Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls the deadly aircraft collision involving a Black Hawk and a civilian airliner "a tragedy" in a statement obtained exclusively by Fox News.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the three service members on board a Black Hawk that crashed into a civilian airliner Wednesday night in Washington, D.C., were "fairly experienced."

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he has grounded the Army battalion involved in the operation of the Black Hawk helicopter with three soldiers that crashed into a passenger plane with more than

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Military spokesman Ron McLendon II said the Army is joining an investigation into the crash headed by the National Transportation Security Board.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the military has identified the three soldiers killed in the Black Hawk collision over the Potomac River.

The Blackhawk that struck an American Airlines flight landing at Reagan airport had three soldiers on board and no VIPs or senior officials were involved.

These two Sikorsky UH-60 "Black Hawk" helicopters shown on approach during Han Kuang military exercises in Taiwan in 2023 are like the one involved in the Washington, D.C., crash with an American Airlines plane.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth took to social media to post a video statement regarding what happened Wednesday night when an

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and President Trump are speaking out about the plane crash involving an Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C. Some questions are emerging about the military personnel training mission before a collision with an American Eagle jet.

Defense secretary Pete Hegseth has given more details about the military crew involved in the deadly American Airlines crash. Officials fear as many as 67 people have been killed after the collision between the Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines regional jet in Washington DC on Wednesday (29 January).

The airspace around Washington, D.C., is congested and complex — a combination aviation experts have long worried could lead to catastrophe.