leadership is as silly as the MAGAs blaming the crash on the fact that the pilot that caused the crash was a female.

Air show acrobatics are by their nature risky. The military uses them for recruitment purposes. Civilians use them to make money.

There are many things this administration has to answer for. That crash isn't one of them.

Lets keep it real.

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