A critical system failed as a fighter jet was landing on an aircraft carrier earlier this year. The $60 million F/A-18 fell off the deck of the USS Harry S. Truman and into the Red Sea. A new Navy ...
An aircraft carrier landing is already one of the hardest things in aviation. But when a jet returns damaged, low on fuel, or with a failed system, the entire process becomes something else entirely.
The number of major accidents involving military aircraft spiked in 2024, internal Pentagon figures show, and a series of high-profile aviation mishaps with deaths and the loss of aircraft in 2025 ...