Air Force releases KC-135 crash report

Accident in 2013 result of equipment malfunctions, crew actions

Questions revolving around the crash of a KC-135 aircraft, which resulted in the loss of three airmen from Fairchild Air Force Base — Capt. Mark T. Voss, Capt. Victoria Pinckney and Tech. Sgt. Herman Mackey III — in May 2013, have been answered.

Air Mobility Command revealed several findings in their investigation report for the Shell 77 accident, during their March 13 briefing. Brig. Gen. Steven Arquiette, the Inspector General, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base III, gave a detailed report that included the series of events that led to the accident and the factors that c...

 

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