Senate Approves Bill Inspired by DC Plane Crash to Ensure Military Aircraft Will Broadcast Location The Senate has moved quickly to close a loophole that could allow military aircraft to fly without broadcasting their...
Sen. Cruz Wants Restrictions on Military Flights Approved Soon to Prevent Another Midair Collision Republican Sen. Ted Cruz wants restrictions on military flights approved before government funding runs out at the end of...
JetBlue Flight Near Venezuela Avoids ‘Midair Collision’ With US Air Force Tanker A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a U.S. Air Force...
Flights Restricted over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit North American Aerospace Defense Command issued a statement saying it would be enforcing Federal Aviation Administration...
How to Find Deals on Military Flights and Baggage Discounts Whether you're traveling on orders or for leisure, you can find discounted rates on flights as well as checked baggage.
Hotline Between Military and Air Traffic Controllers in Washington Hasn't Worked for over 3 Years The Federal Aviation Administration official in charge of air traffic controllers, Frank McIntosh, confirmed the agency didn...
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...
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...
Billionaire Spacewalker Highlights Mars Trip for Astronauts in His Bid to Become NASA's Next Chief The nominee for NASA’s top job, billionaire spacewalker Jared Isaacman, outlined his vision for space exploration that...
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...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...