Andrew Harnik/Getty Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said that the pilots aboard the U.S. Army helicopter that collided with an American Airlines plane were wearing night vision ...

A retired Army helicopter pilot shared insights into what may have caused Wednesday’s deadly midair collision over the Potomac River in Washington, DC — ranging from visibility challenges to ...

A helicopter uses a spotlight on the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, on Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va.

Captain S., a helicopter pilot in Squadron 118, who brought home the released hostages, shared his feelings during the operation. "A sense of pain, responsibility, and hope. Pain for the suffering ...

Chief among those initial suspicions: the helicopter pilot who did not see the jet on a collision course, and the diversity, equity, and inclusion policies of his Democratic predecessors.

AS WE KNOW, A BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER WAS INVOLVED IN THIS DEADLY CRASH. NOW, I SPOKE WITH A LOCAL COMMERCIAL PILOT WHO TELLS ME ONLY TIME WILL TELL WHO OR WHAT IS AT FAULT. THERE’S SO MANY THINGS ...

NICOLE D'ANTONIO, A-B-C NEWS IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA WE ARE HEARING MORE ABOUT A MISSISSIPPI NATIVE WHO DIED IN THIS CRASH... ANDREW EAVES WAS ONE OF THE PILOTS ON THAT BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER.... EAVES ...

Phillip Brashear is a retired chief warrant officer 5 — the highest ranking officials within the Army ranks — a helicopter pilot with both the Virginia Army National Guard and the Army Reserve.

In the three years before the deadly collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight near Reagan National Airport, at least two other pilots reported near-misses with ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Darrell Feller, a retired U.S. Army National Guard pilot, has flown helicopters along the same DC route as ...

WASHINGTON (AP/Gray News) - President Donald Trump questioned the actions of the helicopter pilot and air traffic controller and cast political blame on the previous Democratic administration ...