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Why are military aircraft accidents spiking?

Experts weigh in on what looks like a 'perfect storm,' with fatalities on the rise and readiness now suffering.
The number of major accidents involving military aircraft spiked in 2024, internal Pentagon figures show, and a series of ...
The annual Richard G. McSpadden Report’s accident summary for 2023 shows a few improvements and some surprises.
Local firefighters from a number of area fire departments did training Wednesday at the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport using simulators that recreate the situation of a spreading fuel fire as well ...
Mishaps from 2020-24 killed 90 service members and Defense Department civilian employees, destroyed 89 aircraft and cost the ...
Germany saw more than one plane accident every three days on average in 2024, official figures showed on Tuesday. The Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation recorded 129 incidents last year ...
You won’t find any Mitsubishi Mu-2s at Norwood Airport. It’s a relatively rare bird, with production ending almost forty years ago. First introduced in 1963, the twin turboprop was aimed at customers ...
HELENA, Mont. — The Wednesday evening helicopter crash that claimed the lives of four people near Ekalaka in southeast Montana was one of six fatal general aviation crashes so far in Montana this year ...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has labeled Alaska's aircraft accident rate "unacceptable" and committed to federal action aimed at significantly improving aviation safety in the state. This ...
A midair collision between a passenger jet and a helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. A medevac jet that hurtled toward the ground and exploded in Philadelphia. A commercial flight ...
A midair collision between a passenger jet and a helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. A medevac jet that hurtled toward the ground and exploded in Philadelphia. A commercial flight ...