Top Army aviators were on routine flight when helo collided with jet
Here's what is known about the Black Hawk and its crew that crashed into the American Airlines passenger jet over the Potomac River in Washington.
By Jen Judson
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Defense spending increase, Afghanistan withdrawal dominate debate over defense policy measure
House Armed Services Committee advances 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.
Why the 82nd Airborne is directing airfield security for Afghanistan evacuation
The division regularly trains on seizing and securing airfields.
By Davis Winkie
US kept exact details of Bagram exit from Afghan commander for OPSEC, says Pentagon spokesman
“It wasn’t done in some sort of shroud of secrecy,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.
By Howard Altman
US slipped out of Bagram at night, didn’t tell new commander: Afghan military
Afghanistan’s army showed off the sprawling air base, providing a rare first glimpse of what had been the epicenter of America’s war to unseat the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks on America.
Bye-Bye Bagram, hello new pullout target: now ‘late August’
The drawdown is already largely completed, but a number of related issues need to be worked out in coming weeks.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press