Air Force to Posthumously Award Distinguished Flying Cross to Crew in Mysterious 2010 Osprey Crash The news of the awards comes as the service currently grapples with a deadly CV-22 crash that killed eight airmen off the...
2 National Guard Soldiers, 1 Border Patrol Agent Killed in Texas Helicopter Crash Are Identified The UH-72 Lakota helicopter was assigned to the federal government’s border security mission when it went down while the...
How the First Female Pilot to Die on Active Duty with the US Military Cultivated Her Love of Flying Women Airforce Service Pilots, created in August 1943 after WAFS and WFTD merged, flew at 126 military bases, handling 80% of...
Ospreys Cleared to Fly Again After Deadly Crash Despite Mechanical Failure with Unknown Cause Military officials have announced that the V-22 Osprey is returning to flight despite an investigation into a deadly Air...
Osprey Grounding Set to Be Lifted, But Questions over Causes of Deadly Crashes Remain, House Chairman Says Pentagon leadership will imminently lift the ban on flying the V-22 Osprey after a three-month grounding, the chairman of the...
MH370 Disappeared a Decade Ago. Here's What We Know About One of Aviation's Biggest Mysteries A Malaysia Airlines flight vanished without a trace on March 8, 2014, becoming one of aviation’s biggest mysteries.
Pentagon IDs 2 Airmen Killed in Afghanistan Crash The Defense Department has identified two airmen killed in an E-11 aircraft crash in Afghanistan on Monday.
When Will Ospreys Fly Again? That's Still a Question Mark After Defense Secretary Briefing. In addition to the Air Force's November crash off the coast of Japan, there was a deadly Marine Corps Osprey crash in...
National Guard Apache Helicopter Crashes in Mississippi Killing Two Crew Members The Mississippi crash is yet another mishap involving military helicopters, with many of those incidents involving the...
Marine Corps F-35 Takes Nosedive in Hangar While Being Used by Navy Top Gun School An image of the jet, an F-35C Lightning II, was posted on social media earlier this month showing it face-planted onto the...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Marines Suffer Most Cases of 2 Life-Threatening Conditions Related to Exercise and Heat, Report Finds The April issue of the Defense Department's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, published last week, was focused entirely on...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...
Army Eliminates Online Training Requirement for Noncommissioned Officers, Saying It's Too Burdensome The Army has eliminated a significant part of its online training for enlisted troops -- a learning program that has drawn...
Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill Gets Agreement Between House and Senate The Department of Veterans Affairs caregiver program, the beleaguered electronic health records program, veteran homelessness...