Student Pilot Completes Osprey Aircraft Training Marine Corps 1st Lt. Erik Erlandson, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training Squadron 204, proved his skills as an MV...
US Training of Afghan Pilots Hitting Stride, Contractor Says The training covers fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft instruction, taught by U.S. instructors on commercial training...
Military Jet Crashes on Rise: Training, Plane Issues Cited Military aircraft crashes are rising amid concerns that insufficient training and an aging plane fleet are contributing...
Air Force Presses to Continue Iraqi Pilot Training in US Iraqi pilots flying F-16s carried out their first airstrike in Syria against ISIS targets, in response to Baghdad car...
Navy Instructor Pilots Refusing to Fly Over Safety Concerns The boycott is over what they say is the refusal of top brass to address an urgent problem with training jets' oxygen system.
Navy Announces Three-Day Grounding for T-45s After Pilot Strike The pause will allow time for the Navy leadership to speak with the pilots, listen to concerns, and discuss risk mitigations.
Two-Star: Poor Communication May Have Spurred Pilots' Refusal to Fly Rear Adm. DeWolfe Miller said the decision may reflect a lack of info about how much the service is doing to address the...
Navy's T-45 Fleet Indefinitely Grounded After Pilot Strike Naval aviation leadership will review engineering data during the extended grounding to develop a plan to keep T-45 aircrews...
Navy Looks to NASA for Insights into T-45 Cockpit Dangers Navy instructor pilots are back in the cockpit after a 12-day "operational pause" for T-45 trainers tied to hypoxia-like...
Navy Increases Restrictions on T-45 Flights After New Cockpit Episode A day after T-45 instructors took to the air after a 12-day grounding, two pilots reported headaches and oxygen deprivation.
Police Who Shot Florida Airman 6 Times in His Home May Have Entered Wrong Apartment, Family Says Senior Airman Roger Fortson lived in an off-base residence, and his special operations squadron at Hurlburt Field in the...
Florida Airman Was Shot by Deputy Within Seconds of Opening Apartment Door, Body Cam Footage Shows Only as Fortson is lying on the floor of his apartment fatally wounded does the deputy tell him to drop his weapon, a firearm...
'They Took My Gift Away': In Interview, Mother of Florida Airman Killed by Police Describes Shock Meka Fortson told Military.com in an exclusive interview Thursday that her son, Senior Airman Roger Fortson, had always...
Army Pumping Millions into Food Kiosks, But They May Soon Be Obsolete Kiosks are effectively small snack stands providing soldiers with sandwiches, candy, chips and soda -- offerings that hold...
Apache Crash Injures 2 Fort Riley Soldiers as Army Grapples with Nonstop Aviation Incidents The pair of soldiers with the 1st Infantry Division's Combat Aviation Brigade were being treated for injuries after the crash...