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 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

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

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

Among the unanswered questions about the crash near Washington, D.C., are the flight pattern of the Black Hawk helicopter and the exact nature of its training exercise.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the helicopter involved in Wednesday’s collision over the Potomac River was conducting a routine training mission.He said<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

A Georgia high school says that one of the soldiers involved in the mid-air collision was a former student and a member of their MCJROTC program.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Army’s 12th Aviation Battalion that includes the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the deadly crash near Ronald Reagan National Airport has been granted a 48-hour operational pause.

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.

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth called the horrific Washington DC plane crash a “horrible loss of life” while providing an update on the incident Thursday

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Jan. 30 that the Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a civilian jet was carrying out an annual proficiency flight.