On June 8th:
Two South Carolina Air National Guard fighter jets involved in training ahead of an upcoming deployment collided Tuesday night over rural Georgia, forcing both pilots to eject safely, according to a unit commander.On June 2nd:
The U.S. Navy has announced that its elite flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, has canceled upcoming performances in New York and Ohio following the death of one of its pilots during a crash outside Nashville.Also on June 2nd:
Minutes after his team streaked over President Obama and Air Force Academy cadets at a graduation ceremony on Thursday, the pilot of a Thunderbirds fighter jet maneuvered his plane away from homes as it crashed into a field near Colorado Springs.On May 26th:
Two Navy F/A-18Fs crashed off the coast of North Carolina during a routine training mission on Thursday, Navy officials told USNI News. The four crew were recovered and transported to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital by a Coast Guard helicopter, according to a release from the Coast Guard's 5th District.
Comment: What happened to "innocent until proven guilty"? Radley Balko at WaPo adds: Here's a link to the ERAD contract, signed in early April of this year. EARD is listed as registering with the Texas Secretary of Sate in January 2014. Its president is Jack Williams, who counts among his clients "multiple federal and state law enforcement agencies including DHS, ICE, and USSS". His bio says: "In 2012, ERAD Group, Inc. was awarded a prime development contract to provide the Department of Homeland Security, Advanced Technology Directorate, with a prepaid access card reader solution to process prepaid debit cards at time of arrest." He is also the president of Paymentcard Services Inc. Williams appears to be the sole officer/director for both companies.