Many of us watched in horror last August as evacuees stuffed themselves into US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan in the desperate hope of making it out of the country.
Forklift damages ‘high-valued’ electronic warfare gear 2 hours ago Pricey electronic warfare equipment was damaged by a forklift last month at Naval Support Activity Crane, Indiana. (Navy) A forklift accidentally struck a crate and damaged “high-valued electronic warfare equipment” at a U.S. Navy base in Indiana late last month, resulting in a Class A mishap, according to officials and the Naval Safety Center. The incident took place April 27 at a warehouse on Naval Support Activity Crane, about 35 miles southwest of Boomington, officials said. A contractor was offloading a delivery truck containing electronic warfare equipment when the mishap occurred.
Class A mishaps are the most serious of Navy mishap classifications, and involve more than $2.5 million in damages, serious injury or loss of life.