[af_vet_rr]

It's true - those airframes have a lot of hours piled on them, but when I came through (*ahem* before the F-16), I was always impressed with the crews who kept them running.

In a way, it's a credit to them (the ground crews, ATC, etc.) that this is so rare that it makes the news. If you go back 50 years, things used to be a lot more dangerous.

[wita]

If you go back 50 years, things used to be a lot more dangerous.

...and seemingly less news worthy, and I can go back 50 years. Although at the time I probably didn’t care much about news.