US Approves Major New Arms Sales to Israel Worth $6.67 Billion and to Saudi Arabia Worth $9 Billion The sales to Israel are split into four separate packages, including one for 30 Apache attack helicopters and related...
Coast Guard Aircrews Grade Hollywood’s Biggest Helicopter Missions Hollywood loves helicopter rescues that look heroic. Real Coast Guard aviation runs on checklists, limits, and hard calls. We...
Navy Investigation Finds Osprey Safety Issues Were Allowed to Grow for Years A Navy report acknowledges the military failed to address a growing series of issues with the V-22 Osprey aircraft since it...
Senators Seek to Change Bill That Allows Military to Operate Just Like Before the DC Plane Crash Senators from both parties are pushing to change a defense bill after crash investigators and victims' families warned it...
Army Turns the Apache Into a Drone-Killing Gunship The Army is giving the AH-64E Apache a new mission, transforming the iconic gunship into a fast-moving drone killer designed...
Vietnam DUSTOFF Pilot Who Saved 3,000 Earned Gold Medal Honor for MEDEVAC Crews By then, he had flown over 3,000 casualties to safety during 11 months evacuating wounded soldiers from Vietnam's most...
Crews Are Safe Following Two Navy Crashes Two Navy aircraft from the USS Nimitz crashed minutes apart in the South China Sea.
Operation Ivory Soap: The WWII Experiment That Created Modern Helicopter Combat Missions Between June 15 and July 29, 1945, six Army Air Forces pilots flying experimental Sikorsky helicopters evacuated between 75...
After 56 Years, a Vietnam War Soldier Finally Comes Home In the spring of 1968, Donald P. Gervais’s helicopter crashed into a ravine in the dangerous A Shau Valley in the Republic of...
32 Years Ago, UN Troops Came to the Rescue in Mogadishu During Black Hawk Down On Oct. 3, 1993—32 years ago—what began as a short raid by Task Force Ranger in Mogadishu became an all-night fight for...
The Latest in Ex-Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill's $25 Million Defamation Lawsuit The $25 million defamation lawsuit by ex-Navy SEAL Rob O'Neill could be decided by a jury in state or federal court.
Veterans Can Now Get VA Auto Grants Every 10 Years. Here's What Changed A disabled veteran who received a Department of Veterans Affairs automobile grant decades ago can now apply for another one.
US Space Force Turns 6: Has It Met Expectations? The U.S. Space Force marked its sixth anniversary in December, reflecting a shift from stand-up to sustained operations as...
A U-Boat Killed 763 American Soldiers on Christmas Eve in 1944. The Army Kept It Secret for 50 Years Howard woke up around midnight in a hospital in Cherbourg, France. He was among the lucky ones. On that Christmas Eve in 1944...
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