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Tanks and other military vehicles are transported via railroad to Washington, D.C. for an upcoming parade for the Army's 250th anniversary, Monday, June 2, 2025, at Fort Cavazos near Killeen, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Flights at Reagan National to be stopped for Army parade, fireworks show

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy speaks during a news conference to provide a status update on Newark Liberty International Airport at the Department of Transportation in Washington, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Newark airport runway project wraps up early, so when will flight limits ease?

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

SpaceX's mega rocket Starship lifts off for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ** FILE **

FAA approves SpaceX’s next Starship launch

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A display shows the status of flights at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

FAA extends flight limits at Newark airport into June because of controller shortage and tech issues

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday Jan. 25, 2019, file photo is the air traffic control tower at LaGuardia Airport in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Passenger jet had to abort takeoff to avoid runway collision at New York’s LaGuardia Airport

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

A United Airlines jetliner prepares to push off from a gate at Denver International Airport Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Air traffic controllers in Denver scrambled to use backup communications during an outage

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

Fog covers planes and control towers at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ** FILE **

Air traffic controllers briefly lose radar access again at Newark airport

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

Spencer Goidel, an Equal Employment Opportunity Specialist with the Internal Revenue Service who was notified his job would be eliminated as part of the government's efficiency cuts, stands for a portrait outside his home in Boca Raton, Fla., April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Daniel Kozin)

Disabled workers have faced prejudice. Now they face DOGE firings

By Kenya Hunter and Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

The air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is pictured, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Feds probing Reagan National go-around flights due to Army helicopter

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

This 2024 photo provided by the International Aerobatic Club of Oshkosh, Wis., shows Rob Holland. (Lorrie Penner/International Aerobatic Club of Oshkosh, Wis. via AP)

Stunt, aerobatics pilot Rob Holland dies in crash at Virginia’s Langley Air Force Base

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A drone hovers in airspace outside the safety perimeter surrounding St. Louis Lambert International Airport as an airliner approaches for a landing on March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Drones pose increasing risk to airliners near major U.S. airports

By Aaron Kessler and Michael Biesecker - Associated Press

A United Airlines jetliner taxis at Denver International Airport in Denver on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

United Airlines flight forced to return to Denver after a rabbit got sucked into plane engine

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

In this image taken from video provided by MartyA45_, several drones appear to be flying over Randolph, N.J., on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (MartyA45_ /TMX via AP, File)

FAA testing drones in Cape May, New Jersey

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A New York Police Department scuba team looks for debris, Friday, April 11, 2025, where a sightseeing helicopter crashed a day earlier into the Hudson River in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

FAA: Company whose sightseeing chopper crashed, killing 6, ceasing operations immediately

By Jake Offenhartz - Associated Press

Emergency crew inspect the site of a small plane crash Friday, April 11, 2025 in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Small plane carrying 3 people crashes in South Florida near a major highway

By Stephany Matat and Curt Anderson - Associated Press

The air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is pictured, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Reports: Feds targeting Reagan National control tower in investigation of March near-miss

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

The air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is pictured, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

FAA to increase supervision of, support for air traffic controllers at Reagan National

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A Delta Airlines flight departs Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Delta Air Lines plane involved in near miss with military aircraft near Reagan National Airport

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Salvage crews work on recovering wreckage near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

What is known about the deadly air crash between a passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

Search efforts are seen around a wreckage site of a deadly midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter, in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Arlington, Va., as an American Airlines jet lifts off from the airport. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Senate panel grills FAA chief over years of near misses at Reagan Airport leading up to deadly crash

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times