Takeaways from AP's report on a U.S. plot to recruit Maduro's pilot to betray Venezuelan leader

A longtime U.S. law enforcement agent secretly tried to recruit Nicolas Maduro’s pilot to join a plot to capture the ...

The Latest: Trump in Japan, where he'll meet new Prime Minister Takaichi

U.S. President Donald Trump is now in Japan for his first meeting with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, an early diplomatic test for the first woman to lead Japan, who took ...
FlightGlobal

Hill Helicopters HX50 first flight slips as GT50 engine development drags on schedule

UK rotorcraft start-up Hill Helicopters has further delayed the first flight of its developmental HX50 light-single, pushing ...
Stars and Stripes

Soldier flies drone Black Hawk from tablet in training first for optionally piloted helicopter

It took less than an hour for a National Guard soldier with no past aviation experience to train to remotely fly a Black Hawk helicopter.
Air Force Times on MSN

With his observer’s parachute shredded, this pilot gave up his own

Putting his observer’s life before his own, Bennett made for the Tonkin Gulf. Despite the Bronco’s notoriety for the slim chance it afforded the pilot ditching, Bennett decided it was his observer’s ...
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U.S. Army Contracts Boeing for Nine More CH-47F Block II Chinook Helicopters

The CH-47F Block II has improved efficiency, payload and fuel capacity, critical for the Army’s heavy tactical lift missions. Boeing announced on Oct. 21, ...