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 ...

places flowers at a memorial for the 67 victims of a midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Kansas near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, ...

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 an ...

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington. Born in a U.S. Air Force family, he grew up on military bases around the world and came to ...

The instructor pilot conducting the evaluation, and who had command of the aircraft, had about 1,000 hours of flying time, said Mr Jonathan Koziol, chief of staff of the US Army’s aviation ...

The US Army Black Hawk that collided with an American Airlines flight was training on a familiar flight path. The 12th Aviation Battalion frequently navigates Washington DC airspace for VIP transport.

Aviation experts reviewed Wednesday night’s radio transmissions, obtained by The Washington Post, and said that a soldier on the Black Hawk requested “visual separation” so that the ...

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 ...

The flight path of an Army helicopter before it collided with an American Airlines Group Inc. passenger jet this week above Washington is emerging as a key line of inquiry in the probe of the ...