Air Force Sig Sauer Suspension

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Air Force stops use of common pistol

Air Force command pauses M18 pistol use after airman’s death at Wyoming base

The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command has paused the use of a pistol after a Security Forces airman died at a Wyoming base.

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Air Force suspends use of M18 pistols after airman’s death

A leaked memo called for the M18 to be pulled from use “for all operational and training activities” immediately and replaced by the M-4 rifle.

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Air Force unit suspends use of N.H.-based Sig Sauer pistol after shooting death of airman

The death at the Wyoming base is the latest in a series of incidents in recent years that have raised questions about the safety of Sig’s marquee pistol.

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Sig Sauer guns used by military may be firing without trigger pull - NPR

On military bases from Virginia to the Middle East, pistols made by New Hampshire-based Sig Sauer have allegedly fired without a trigger pull, seriously wounding soldiers in some instances.

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Sig Sauer wants to be ‘the small arms company of the US military’

Sig Sauer won the Modular Handgun System award for providing both the standard-sized 9mm handgun, the M17, and the compact-sized weapon, the M18. The Air Force, Navy and Marines subsequently ...

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