AirFest 2024 at Cape May Airport to Feature Historic Aircraft and Military Flyovers
LOWER TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Naval Air Station Wildwood (NASW) Aviation Museum is set to host AirFest 2024, a four-day event from August 29 through September 1, featuring a showcase of historic aircraft…
Pentagon To End Months-Long Stand-Down Of Osprey Aircraft Grounded After Series Of Deadly Accidents
Pentagon To End Months-Long Stand-Down Of Osprey Aircraft Grounded After Series Of Deadly Accidents Micaela Burrow on March 1, 2024 Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin endorsed plans to lift months-long ban on…
AMO Flight Engineer Surpasses 23,000 Hours of Flight Time on the P-3 Aircraft and 50 Years of Federal Service
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations flight engineer has surpassed multiple career milestones, having spent more than 23,000 hours on a P-3 aircraft, 48 years…
US Aircraft Goes Down Over Mediterranean In Training ‘Mishap’
US Aircraft Goes Down Over Mediterranean In Training ‘Mishap’ Lillian Tweten on November 11, 2023 A U.S. military aircraft went down on Friday evening in what officials describe as an accident during…
Pentagon Dumps Declassified Footage Of Chinese Planes Making Risky Moves Near US Aircraft
Pentagon Dumps Declassified Footage Of Chinese Planes Making Risky Moves Near US Aircraft Micaela Burrow on October 17, 2023 The Department of Defense (DOD), in a rare move, released several videos showing…
Pentagon Sends Largest Aircraft Carrier To The Middle East, Says Military Aid Will Soon Reach Israel
Pentagon Sends Largest Aircraft Carrier To The Middle East, Says Military Aid Will Soon Reach Israel Micaela Burrow on October 8, 2023 The Pentagon will send aircraft and its largest aircraft carrier…
Military Aircraft Crashes In Australia, Kills 3 Marines And Injures 20 Others
Military Aircraft Crashes In Australia, Kills 3 Marines And Injures 20 Others Micaela Burrow on August 27, 2023 Three U.S. Marines died in an aircraft crash that injured 20 others during a…
China Sends Dozens Of Aircraft, Vessels Toward Taiwan Days After Biden Admin Greenlit $500-Million Arms Sale
China Sends Dozens Of Aircraft, Vessels Toward Taiwan Days After Biden Admin Greenlit $500-Million Arms Sale Kate Anderson on August 26, 2023 The Taiwan defense ministry announced Saturday that Chinese military aircraft…
Marine Corps Knew About Failing Aircraft Part Years Before It Killed Five In Training Crash, Docs Show
Marine Corps Knew About Failing Aircraft Part Years Before It Killed Five In Training Crash, Docs Show Micaela Burrow on August 10, 2023 The Marine Corps identified a potential solution to a…
US Spy Aircraft Fled After North Korea Scrambled Jets, Kim Jong Un’s Sister Says
US Spy Aircraft Fled After North Korea Scrambled Jets, Kim Jong Un’s Sister Says Micaela Burrow on July 10, 2023 North Korea said it mobilized aircraft to fight, sending a U.S. surveillance…
Two Disc Shaped aircraft spotted flying over Manhattan escorted by F-18 fighters
NEW YORK, NY – Two strange aircraft were spotted flying over New York City early Wednesday morning. The planes were first spotted at around 9:30 am flying northbound toward Manhattan near the…
China Says It Is ‘Ready To Fight’ After Practicing Taiwan Strike From Aircraft Carrier
China Says It Is ‘Ready To Fight’ After Practicing Taiwan Strike From Aircraft Carrier Micaela Burrow on April 10, 2023 China said it successfully completed three days of military drills around Taiwan…
AMO accepts 29th Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft
WASHINGTON— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) took delivery of the 29th and final Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft (MEA) in the Maritime and Air Interdiction configuration March 9…
Former President Of International Aircraft Parts Distributor Convicted Of Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the conviction in Manhattan federal court of STEFAN GILLIER, a/k/a “Stephan Gillier,” a/k/a “Stefan R.R. Gillier,” a/k/a “Roland…
Riverside Man Ordered to Spend 46 Months in Federal Prison in His Second Federal Case Stemming from Sale of Bogus Aircraft Parts
LOS ANGELES – A Riverside man who previously served a lengthy prison sentence in two aircraft-related cases was sentenced today to nearly four years in federal prison for selling bogus aircraft…
After Hurricane Fiona AMO Agents Deploy a New Capability—Hoist Rescue Aircraft
“Due to operational needs, the CAMB’s involvement in hurricane humanitarian response, and an increase maritime rescues events, adding this capability for our agents will lead to more lives saved,” said Director Air…
Kent Man Sentenced for Piloting Aircraft Without Valid Certificate
A Kent man was sentenced to two years of probation and one weekend of intermittent confinement after he previously pleaded guilty to flying an airplane without a valid airman’s certificate in June…
Aircraft Parts Foundry Agrees to Settle False Claims Act Allegations of Failure to Conduct Testing and Falsified Test Results
WDC Acquisitions LLC d/b/a Wellman Dynamics located in Creston, Iowa, will pay $500,000 to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act for failing to conduct contractually required testing and falsifying test…
‘Other Priorities’: Senate Democrats Stuff Defense Bill With Costly Aircraft
‘Other Priorities’: Senate Democrats Stuff Defense Bill With Costly Aircraft Micaela Burrow on July 29, 2022 Democratic Senators allocated funding for six more of the U.S.’ most expensive weapon systems than the…
US Deploys Aircraft Carrier On China’s Doorstep As Taiwan Tensions Ramp Up
US Deploys Aircraft Carrier On China’s Doorstep As Taiwan Tensions Ramp Up John Hugh DeMastri on July 28, 2022 The USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group has been redeployed to the South…
Operator of Missouri Aircraft Supply Businesses Pleads Guilty in $7 Million Fraud Scheme
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Joleen D. Simpson,…