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New policies for improving and maintaining aircraft safety have been welcomed and adopted by both American and UK military forces. Many concerns have been raised regarding the quality and safety of current military aircraft serving in the conflicts in both Afghanistan and Iraq, which many believe has resulted in unnecessary loss of life. Both governments have carried out a full review of all the vehicles and have come up with a new set of rules to influence how they are built.Here are a number of the policies to be introduced

Double testing. When an aircraft is supplied by a manufacturer to either the UK or US military, it will first be fully reviewed by at least one other independent aviation body. Any issues that this group identifies, even as small as faulty solenoids or door hinges, must be addressed by the armed force who owns the vehicle. There will futher more be a procedure put in place whereby knowledge about individual hazards or mechanical issues can be shared between forces, so that each can take action to better their vehicles

Safety reviews. A great many military vehicles suffer from the fact even though they have top spec safety features when they are built, by the time they are five years old or so, these feature are not up-to-date.This will soon change as all aircraft are due to have a complete safety overhaul every five years, to replace and upgrade any components or features that have been developed since the last review

Yearly Maintenance. Military vehicles already undergo frequent maintenance, however the maintenance process varies between armed services and even between different military units. Under the new system, every vehicle will be submitted to another independent body each year for a full service to replace and multicore cable, damaged circuit boards or mil spec cable for example. This will help standardise the maintenance process and should reduce the chances of any vehicles being overlooked.