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11 strikes in 16 seconds: One Capitol rioter's violent attack on police with a hockey stick
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said she hasn’t grown numb to the violent scenes of Jan. 6 that are routinely shown in her courtroom. “I’m horrified every single time,” she said before sentencing a U.S. Marine Corps veteran in February to more than...
Commander of Navy warship relieved of duty months after backward rifle scope photo flap
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The commander of a Navy destroyer that’s helping protect the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Middle East has been relieved of duty about four months after he was seen in a photo firing a rifle with a scope mounted backward. The...
Biden takes inaugural flight in long-delayed new 'Marine One' helicopter
CHICAGO (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday took his first flight aboard the modern VH-92A helicopter that serves as Marine One after years of delays to the program to replace the aging aircraft that carry the president and vice president. Biden boarded the Sikorsky-made...
Marine who died trying to save crew in fiery Osprey crash to receive service's top noncombat medal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alexia and Bart Collart braced for a hard visit. Marines came to their home in Arlington, Virginia, last week to brief them on what caused the Osprey crash in Australia last year that resulted in the death of their son and two other Marines. But they weren’t...
Near mid-air collision and safety violations led to fatal crash of Marine Corps Osprey in Australia
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Osprey crash in Australia that killed three Marines last August was caused by multiple pilot errors during a near mid-air collision, a military investigation has found. It also found that squadron leadership had permitted “a culture that disregarded safety of flight.” ...
Weak spots in metal may have led to fatal Osprey crash off Japan, documents obtained by AP reveal
WASHINGTON (AP) — A gear crack that led to a fatal crash of a V-22 Osprey last year may have been started by weak spots in a metal used to manufacture that part, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The November crash killed eight Air Force Special Operations...
As Congress investigates the Osprey, families balance grief with pilots' love for the warplane
WASHINGTON (AP) — The V-22 Osprey that crashed off the coast of Japan last year brought the aircraft's safety record back under scrutiny — but this time without one of its most vocal defenders. Air Force Maj. Jeff Hoernemann piloted the Osprey for more than a decade. Each time a...
