President Donald Trump confirmed earlier this month that a stone helipad was being built on the South Lawn to accommodate newer helicopters.

The helicopter’s four crew members, assigned to the 1st Helicopter Squadron at Joint Base Andrews, Md., returned safely to the base. No damage to the aircraft was reported.

Capt. Nathanial “Icarus” Welch repeatedly flew into heavily defended airspace over Yemen, avoiding enemy fire and alerting other aircraft of the threat.

Eight South Carolina National Guard AH-64 Apache helicopter pilots were under a safety investigation for conducting a low beach flyover on the 250th anniversary of American independence.

The move maintains the two-person crew configuration of the B-2 bomber. The Air Force also flies the B-1 Lancer, with a four-person crew, and the B-52H Stratofortress, with a five-person crew.

Eight Apache helicopter pilots are on temporary suspensions as the South Carolina National Guard reviews its July Fourth flyover.

Trump removed Turkey from the F-35 program in 2019 after Ankara ignored warnings and purchased Russian-made S-400 air defense systems.

Cmdr. Gabriel Edwards was the commanding officer of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 5.

Fighter jets, bombers, helicopters, parachute performers, the Blue Angels and Air Thunderbirds demonstration teams and NASA aircraft will be involved in a more than nine-hour spectacle.

A second B-52H bomber will be modified with the advanced radar system and sent to Edwards Air Force Base for testing before the end of the year.