The War Zone
• Howard Altman
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 that made an emergency landing in Tel Aviv after losing roughly half its tail in a deadly collision over Iraq has been transported to Tinker Air Force Base, where it is now in a repair facility. The incident occurred during an Operation Epic Fury sortie.
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Two drones were spotted above a military base in western Germany, authorities said, two days after an explosive-laden drone was found near a runway at Leipzig/Halle Airport. The incidents raise immediate security concerns for military installations and airport operations, although authorities have not established a connection between them.
Investigators are examining whether GPS jamming affected a King Air crew during a military exercise, when the aircraft struck a mountain ridge while conducting a visual approach in darkness. The crash raises questions about how degraded navigation signals may affect flight crews operating near military activity.
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A U.S. Air Force KC-135 that made an emergency landing in Tel Aviv after losing roughly half its tail in a deadly collision over Iraq has been transported to Tinker Air Force Base, where it is now in a repair facility. The incident occurred during an Operation Epic Fury sortie.
Brazil’s federal police have formally accused 16 current and former Voepass employees in connection with the airline’s August 2024 plane crash, which killed all 62 people aboard. The action advances the official accountability process surrounding one of Brazil’s deadliest recent airline accidents.
Kratos said its XQ-58 Valkyrie stealth autonomous drone crashed upon takeoff at the Dugway Proving Ground in Utah while operating in a test configuration. The incident puts a key U.S. program for autonomous, lower-cost combat aircraft under scrutiny, though no further details were provided.
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Leipzig/Halle Airport temporarily suspended flights after authorities found a drone carrying explosives near a Ukrainian An-124 and removed its detonator. The disruption followed a DHL cargo aircraft’s apparent midair collision with an unidentified object, prompting a major security investigation at the German cargo hub.
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Marine One came within less than a mile of an Envoy Air passenger flight departing Reagan Washington National Airport after air traffic control failed to halt commercial traffic. The FAA cited “broken and unreadable” communications with the helicopter; the incident follows January’s crash that killed 67 people.
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The FAA is investigating an air-traffic safety incident involving President Donald Trump’s Marine One helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The helicopter departed the White House while commercial flights were operating at the airport, apparently without the required halt to traffic, prompting an aviation-authority review.
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