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Army pauses helicopter flights near DC airport after more close calls
The pause comes after 67 people died in January when a passenger jet collided in midair with a Black Hawk helicopter at Reagan airport.
By Tara Copp, AP
With U-2 safe, operators vie for greater investment
The uncertainty surrounding the fate of the spy plane has meant that U-2 pilots and maintainers focused on sustaining the aircraft rather than improving it. Operators want to see that change.
By Valerie Insinna
Air Force: 131 enlisted airmen apply to fly Global Hawk RPAs
The Air Force Personnel Center on Wednesday said that 131 enlisted airmen applied for the chance to become remotely-piloted aircraft pilots under the next selection board.
Deadline nears for enlisted airmen to apply to fly RPAs
The window for enlisted airmen to apply for the chance to become remotely-piloted aircraft pilots is closing in less than two weeks.
Utah National Guard uses Black Hawk to rescue hiker
Utah officials say a hiker is recovering in a hospital after he was rescued from the Uinta Mountains by a Black Hawk helicopter, a rare move by the Utah National Guard reserved for extreme cases.
For the first time, a civilian drone has crashed into a military aircraft
There was a crew of four soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division aboard the Black Hawk. No one was injured.
By Kyle Rempfer
Afghanistan takes delivery of first Black Hawks
The U.S. has delivered the first two of a planned 159 U.S. UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.
By Shawn Snow
150 MD-530s may be headed to Afghanistan
The DoD has awarded nearly $1.4 billion to procure an estimated 150 MD-530 Cayuse Warrior attack helicopters for Afghanistan.
By Shawn Snow
Pentagon identifies soldier missing after helicopter crash off coast of Yemen
Staff Sgt. Emil Rivera-Lopez is listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown, or DUSTWUN, according to the Pentagon.
By Michelle Tan