Helicopter Losses are Down

Despite what you hear in the MSM. This is from Former Spook:

While Reuters notes that "dozens" of U.S. helicopters have been downed by insurgents, they fail to mention that such losses represent only a total fraction of the hundreds of helicopter sorties flown daily in Iraq [emphasis mine]. In fact, cumulative loss rates (per 100,000 hours of flying time) have decreased since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. An occasional spike in chopper losses--tragic though it might be--does little to change those statistics.

Its also a far cry from the 5086 chopper losses during the entire Vietnam War. Another reason that losses are being reported ( aside from the Media's intent to hurt the war effort), is tha combat operations on the American side has dramatically increased.