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by refurb
589 days ago
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While 10,000 sounds like a lot, about 25% were accidents, and 75% in combat, so 7,500. That's 7,500 aircraft lost over 5.25 million sorties, or 14 lost per 1,000 sorties. The loss rate was 5 times higher in Korea and 25 times higher in WW2. And as the other comment mentioned, most were helicopters (5,600) and UAV's (1,000). Only 3,400 fixed wing, manned aircraft were lost. |
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