Reuters2d
Crashed US Army Black Hawk unit was responsible for doomsday readiness
The military mission, known as "continuity of government" and "continuity of operations," is meant to preserve the ability of the U.S. government to operate. Most days, crews like the one killed ...
International Business Times4d
Defense Secretary Attacks DEI Programs At Briefing Into Collision Involving Army Helicopter
D.C. Hegseth joined Trump at a White House briefing on Wednesday night's crash that killed 64 people on the plane and three on the military helicopter. Trump, without evidence, blamed the crash on ...
USA Today4d
Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was on a 'proficiency training flight'
"This was not unusual, with a military aircraft flying the river and aircraft landing at DCA," Duffy said. American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said at a briefing Thursday that few details about the ...
Business Insider3d
The flight path that the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the American Airlines crash was flying isn't complicated, US Army official says
Such designations are required elements of pre-flight risk assessments and briefings to military mission approval authorities and take into account variables like weather, mission type ...
Sky2d
Black Hawk helicopter was on emergency evacuation trial run before Washington DC crash, officials say
Pic: AP It has emerged that the helicopter had been on a training flight along a route core to a seldom-discussed military mission - to evacuate senior officials to safety in the event of an ...
New York Post4d
US Army Black Hawk that collided with American Airlines passenger plane was on ‘training flight’
The Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines commuter plane near Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia Wednesday was on a “training flight” when they crashed ...
Military.com3d
Iraq Backtracking on US Military Withdrawal After Syria Regime Change
The U.S. and Iraq announced an agreement last year to wind down the military mission in Iraq of an American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group by September 2025, with U.S. forces ...
USA Today4d
Authorities address collision between plane, military helicopter
A media briefing is scheduled to begin early Thursday from the Reagan National Airport when an American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed into the ...
ABC73d
67 dead after midair collision between passenger jet and military helicopter; Black boxes recovered
according to an Army official who briefed reporters in a phone briefing. Jonathan Koziol, a retired Army chief warrant officer with more than 30 years of flight experience, told reporters that the ...
WUSA4d
What is a continuity of government mission, the plan that the army helicopter was practicing when it crashed into American Airlines flight 5342?
WASHINGTON — The military helicopter that collided with American Airlines flight 5342 was practicing a continuity of government mission, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Wednesday ...
Daily Monitor6d
SADC condemns attacks on its military mission in eastern DRC
for recent attacks on its regional military mission. On January 22, the M23 armed group attacked the SADC Mission in the DRC, the SADC Secretariat noted with concern in a statement issued from its ...
UPI1d
NTSB analyzing chopper-jet collision data; 3rd soldier identified
National Transportation Safety Board officials during a media briefing on Saturday evening said they only have part of the data analyzed to determine the exact times and altitudes of the Army ...