US Air Force Director Of Operations For Alaskan Command Dies In Piper PA-18 Crash

A small airplane carrying two people crashed in a remote lake on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula around 100 miles south of Anchorage. Alaska Wildlife Troopers and the Alaskan Command identified the two people as Col. Mark “Tyson” Sletten and Paul Kodrat. Aircraft crashes are widely reported, so it can often seem like there are more aircraft crashes than there really are (especially with commercial airliners). 2023 was one of aviation’s safest records, with zero commercial airliners crashing.