Old jets come here, empty engine pods shrink-wrapped in white, tall red tails fading to pink in the desert sun. More will come soon. Some will never fly again.
The Air Force soon will fly commercial planes outfitted with surveillance technologies that can help troops in Iraq or Afghanistan detect mines, explosives and other enemy efforts, a senior service official said Friday.
Bank executives will get to fly their company jets after all.
Four bodies have been recovered in the Florida Everglades, days after authorities believe they died when two small planes collided in the air.
A sheriff's department plane carrying inmates collided with another small craft in the air over western Colorado on Wednesday, but both landed safely and no injuries were reported, authorities said.
Federal aviation officials are investigating whether air traffic controllers violated federal rules by rerouting four airliners to test the skills of a controller-trainee.
Mexican soldiers have found five small planes that were stolen after they were seized in an anti-drug operation.
Two inexperienced F-15C Eagle pilots made errors that caused a fatal mid-air collision during a combat training mission over the Gulf of Mexico, Air Force investigators concluded in a report released Monday.
A Georgian official warned Russia on Friday that it will have to "collect the shattered fragments" of its planes if they intrude on Georgian airspace again.
A small plane struck another craft as it was landing at an Idaho airport, killing three people and injuring three, including a 2-year-old pulled from the burning wreckage by the other survivors, officials said Saturday.
The European Union has cleared the way for airlines to allow cell phone calls during flights in European skies. Some questions and answers:
You can use your cell phone in the skies over Europe later this year under new rules that will allow air travelers to stay in touch — and raise the cringe-inducing prospect of sitting next to a chatterbox at 30,000 feet.
As CTIA-The Wireless Association opens its annual show today, looking at the latest trends in mobile technology, there are still some folks who don’t want to have anything to do with cell phones.
Your ginger-ale doesn't come in a glass anymore on most US Airways flights. On Delta you'll find yourself in a thinner, lighter seat. If you fly JetBlue cross-country, you'll get a dainty bag of 100-calorie crisps in place of the original snack box of cookies, crackers and spreadable cheese.
Two FedEx jets got too close to each other on takeoff from the Memphis airport last week because of confusion over flight numbers for the planes, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said Thursday.
Investigators were searching in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday for debris from two F-15C Eagles that could help determine the cause of a mid-air crash that killed a pilot during a training exercise.
Air Force investigators were trying to determine the cause of an apparent collision of two fighter jets that killed one pilot during a training exercise.
The pilots of two small planes didn't move to avoid each other before colliding last week near Los Angeles, killing five people, investigators said Thursday.
Two private planes flying about a mile from an airport collided, killing five people and raining debris down on car dealerships below, authorities said.
Authorities were trying Monday to learn why two small planes collided over a row of businesses, dropping a macabre shower of debris and body parts and killing someone inside an auto dealership when one of the aircraft punctured the roof.
The U.S. Navy has grounded 39 of its surveillance, anti-submarine planes due to concerns about possible structural failures in the wings.
Two small planes collided over the Everglades Saturday, crashing into the swamp, and authorities said there were likely no survivors.
Venezuela plans on buying 12 Russian-built military planes, including Ilyushin-76 transport planes and Ilyushin-78 refueling aircraft, an air force official said Wednesday.
While federal health officials agonized over precedent and protocol for flying sick people internationally, a honeymooner with a rare strain of tuberculosis panicked and took commercial flights from Europe back to North America.
Friday, March 20 was a beautiful sunshiny day that cleared the winter chill from the air. Anticipating the chance to get out of the house for a short time, Bob and I decided to go to the "airport" where we enjoy walking.
Russian military aircraft flew just 500 feet over two U.S. Navy ships this week as the ships participated in a joint military exercise with South Korea in the Sea of Japan, according to U.S. military officials.
Excerpt: Terrafugia, Inc., announced today the first flight of its Transition Roadable Aircraft at the Plattsburgh International Airport in Plattsburgh.
An Austrian tennis player won a bizarre case at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) yesterday (Tues) after being thrown off a plane because he had his rackets with him.
There is this question on the mind of many flight simulation enthusiasts A question as old as our hobby itself: Does flight simulation prepare us for flying a real plane?
Irish carrier Ryanair, Europe's largest budget airline, might start charging passengers for using the toilet while flying See more irresistible headlines
We Americans like to blame others for our own doing why can't we just blame ourselves.
FIGHTER pilots were put on red alert in a UFO drama over Germany, it emerged yesterday. Air traffic controllers tracked a mystery object speeding across the entire country.
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - There will be a powerful new scientific eye in the sky come summer.
Internet rumormongers spread misinformation about her husband, her tax plans, her plane rides and a "mental deficiency."
An accident involving de-icing solution being sprayed on an Alaska Airlines plane in snow-covered Seattle sent seven people to a hospital Wednesday, airport and hospital officials said.
A police investigation found that 10 government and airline officials were to blame for Brazil's worst air disaster, saying they failed to properly train pilots, authorities said Wednesday.
The budget airline Ryanair plans to offer trans-Atlantic flights as cheap as $12.70, before taxes, to Boston and several other US locations from Britain and Ireland, a company official said, according to a newspaper report.
Budget airline Ryanair is to offer flights to the US for eight pounds, by buying planes from struggling rivals. The plan will be revealed when chief executive Michael O'Leary announces the firm's quarterly results on Monday.
BRUSSELS — Noise from personal music players is a routine annoyance for travelers on buses, trains and planes.
Sometimes, while waiting for my plane to pull back from the gate, marking the start of another insufferable domestic flight, I find myself getting scared.
20 years ago today, on a beautyful summer day thousands of spectators made their way to the Ramstein Air Base in southern Germany. 300.000 people came to enjoy the airshow that featured the Italian Air Force.
The number of bedbugs found on public transport has risen dramatically in the past year.
Meteorologists also fired more than 1,000 rockets into clouds on August 8 to prevent showers from ruining the opening ceremony -- the biggest-ever operation of its kind by China.
In the months before this week's fatal crash of a Spanair jet in Madrid, the airline's workers warned management repeatedly that passenger safety was being put at risk by the "chaotic" way the airline was being run.
Spectators hold their breath, but before the plane crashes and bursts into flames, Pietsch pulls it upright
TIME.com has done a survey to see who is charging for what. With the caution that things could change even before your next trip to the airport, here's a run-down of the current status of passenger fees on nine major carriers, ranked from the friendliest to the stingiest
Once upon a time, NASA had a flying-car programme. Then that was shut down, and a rather cheapskate annual flying-car competition was set up instead.
The reality of life often hits you when you least expect it, it can be something simple or insignificant, or it could be a momentous occasion, that strikes you out of nowhere.
Amazing photo of the new Treetop walkway at the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, London. Review of the new structure, however maybe not as successful as first thought.