Frequent crashes have become a dilemma for the Algerian military with three killed in a military helicopter on Feb 7, in an accident that raises questions over the efficiency of maintenance and acquisition choices. All three military personnel on board – a colonel, a lieutenant colonel, and a sergeant – were killed, it added. The frequent airplane crashes and accidents in the Algerian air force fleet are but a tree that hides a forest of mismanagement and a lack of strategy. These accidents indicate that the Algerian military is undergoing a crisis of doctrine. Analysts see that Algerian air force is much underdeveloped with a low skill pilots lacking battlefield experience compared to its regional rival Morocco, a western ally.
