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Lehigh Valley residents may see a bevy of military helicopters flying in and out of the area beginning this weekend, but officials say it’s no cause for alarm. The Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority on Thursday announced Lehigh Valley International Airport outside Allentown is serving as a staging area Saturday through Monday, April 6-8, for U.S. Army […]
Tucked in the massive government funding package signed Saturday by President Biden is a provision banning the flying of LGBTQ Pride flags over U.S. embassies. But even on the same day Mr. Biden signed the package, the White House vowed to work toward repealing the provision. The prohibition was one of many side issues included […]
The ADIZ is a zone that stretches out 150 miles from the U.S. coastline. February 7, 2024, 3:06 AM ET • 2 min read The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has detected and tracked four Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday, according to a statement. “The […]
1 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Chief Warrant Officer 4 Rick Dean, assigned to U.S. Army Aviation Battalion–Japan, is doused in champagne by his co-workers after completing his final flight at Camp Zama’s Kastner Airfield in Japan, Dec. 1, 2023. Dean served 26 years in the Army, much of them as a […]
Fewer planes and helicopters will be flying tourists over Mount Rushmore and other national monuments and parks as new regulations take effect that are intended to protect the serenity of some of the most beloved natural areas in the United States. The air tours have pitted tour operators against visitors frustrated with the noise for […]
Air Warfare, Global, Land Warfare An Australian Army soldier helps people evacuate onto a Blackhawk helicopter during Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20.Credit: ADF Cpl. Nicole Dorrett SYDNEY — “The Australian Defence Force’s MRH-90 Taipan helicopters will not return to flying operations before their planned withdrawal date of December 2024.”
On April 18 in New York City, a parking garage in lower Manhattan collapsed, killing one person—the garage’s manager, Willis Moore. Much of the media coverage surrounding that event focused on a robotic dog that the New York City Fire Department used on the scene, a mechanical quadruped painted like . . .
Mary MacCarthy and her 10-year-old daughter, Moira, had just deplaned at Denver International Airport when two Denver police officers met them at the gate, calling them by name and notifying them that they had been reported for suspicious behavior. The mother and daughter had flown a Southwest Airlines flight to Denver for a funeral. Ms. […]
President Joe Biden has ordered the United States flag to be flown at half-staff across the country until sunset on May 11, 2023, in honor of the victims of the Allen Premium Outlets shooting. The mass shooting took place when a man opened fire at the outlet mall just after 3:30 p.m. May 6. Authorities […]
Russia fired at a US Reaper drone that was flying over eastern Syria late last year, although they didn’t manage to down it, according to new reports based on the leaked US military and intelligence documents that have been circulating online for the last month. According to news outlet The Drive, US Central Command has […]