A JetBlue pilot described the near-collision between his plane and a military aircraft with its transponder turned off near Curaçao “outrageous.”

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of key senators and the head of the National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday sharply criticized provisions on military helicopter safety in an annual defense bill released this week.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he will not allow military helicopters and commercial passenger planes to come in close proximity to each other near Reagan Washington National Airport.

The government of the Dominican Republic has authorised several United States (US) military aircraft to land in the country in the coming days as part of an operational support deployment in the Caribbean.

Dec 15 (Reuters) - Trinidad and Tobago has granted approval for United States military aircraft to transit its airports in the coming weeks, the foreign ministry of the Caribbean country said on Monday.

Government has confirmed that it will permit United States military aircraft to transit local airports in the coming weeks, as part of ongoing bilateral security cooperation between the two countries.

The government of the Dominican Republic has authorised several United States military aircraft to land in the country in the coming

The US Navy has recovered two aircraft that crashed into the South China Sea in October while flying off the USS Nimitz, the service said in a statement Tuesday.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is welcoming the United States’ continued assistance and is unbothered by the Venezuelan government’s immediate termination of any energy ties with Trinidad and Tobago.

A bipartisan group of key senators on Wednesday sharply criticized provisions on military helicopter safety in an annual defense bill released this week, arguing it

A leaked Pentagon assessment says China could overwhelm US forces in a Taiwan war, destroying carriers and crippling key military systems.