Mishaps from 2020-24 killed 90 service members and Defense Department civilian employees, destroyed 89 aircraft and cost the ...

Across the military, the rate of severe accidents per 100,000 flight hours rose 55% in the 2024 budget year compared with ...

In this video, we break down the alarming string of mishaps surrounding the USS Harry S. Truman after two F-18 Super Hornets ...

USS Saratoga (CV-60) was one of the Forrestal-class “supercarriers” that carried American power into the Cold War’s hottest ...

Sikorsky Aircraft has reached an undisclosed settlement with the families of three people who were killed in a helicopter crash in 2021.

The families filed a lawsuit against the helicopter designer for what they said was a design flaw in its hydraulic hose ...

Sikorsky has reached a settlement with plaintiffs who sued after the 2021 crash of a U.S. Navy Seahawk helicopter off the ...

The number of major accidents involving military aircraft spiked in 2024, internal Pentagon figures show, and a series of high-profile aviation mishaps with deaths and the loss of aircraft in 2025 ...

Two U.S. Navy aircraft have gone down in the South China Sea in separate incidents within 30 minutes of each other, according ...

Whereas a land-based pilot can be expected to “grease” the runway, carrier landings demand that naval pilots make a controlled impact—essentially a crash aboard the deck. Landing on an aircraft ...