the Douglas DC-3, which first flew on December 17, 1935. During the mid-1930s, the Douglas Aircraft Company of Santa Monica, CA was already well established as a military contractor, and starting ...

More details are coming out about the victims of this week's devastating mid-air collision between a passenger plane and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., killing 67 people.

The Black Hawk that struck an American Airlines flight landing at Reagan airport had three soldiers on board and no VIPs or senior officials were involved.