McAllen, Texas — Less than two weeks after the military first used a high-energy laser weapon system to down suspicious drones, military officials told CBS News there has been a roughly 75% decrease in the number of drones probing the southern border in the Rio Grande Valley. The system made its debut by taking down…
Illinois Democratic Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin harshly criticized FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford for holding up a pay raise for air traffic controllers that Congress approved as part of legislation President Trump signed into law in April. The Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act set aside $140 million to give controllers a…
Air traffic controllers in Washington and the pilots of President Trump’s helicopter met to discuss communication issues one week before a jet was allowed to take off just as Marine One left the White House, federal investigators said Thursday. Controllers reported not receiving the standard three-minute warning call ahead of Marine One flights and both…
Two American Airlines jets in the same airspace briefly shared the same flight number and radio frequency. Luckily, the quick thinking of a veteran air traffic controller prevented potential catastrophe. Kris Van Cleave has the story. Source link
An air traffic controller’s quick thinking helped avert a dangerous situation late Thursday night when two American Airlines jets — one landing in Phoenix, Arizona, and the other simultaneously taking off — shared the same flight number and radio frequency. The veteran air traffic controller realized that American Airlines Flight 2482 from Chicago that was…
Video gamers are in demand to help patrol the nation’s skies. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said in a recent social media post that the federal agency’s recruitment campaign to recruit gamers as air traffic controllers has been a “game changer” for the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA hired more than 2,000 video…
The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are looking into why airport traffic wasn’t halted when Marine One departed the White House Tuesday afternoon with President Trump on board. After the fatal midair collision at Washington’s Reagan National Airport between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet in January 2025,…
Washington — The Navy quietly disciplined 18 Navy SEALs earlier this year after military investigators found a private group chat that contained racist memes targeting a Black SEAL who was also in the chat, according to documents and a Naval Special Warfare spokesperson. Using the Freedom of Information Act, CBS News obtained the Navy’s investigation…
