The basic problem, which reformers have been trying to remedy since the Clinton administration, is that the system is ...

The Army has no plans to retire the CH-47 Chinook—which, in multiple respects, outdoes every other helicopter in the U.S. military’s fleet.

The president said he would work with Congress to improve aging technology used by the Federal Aviation Administration.

The US air traffic control system has been stretched nearly to its breaking point by a decades-long staffing shortage. It’s causing problems not just for the air traffic controllers that remain but ...

Crews have recovered the victims and several more pieces of a regional passenger jet that plunged into the Potomac River last week after colliding with a Black Hawk military helicopter near Reagan ...

Today is that most sacred of American holidays. A day when people from all walks of life set aside their differences and ...

Barleycorn's, a restaurant, bar and live music venue, uses its marquee to express its sympathy for friends and family of the ...

All 67 people on board the American Airlines regional jet and US Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair Wednesday ...

Peter DeFazio, the former House Transportation and Infrastructure chair, said the air corridor is even more crowded with ...

One second before impact, pilots of the American Airlines plane had a “verbal reaction” and the plane increased its pitch – indicating they pulled back on the controls, trying to climb.

It’s unclear, for example, if its crew actually saw the regional jet, given the helicopter pilot communicated with the air-traffic controller that he saw the traffic, but perhaps wasn’t ...

The U.S. Army has identified Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach, 32, of Durham, North Carolina, as the pilot of the Black Hawk helicopter that collided mid-air with an American Airlines flight, killing 67 people ...