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Egypt
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Defence
10/14/2025 11:04:18 AM
Egypt’s Air Force Commander, Air Marshal Amr Abdelrahman Saqr, said recent upgrades to multirole aircraft, helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have significantly boosted the combat efficiency and operational readiness of the Egyptian Air Force.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/9/2025 10:09:57 AM
Egypt extended Friday its deepest condolences to Ghana amid a helicopter crash in the southern Ashanti region, which claimed the lives of all eight people on board, among them the defense and environment ministers.
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World
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Africa
8/7/2025 12:22:52 PM
Ghana's defence and environment ministers were killed in a military helicopter crash Wednesday, the presidency said, after the air force chopper carrying three crew and five passengers came down in a forest in the south.
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World
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Africa
7/2/2025 4:31:28 PM
An African Union helicopter crashed Wednesday at the airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu killing at least three people, police and witnesses told AFP.
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World
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International
1/30/2025 9:36:14 PM
Dozens of people — including more than a dozen figure skaters — were killed after a collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. The plane was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members at the time. Three soldiers were on board the helicopter.
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World
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International
1/30/2025 11:49:10 AM
A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday while approaching the Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington. The aircraft plummeted into the Potomac River and multiple people were killed.
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World
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International
1/30/2025 10:19:32 AM
A US passenger plane carrying 64 people crashed into Washington DC's chilly Potomac River after colliding midair with a military helicopter on a nighttime training exercise Wednesday, prompting a major emergency response and the grounding of all flights.
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World
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Region
1/5/2025 12:15:00 PM
The US State Department has notified Congress informally of an $8 billion proposed arms deal with Israel that will include munitions for fighter jets and attack helicopters as well as artillery shells, two sources with direct knowledge tell Axios.
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World
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Region
12/22/2024 12:04:45 PM
Four people died when a helicopter crashed into a hospital in southwestern Turkey on Sunday, the provincial governor said, blaming the accident on thick fog.
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World
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International
12/12/2024 1:15:52 PM
The large mysterious drones reported flying over parts of New Jersey in recent weeks appear to avoid detection by traditional methods such as helicopter and radio, according to a state lawmaker briefed Wednesday by the Department of Homeland Security.
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Egypt
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Defence
11/5/2024 2:59:37 PM
The Egyptian Armed Forces announced on Tuesday the crash of a helicopter during an air force training exercise in the Shallufa area in the Suez Governorate, leading to the death of two officers.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
9/11/2024 11:55:20 AM
The Israeli occupation army said Wednesday that an army helicopter crashed in the Rafah area of southern Gaza overnight, killing two soldiers and injuring seven.
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World
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Region
9/1/2024 7:18:12 PM
Iran's final investigation into the May helicopter crash that killed president Ebrahim Raisi has found it was caused by bad weather, the body investigating the case said Sunday.
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World
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International
8/13/2024 6:51:04 PM
Poland signed Tuesday a $10 billion deal to buy 96 Apache attack helicopters from US manufacturer Boeing, announcing the latest upgrade to Warsaw's military capabilities.
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Paris 2024
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News
8/8/2024 10:14:35 AM
Despite initial promises, so-called 'flying taxis' will not be circling above Paris during the Olympic Games this summer. German manufacturer Volocopter Thursday said it has scrapped test flights of the 18-rotor drones that resemble small helicopters over delays in the certification for the vehicle’s engine.
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World
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Region
7/5/2024 12:21:06 PM
Iranians began voting Friday in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become pervasive in the Islamic Republic after years of economic woes, mass protests and tensions in the Middle East.
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World
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International
7/2/2024 2:14:00 PM
Iran’s presidential candidates on Monday accused each other of having no solution for the country’s problems ahead of Friday's runoff election aimed at choosing a successor for the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died last month in a helicopter crash.
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World
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Region
6/28/2024 1:03:59 PM
Polls in Iran opened on Friday for a presidential election following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month.
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World
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Region
6/9/2024 3:40:42 PM
Iran’s Guardian Council on Sunday approved the country’s parliament speaker and five others to run in the country’s June 28 presidential election following a helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others.
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World
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Region
6/8/2024 12:48:02 PM
By the time Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi boarded his window seat on a helicopter ferrying him, the foreign minister and six others, thick clouds already had begun forming around the mountaintops along the Azerbaijan-Iran border.
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