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Air traffic recordings reveal a JetBlue pilot’s alarm after a close encounter with a U.S. Air Force plane in Caribbean airspace near Venezuela.
We almost had a midair collision up here,’ the JetBlue pilot said. ‘They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous’
One of the planes was accidentally shot down by the cruiser USS Gettysburg, which also fired on another Super Hornet.
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Five minutes of chaos: How the Navy shot down its own jet
A long pattern of rushed training and failed equipment contributed to the embarrassing and costly error, a recently published command investigation found.
Last week, the Navy recovered two aircraft that crashed into the South China Sea in two separate late October incidents off of USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the sea service announced Tuesday. A contracted boat equipped with an unmanned system retrieved the F/A-18F Super Hornet and MH-60R Sea Hawk from a depth of approximately 400 feet.
In the Korean War, Royce Williams survived the Navy’s longest dogfight. Now he’s one step closer to the military’s highest honor.
The future F-35A jet squadron on Hokkaido will be Japan's fifth unit operating the stealth aircraft, the defense ministry said, meaning Komatsu Air Base's second F-15 jet unit—the 306th Tactical Fighter Squadron—will soon undergo an aircraft transition.
New documents reveal how the USS Gettysburg shot down an F/A-18 and nearly hit a second one above the Red Sea last year.
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US Navy recovers helicopter, jet that crashed in South China Sea
The service on Friday salvaged an F/A-18F Super Hornet and MH-60R Seahawk helicopter that crashed in the South China Sea on Oct. 26.
The V-22 Osprey is a highly versatile aircraft that experienced a significant rise in serious accidents in 2023 and 2024, the GAO reported Friday.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan and Australia urged calm on Sunday after Chinese military aircraft locked radar on Japanese fighter jets, a month after the Japanese leader’s recent remarks on Taiwan that stirred tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.