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Marine Expeditionary Unit

Here’s what Marine Expeditionary Units are designed to do

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 1, 2026

Army officials said they have opened an investigation into the flight of two AH-64 attack helicopters that buzzed a Nashville, Tennessee-area home with Kid Rock.

Apache crews who buzzed Kid Rock’s home won’t be punished, Hegseth says

By Jeff Schogol, Matt White

Updated on Mar 31, 2026

A U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter flown by Soldiers from the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, California Army National Guard, lands in a field near Irvine Lake, March 19, 2022, in Silverado, California. Annual interagency training between the California National Guard and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Crystal Housman)

FAA investigating close call between National Guard Black Hawk and a passenger jet

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 28, 2026

Body image: The U.S. Army officially received a groundbreaking H-60Mx Black Hawk helicopter, extensively modified to fly with or without a pilot at the controls. (Photo courtesy Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company) (Photo Credit: Courtesy)

Army receives a new Black Hawk helicopter, pilot optional

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 22, 2026

An AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter assigned to 1st Attack Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR), takes off for a routine mission, July 15, 2024 at Erbil Air Base, Iraq. Army aviation assets are used to support CJTF-OIR’s mission to advise, assist, and enable partner forces to ensure the enduring defeat of ISIS. (U.S. Army Photo by Joseph Kumzak)

US Apache helicopters attack Iranian militias in Iraq, Chairman of Joint Chiefs says

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 19, 2026

U.S. Soldiers with the 1-151st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 59th Aviation Troop Command, South Carolina National Guard, conduct their annual aerial-gunnery qualification table at the Poinsett Range, Sumter, South Carolina, May 22, 2024. Aircrews fired both 30mm rounds and rockets, the training allowed Soldiers to sharpen their armory skills, communication and team work with their assigned AH-64 Apache helicopters. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Tim Andrews)

US Apache pilots explain how helicopters are shooting down Iranian drones

Posted on Mar 11, 2026

An AH-64E Apache crew, assigned to 1-3 Attack Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, prepares to engage during aerial gunnery training at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Oct. 2, 2025. Gunnery qualifications are a cornerstone of their ability to provide a lethal and credible aviation force to U.S. Army Europe and Africa, essential for maintaining the combat readiness and lethality of 1-3 Attack Battalion. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Josefina Garcia)

Army successfully tests Apache with new ammunition meant to shred drone swarms

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 17, 2026

Marine AH-1Z Viper helicopter armed with Red Wolf launched effects.

Marine attack helicopters will now be able to hit targets 200 miles away with a missile

Posted on Feb 13, 2026

The Air Force is in the middle of replacing its aging rescue helicopter fleet. But the number it plans to buy has been cut.

The big problem facing Air Force combat search and rescue

Posted on Jan 30, 2026

Japan Air Self-Defense Force members from the Naha Air Rescue Squadron ride on a U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron, in support of exercise Cope Angel 25-1 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 26, 2025. Cope Angel is an annual bilateral personnel recovery exercise conducted with U.S. Air Force and JASDF personnel, providing the opportunity for both services to integrate, plan and train together. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melany Bermudez)

Air Force helicopter landed too close to crowd in death of school teacher, report finds

By Nicholas Slayton, Matt White

Updated on Jan 25, 2026

Marine Maj. Tyler R. Braconi was identified as the pilot killed in the crash of a AH-1Z attack helicopter Oct. 16.

Marine pilot killed in California helicopter crash ‘was one of the greats,’ squadron says

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 21, 2025

A S-70UAS U-Hawk, a modified uncrewed Black Hawk helicopter.

This wild new Black Hawk prototype is part drone, part Transformer

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 13, 2025

A UH-1N Huey flies over Tokyo.

Hueys make their last flight at Yokota Air Base as the Air Force retires them

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 31, 2025

A CH-53E helicopter with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing burns on Aug. 22, 2025.

Marine Corps CH-53E helicopter catches fire at Twentynine Palms

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 25, 2025

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dustin K. Wright stands in front of an American flag.

Army identifies 101st Airborne soldier killed in training accident

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 14, 2025

A tiltrotor aircraft flies across the plains.

101st Airborne tapped as first unit to get new Black Hawk replacement

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 17, 2025