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Re:The U.S. Air Force just admitted the F-35 stealth fighter... by wespiser_2018 on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @09:16PM (#26258932)
On risk tolerance, in WW2, the accident rate for a single seat fighter, the P-51, was 274 per 100,000 flight hours[1], for the last 10 years, that rate for f-16's is below 10, and for fatal accidents it's 0.76[2]. Although I'm not sure it's fair to make a 1-1 comparison as the modern accident rating system includes a few scenarios, the orders of magnitude difference is a great illustration of your point!

[1] http://pippaettore.com/Horrific_WWII_Statistics.html [2] https://www.safety.af.mil/Portals/71/documents/Aviation/Airc...

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Re:The U.S. Air Force just admitted the F-35 stealth fighter... by cgearhart on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @09:24PM (#26258982)
Exactly. Those accident rates drove the creation of the modern flight clearance system that creates such an onerous risk management process today. It was very successful in reducing casualties, but the consequence is slowing down to an absolute crawl.
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