The Army has faced a recent spike in aircraft crashes. The service’s fiscal 2024 annual aviation assessment showed that Class A mishaps, a category that indicates fatalities or damage totaling ...
The unit has paused operations for 48 hr. as what happened is being reviewed. A team from the Army’s Aviation Center of Excellence has arrived in Washington to assist with the investigation.
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 ...
The Black Hawk crew was among the Army’s most experienced, consisting of command pilots belonging to the 12th Aviation Battalion out of Fort Belvoir, Va. Those pilots routinely conduct both ...
Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation ... around the world and came to Washington in 1997 to work for Army Times Publishing Co. as a journalist.
The Army has confirmed that all three soldiers were from Bravo Company, 12th Combat Aviation Battalion, based at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, about 20 miles south of Washington, D.C. The unit primarily ...