How a World War II Tail Gunner Survived a Midair Collision Without a Parachute Sgt. James Raley's account came almost three months to the day after he improbably survived that fall from the skies over...
US Investigators Say Alaska Plane Was Overweight for Icy Conditions in Crash that Killed 10 A commuter plane that crashed on sea ice off Alaska, killing all 10 people on board, was half a ton overweight for a trip...
Helicopter Route Permanently Closed After Deadly Black Hawk Collision with Plane Helicopters will be permanently restricted from flying near Washington, D.C.'s airport on the same route where a passenger...
Route Used by Army Black Hawk During Deadly Collision Was Far Too Risky, Safety Officials Say Federal crash investigators have said a helicopter route used by an Army Black Hawk for training when it crashed midair with...
Rescuers Find Philippine Fighter Jet's Wreckage and the Bodies of 2 Pilots Deployed to Fight Rebels Rescuers found the wreckage of a Philippine fighter jet and the bodies of its two pilots in a mountainous region in the...
Southwest Airlines Flight Abruptly Rises to Avoid Another Plane Crossing Chicago Runway Pilots on a Southwest Airlines flight attempting to land at Chicago's Midway Airport were forced to climb back into the sky...
2 People Are Dead in a Small Plane Collision at a Southern Arizona Airport A midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona has killed two people.
Americans' Confidence in Air Travel Safety Dips Slightly After Washington Plane Crash: AP-NORC Poll Americans' confidence in air travel and the federal agencies tasked with maintaining air safety has slipped a little from...
Family of Man Killed in DC Plane Crash Files $250 Million Claim Against FAA, Army The family of a Salem man who was killed when a U.S. Army helicopter collided with a passenger plane he was on in Washington...
Delta Jet Flips Upside Down on a Snowy Toronto Runway and All 80 Aboard Survive A Delta Air Lines jet flipped on its roof while landing at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, but all 80 people on board survived and...
Ranger School Is Getting a New Fitness Assessment The Army's elite Ranger School, long regarded as one of the most grueling leadership courses in the military, is rolling out...
How a World War II Tail Gunner Survived a Midair Collision Without a Parachute Sgt. James Raley's account came almost three months to the day after he improbably survived that fall from the skies over...
Not Just for US Veterans: 7 Medical Breakthroughs the VA Gave to the World With the VA facing job cuts, it's important to remind not only veterans, but also lawmakers, health officials and the...
Hegseth, Top Officials Violated 'Basic Operational Security' with Signal Chat on Yemen War Plans Experts who spoke with Military.com said it's highly unlikely that operational details at the level Goldberg described would...
Veterans Fear Trump Administration Plans to Privatize VA Health Care Veterans are increasingly getting care from private medical providers, who are then paid by the VA. It's an effort to create...
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/va%20debakey%20legend%201200.jpg?itok=FugzVuVV ""The father of modern cardiovascular surgery," Dr. Michael E. DeBakey was a World War II veteran and helped create the modern VA medical system. (Dept. of Veterans Affairs)")
