SOF - Special Operations
Global SOF 2018: “Risk perception” impacts European SOF aviation development
One of the challenges encountered in the ongoing development and expansion of special operations aviation elements across many regions involves differences in “risk perception” that exist between conventional pilots and special operations units in some tactical scenarios.
That was one of the observations reported by international representatives at this week ...
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