No survivors in passenger jet-Army helicopter crash near DC: officials
“We are now at the point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation,” the DC fire chief said.
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Passenger jet collides with Army helicopter at Reagan Airport
A regional jet that had departed from Wichita, Kansas, crashed into a Black Hawk while on approach to Ronald Reagan National Airport.
US pledges $391 million for Euro allies to buy American to backfill weapons donations to Ukraine
Fifteen European allies will get nearly $400 million in new U.S. grants to buy American military hardware to backfill weapons they’ve donated to Ukraine from their own stockpiles, the State Department announced Monday.
White House appoints Ukraine security aid coordinator
The White House announced Thursday it has appointed a retired three-star general who previously helped coordinate the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition to manage the steadily increasing influx of military assistance for Ukraine.
AeroVironment wins $20M contract for hand-launched drone for Ukraine
The Defense Department has awarded the first contract of the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative’s $300 million budget for this year, a $19.7 million deal with AeroVironment for a small, hand-launched surveillance drone called the RQ-20 Puma AE.
Navy IDs two of three USS George Washington sailors who died in the past 10 days
No details have been released regarding what happened to the sailors.
Biden vows to send Ukraine more artillery as Congress pushes for military aid czar
President Joe Biden on Tuesday vowed to send more artillery to Kyiv amid a push among some key lawmakers to install a czar overseeing the rapidly increasing flow of U.S. military aid to Ukraine.
How an executive officer’s misconduct — and a commander who failed to correct him — got them both fired
Cmdr. Richard Zamberlan, the commander, and Cmdr. Philip Lundberg, the executive officer, were both relieved of command of a littoral combat ship in December.
Three USS George Washington sailors have died in the past nine days
Navy officials confirmed the deaths Monday but have yet to explain what happened to the shipmates.
Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine has begun, Zelenskyy says
Russia launched its long-feared, full-scale offensive to take control of Ukraine’s east, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Monday.
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