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Remains of naval aviators killed in Washington state training flight to return home
SEATTLE (AP) — The remains of two aviators who died when their jet crashed during a training flight in Washington state last month will return home from Dover Air Force base in the coming days, the Navy said. The remains of Lt. Serena Wileman, a California native, were due to...
Pilot error blamed for crash of military jet missing for more than a day in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Marine investigation blamed the pilot of an advanced fighter jet for ejecting from the aircraft when he didn't need to, causing the F-35 to fly unmanned for 11 minutes before it crashed in rural South Carolina last year. Military officials could not find the...
Pentagon audit says Boeing cleaned up on Air Force parts, including soap dispensers marked up 8,000%
WASHINGTON (AP) — Boeing overcharged the Air Force nearly $1 million for spare parts on C-17 cargo planes, including an 8,000% markup for simple lavatory soap dispensers, according to the Pentagon’s inspector general. The Defense Department's auditor reviewed prices paid for 46...
Today in History: October 31, Indira Gandhi assassinated
Today is Thursday, Oct. 31, the 305th day of 2024. There are 61 days left in the year. This is Halloween. Today in history: On Oct. 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi, India’s Prime Minister for more than 15 years, was assassinated by two of her own security guards. ...
Poland's commission looking into Russian influences finds ex-defense minister at fault
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The head of a special commission investigating Russian and Belarusian influences in Poland said Wednesday that it will refer to prosecutors a former defense minister whose decisions it said impaired Poland’s defenses ahead of Russia’s 2022 war on Ukraine. ...
Today in History: October 29, ‘Black Tuesday’ signals start of Great Depression
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 29, the 303rd day of 2024. There are 63 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 29, 1929, ‘Black Tuesday’ descended on the New York Stock Exchange. Prices collapsed amid panicked selling and thousands of investors were wiped out as...
Small German-registered plane crashes in Moldova, killing lone pilot on board
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — A small German-registered plane crashed on Sunday in a town near Moldova’s capital, killing the lone pilot on board, aviation authorities said. The fatal accident happened shortly before 10 a.m. local time (0800 GMT) in the small town of Vadul lui Voda,...
3 dead after light planes collided in Australia
SYDNEY (AP) — Three men died after two light planes collided midair and crashed into a forested area southwest of Sydney on Saturday. Australian police, fire and ambulance crews reached the two wreckage sites, located in a semirural bushland area about 55 miles southwest of Sydney,...
Poland alerts prosecutors to alleged offenses during probe of 2010 plane crash that killed president
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Defense Ministry said Friday it notified prosecutors of suspected offenses committed by members of a special commission that investigated the 2010 plane crash in Russia that killed Poland's then-president and 95 others. Commissioners alleged the crash was a...
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...
