The Navy Test Pilot Who Shot Down His Own Fighter Jet Not every military test pilot can set records like Chuck Yeager, but what happened to Tom Attridge on Sept. 21, 1956, was...
St. Louis-Area Boeing Workers Authorize Strike if Contract Talks Fail The St. Louis workers make defense aircraft for Boeing at sites in St. Louis County, St. Charles and Mascoutah. The products...
China Sends Scores of Planes Across Central Line in Taiwan Strait China sent 74 warplanes toward Taiwan, 61 of which crossed the central line in the Taiwan Strait that unofficially divides...
Japan Grounds Military Training Aircraft After Crash Leaves 2 Crew Members Missing Japan grounded most of its aging military training aircraft on Wednesday after one of the planes crashed minutes after take...
A Lack of Oxygen Likely Incapacitated the Pilot of a Private Jet that Crashed in Virginia in 2023 A lack of oxygen that incapacitated the pilot and three passengers is likely what caused a private jet to become unresponsive...
Russia Is Responsible for Downing MH17 over Ukraine in 2014, Global Aviation Agency's Council Finds The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization found Russia responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines...
Feds Vow to Overhaul US Air Traffic Control System While Fixing Problems at Troubled Newark Airport A deadly midair collision in January between a military helicopter and a commercial airliner, several additional crashes and...
Another Fighter Jet Tumbles from Truman Carrier Deck into Red Sea The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier lost another F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet on Tuesday -- the third since it...
Thousands of Machinists Union Members Go On Strike at Jet Engine Maker Pratt & Whitney Pratt & Whitney makes engines for commercial and military jets, including the GTF line for Airbus commercial jets and the...
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...
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
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...