The deadly Jan. 29 helicopter crash outside Washington, D.C., was the Army’s first serious aviation incident in months—but it came on the heels of a fiscal year that saw the service’s ...
comes at a terrible time for Army Aviation as accident rates have spiked to levels not seen since early in the century. In 2024, Army Aviation recorded the highest number of Class A flight mishaps ...
The Army helicopter that collided with an American Airlines passenger plane near Ronald Reagan National Airport on Wednesday, likely killing all 67 people aboard both aircraft, was the result of ...
Two U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the aircraft landed in Guatemala on Monday afternoon after a flight from Texas. A Guatemalan official told Reuters the military ...
The service is often responsible for ferrying lawmakers and other V.I.P.’s across the area, and near Reagan National Airport.
Here’s a look at how civilian and military aircraft work to avoid accidents like Wednesday’s tragic crash. “That would create some mayhem in the system,” said Brian Alexander, a former ...
Fatalities to all 67 people aboard the two aircraft would mean the crash is one of the 10 deadliest involving U.S. military aircraft, according to Simple Flying reporting. The deadliest ...
Two U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the aircraft landed in Guatemala on Monday afternoon after a flight from Texas. A Guatemalan official told Reuters the military transport ...
For more than 60 years, military aircraft at the McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base have shared an air traffic control tower with commercial jets at McGhee Tyson Airport, and Guard leaders have ...
and Mr. Hegseth said its unit, the 12th Aviation Battalion, would undergo “a 48-hour operational pause on contingency mission” to review the accident. The secretary said a senior-level Army ...
All three soldiers were assigned to the Army Military District of Washington’s 12th Aviation Battalion, which is tasked with transporting senior government officials around the Washington ...