Tag: Plane Crashes

The names of the sailors who died in the Philippine Sea - Lt. Steven Combs (pictured above), Aviation Boatswain's Mate Airman Matthew Chialastri, and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Apprentice Bryan Grosso - were made public after the Navy notified their families, according to a 7th Fleet statement on Saturday. (image courtesy of the U.S. Navy)

Navy identifies 3 sailors lost in Philippine Sea plane crash

Kimberly Leonard · November 25, 2017 3:48 pm

The U.S. Navy is a world leader in preparing aircrews for water crashes. Seeing as the aircraft involved in Wednesday's crash was a C-2 aircraft carrier cargo plane, the aircrew would have been trained at the higher-end of the water survival spectrum. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eduardo Otero/U.S. Navy via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Eight military personnel just survived an air crash in water. Here’s how their training probably saved them

Tom Rogan · November 22, 2017 9:52 pm

Terror and Slow Justice: Dragging Libya to Court for a Deadly 1989 Hijacking

Ann Marlowe · September 7, 2017 9:30 am

Terror and Slow Justice: Dragging Libya to Court for a Deadly 1989 Hijacking

Ann Marlowe · September 1, 2017 7:00 am

Fifteen Marines and a Navy sailor killed in the plane crash earlier this week in Mississippi. (Elijah Baylis/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)

Marines release tribute video for 16 killed in KC-130 crash: WATCH

Sean Langille · July 14, 2017 7:24 pm

The incident took place around 9:30 a.m. local time. (Sandor Ujvari/MTI via AP)

National Security

F-16 crashes after takeoff during training flight in Houston

Anna Giaritelli · June 21, 2017 6:36 pm

Obamacare Crash

Michael Ramirez · February 17, 2017 7:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Dec. 26 a national day of mourning. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russian military jet crashes into Black Sea; 92 dead

Keith Koffler · December 25, 2016 1:50 pm

One plane crashed near Fairbanks, while another went missing during its flight to Anchorage on Wednesday. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Sarah Palin urges for prayer following two Alaska plane crashes

Anna Giaritelli · December 8, 2016 9:50 pm

Balloon caught fire before going down, and there do not appear to be survivors. (AP Photo)

At least 16 feared dead as air balloon crashes in Texas

Keith Koffler · July 30, 2016 4:45 pm

A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 225, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., takes off during Red Flag 15-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 2, 2015. (Air Force Photo)

National Security

Marine pilot dies in California jet crash

Kelly Cohen · July 29, 2016 2:34 pm

A Navy Blue Angel F/A-18 crashed shortly after taking off, just two miles from the regional airport it departed from. (AP Photo/Dino Vournas)

Blue Angels fatal crash is first in nearly a decade

Anna Giaritelli · June 3, 2016 2:34 am