After a series of close calls with its helicopters, the Metropolitan Police Department’s top brass ordered an audit last year with the hope of uncovering the problems plaguing the air support section.

The same day two pilots died in a helicopter crash in Elba, the Federal Aviation Administration released an official document describing an ongoing problem with the tail rotor of that specific ...

The investigation into the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others aboard a Sikorsky S-76B will probably focus on foggy weather conditions and potential ...

The Pentagon believes that the CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter, which at $144 million apiece costs more than the notoriously expensive F-35A Lightning II joint strike fighter, is "the most ...

A Huntington Beach police officer injured in a helicopter crash in Newport Beach that killed a colleague on Saturday evening was released from the hospital on Sunday, as an investigation got underway ...

A television news helicopter that crashed in a southern New Jersey forest last month, killing the pilot and a photographer, had no engine problems that would have prevented normal operation, federal ...

Helicopter parents are really helpful to their kids in the short term. They act like personal concierges who assist their kids with everything from sports equipment to science fair projects. They ...

Key point: A January 2018 report from the Pentagon’s Operational Test & Evaluation office detailed numerous structural problems in the airframe, problems exacerbated by a lack of needed parts. The ...

A helicopter on a routine flight over Los Angeles made a “hard landing” in Griffith Park around 2:17 p.m. Thursday after experiencing “mechanical problems,” fire officials said. The pilot and three ...