Air Force enacts service-wide inspections of M18 pistols
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Air Force enacts service-wide inspections of M18 pistols
The U.S. Air Force ordered a service-wide safety inspection of every single one of its M18 pistols after one discharged and killed an airman last month at an Air Force base. The decision, announced late last week, came more than a week after Airman Brayden Lovan was killed in an incident at F.E. Warren Air Force Base involving a M18. Lovan, 21, died July 20 after a M18 pistol discharged. Lovan, who served with the 90th Security Forces Squadron, …
US Air Force Orders Service-Wide Inspection of M18 Pistols Following Airman’s Death
The U.S. Air Force has ordered a service-wide inspection of all M18 pistols following the death of Airman Brayden Tyriq Lovan. Lovan, 21, assigned to the 90th Security Forces Squadron under the 90th Security Forces Group, died on July 20 while on duty at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming after an M18 pistol discharged. He was officially identified by the Air Force four days later. The incident remains under investigation. The safety inspec…
The death and the connection of the weapon to it have been confirmed, but the exact sequence of events has not. According to the manufacturer, the weapons cannot be faulty. According to the company, accidents and legal cases are motivated only by greed or evasion of responsibility. The US armed forces and authorities are currently in a state of uproar over the Sig Sauer M17 and M18 military pistols, which were introduced in 2017, The War Zone re…
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