Weather and Night Vision Goggles Were Likely Factors in Marine Corps Helicopter Crash, Report Finds The CH-53 Super Stallion crashed Feb. 6, 2024, during a late night flight when it hit a mountain near Pine Valley, California...
Army Pausing Helicopter Flights near Washington Airport After Close Calls The commander of the 12th Aviation Battalion directed the unit to pause helicopter flight operations around Ronald Reagan...
FAA Finds Safety Concerns at Las Vegas Airport in Review Spurred by Midair Collision in Washington A federal review of helicopter safety around some of the busiest U.S. airports, prompted by the deadly midair collision in...
Army Adjusts Tracker Policy and Flight Training Following January Collision with Passenger Jet The Army has made changes to how its helicopters use a safety system that broadcasts aircraft location and has reduced the...
Congress Questions the FAA, US Army and NTSB over Deadly Midair Collision in DC The FAA's acting administrator told the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation that he knows the agency must make...
Helicopter Route Permanently Closed After Deadly Black Hawk Collision with Plane Helicopters will be permanently restricted from flying near Washington, D.C.'s airport on the same route where a passenger...
Route Used by Army Black Hawk During Deadly Collision Was Far Too Risky, Safety Officials Say Federal crash investigators have said a helicopter route used by an Army Black Hawk for training when it crashed midair with...
Chinese Navy Helicopter Flies Within 10 Feet of Philippine Patrol Plane over Disputed Shoal A Chinese navy helicopter flew within 10 feet (3 meters) of a Philippine patrol plane in a disputed area of the South China...
Trump Begins Firings of FAA Air Traffic Control Staff Just Weeks After Fatal DC Plane Crash The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy...
Investigators Say Black Hawk Altitude Gauges May Have Been Inaccurate Prior to Deadly DC Airplane Collision NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said the Black Hawk helicopter was at approximately 278 feet altitude at the time of the crash...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...
Camp Pendleton Officer, Wife Sue Military Housing Company over Crash That Killed 8-Year-Old Son A Marine Corps family whose 8-year-old son died last year after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle on Camp...
Coast Guard to Launch Service-Wide Physical Fitness Test for All Members Next Year Coast Guard men and women must take a preliminary assessment by the end of this year and a mandatory PFT starting in 2026.
How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...
Rubio Says US Is Designating 2 More Gangs as Foreign Terrorist Groups The two new designees, Los Lobos and Los Choneros, are Ecuadorian gangs blamed for much of the violence that began since the...