Lawmakers urge Pentagon to ground Ospreys until crash causes are fixed
Massachusetts lawmakers called the decision to return Ospreys to limited flight status misguided.
By Tara Copp
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Pentagon to lift Osprey flight ban after fatal Air Force crash
The Osprey has been grounded following a Nov. 29 Air Force Special Operations Command crash in Japan that killed eight service members.
By Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp, AP
World War II-era flying wing crashes in California prison yard
A one-of-its-kind World War II-era flying wing aircraft crashed and burst into flames in the exercise yard of a Southern California prison on Monday, killing the pilot
Montana crash involved Air Force truck with ‘military projectiles’
Authorities say a crash Sunday night that shut down a highway in southeast Montana for about a day involved three semitrailer trucks, including one carrying “military projectiles.”
Russian heavy bomber crash-lands in Arctic, killing three
A Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 bomber crash-landed in the Arctic Tuesday after a training flight.
New in 2019: Here’s what the Air Force is doing about aviation mishaps
The Air Force, like the other services, suffered a string of fatal aviation mishaps in 2018. To address concerns, Congress created an eight-person independent commission to review the mishap spike.
By Kyle Rempfer
Retired general, former Army secretary named to panel studying military aviation crisis
The independent commission was established after Military Times' in-depth investigation into the sharp rise in aviation accidents.
By Tara Copp, AP
T-6s at Randolph remain grounded after crash
The fleet of T-6A Texan II trainers at the 12th Operations Group at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in Texas remain grounded, two days after one of the aircraft crashed.
Air Force: High ops tempos, lack of aircraft, inexperienced maintainers among mishap risks
A series of one-day safety stand-downs across all flying and maintenance wings has given the Air Force several clues on how to correct a string of troubling — and sometimes fatal — aviation crashes and other mishaps, the service said Monday.
4 dead after small civilian plane crashes on Air Force base
Four people were killed Thursday morning when a small civilian plane crashed on Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
T-38 Talon training jet crashes in Oklahoma
An Air Force T-38 Talon stationed at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Oklahoma, crashed at approximately 1:48 p.m. Friday local time, about 70 miles west of the base.
By Kent Miller
The military’s crash investigators faced staff, budget cuts as aviation accidents climbed
Congress continues to try to get to the bottom of the increase in aviation crashes.
By Tara Copp, AP