Trump Begins Firings of FAA Air Traffic Control Staff Just Weeks After Fatal DC Plane Crash

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Probationary workers were targeted in late night emails Friday notifying them they had been fired, David Spero, president […]
Black Hawk in Deadly Collision May Have Turned Off Location Monitor, But Trump Blames Air Traffic Control System

President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed the deadly collision of a passenger jet and Army helicopter last week on what he called an “obsolete” computer system used by U.S. air traffic controllers. He vowed to replace it after NTSB officials told members of Congress that advanced surveillance technology available on the helicopter was turned off. […]
FAA Indefinitely Closes Routes near Reagan National to Most Helicopter Traffic After Deadly Crash

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Federal Aviation Administration is significantly restricting helicopter traffic in the immediate vicinity of Washington Reagan National Airport, according to an official briefed on the matter. The decision was made following Wednesday night’s collision between and Army Black Hawk helicopter and a commercial jet that killed all 67 people who were on […]
Army Officer Pepper-Sprayed During Traffic Stop Asks for New Trial in Lawsuit Against Police

RICHMOND, Va. — A U.S. Army lieutenant who was struck, pepper-sprayed and handcuffed during a traffic stop in Virginia asked a federal appeals court on Monday to overturn rulings by a trial judge after jurors found mostly in favor of the two police officers he sued. Video of the December 2020 encounter between Lt. Caron Nazario […]
Soldiers and Other Visitors to Army Bases Could See Heavy Traffic at Gates Amid ‘100% ID Checks’

Army personnel and other visitors to Army bases nationwide could see increased traffic while getting through the gates between now and mid-June as the service checks all incoming IDs in an effort to study security guard staffing requirements. A release from Redstone Arsenal in Alabama on Wednesday warned of the possibility of heightened traffic because […]