Mystery of downed airplane in Sudan deepens as Kyrgyzstan insists aircraft had been de-registered

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The mystery surrounding a crashed cargo plane in Sudan purportedly downed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces deepened Tuesday as authorities insisted the aircraft had been de-registered in Kyrgyzstan. Just who was flying the Ilyushin Il-76...

A pilot killed in a plane crash at a New Mexico air show was an instructor for 'Top Gun' actors

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A man who died in a crash of a small plane during a New Mexico air show was an accomplished pilot who had performed stunts at hundreds of air shows, authorities said Monday. Charles Thomas “Chuck” Coleman was the only person on board the two-seat Extra...

Navy identifies 2 killed in fighter jet crash as aviators from California

The Navy identified on Monday the two crew members who died last week in a jet fighter crash near Mount Rainier as two 31-year-old aviators from California. Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans, a Naval Flight Officer, and Lt. Serena N. Wileman, a Naval Aviator, died when their EA-18G Growler...

Russia investigates the claimed shoot-down of a cargo jet in Sudan's Darfur region

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said Monday they shot down a cargo jet in the country’s far western reaches of Darfur, a claim that Russian diplomats said they were trying to investigate in the war zone. Mobile phone footage showed...

2 Navy aviators are declared dead after a fighter jet crashed in Washington state

Two crew members who were missing following the crash of a fighter jet in mountainous terrain in Washington state during a routine training flight have been declared dead, the U.S. Navy said Sunday. The EA-18G Growler jet from the Electronic Attack Squadron crashed east of Mount...

Plane crashes during air show at Las Cruces International Airport

Las Cruces, N.M. (AP) — A plane crashed during Sunday's air show at the Las Cruces International Airport, but there was no immediate word if the pilot survived. Authorities said a plane went down during the second annual show of the Las Cruces Air and Space Expo and the event...

Two crew members missing after a fighter jet crash in Washington state have been declared dead, the U.S. Navy says (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously reported the crew members had been found dead.)

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Two crew members missing after a fighter jet crash in Washington state have been declared dead, the U.S. Navy says (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously reported the crew members had been found dead.).

Today in History: October 20, MacArthur returns to the Philippines

Today is Sunday, Oct. 20, the 294th day of 2024. There are 72 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 20, 1944, Gen. Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines during the Battle of Leyte (LAY'-tee) in World War II, fulfilling a promise he made after being...

2 German pilots killed when WWII-era airplane crashes after takeoff in southern Finland

HELSINKI (AP) — Two German men died when their World War II-era airplane crashed and caught fire in southern Finland minutes after takeoff, police said Thursday. The single-engine, two-seater T-6 Texan plane -- a popular American military trainer aircraft introduced in the 1930s...

Navy finds wreckage of fighter jet that crashed during training in Washington state

The U.S. Navy located the wreckage Wednesday of a fighter jet that crashed in Washington state during a routine training flight in mountainous terrain. The two crew members onboard remain missing. The EA-18G Growler jet from the Electronic Attack Squadron crashed east of Mount...