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"O60sCOTD" Army to enforce 30 day retro flight total of 100, 110, 120 or 140 hours stick time. Din't work very well, ended up short daily requirements such that those under the max might fly day and night, continuous, until the maxed or fell asleep at the controls.

That period, somehow, became the deadliest 3 months of my tour. No fatalities the year prior and then 3 complete crews lost and one fatal head-shot. Oh, and one through the front seater's armpit, through the joiont between back and side armor and up the back seat's shinbone to lodge under the kneecap...