Due to an editing error, a previous version of this post had the incorrect number of Navy and Marine Corps deaths in the line of duty for 2018. USNI News’ internal records show that this was the 11th death this calendar year A sailor was killed on July 30 when an auxiliary fuel tank fell off the helicopter he was inspecting, a spokesman for the commander of Naval Air Forces told USNI News. Naval Helicopter Aircrewman 1st Class Jonathan Richard Clement, who had served with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 85 since July 2017, was performing a “quick post-flight inspection” … Continue reading Sailor AWS1 Jonathan Clement Killed in Helicopter Mishap at NAS North Island