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For the British Royal Air Force (RAF), air traffic controllers couldn't decipher between their friendlies and the Nazi fighter jets. To solve this problem, the RAF invented a secondary ...
A military expert told a court-martial Tuesday he believed an air traffic controller’s guidance did not endanger the lives of two American pilots whose planes crashed into a mountain ...
The Federal Aviation Administration has about 14,000 air traffic controllers. More than 1,800 were hired last year, the largest number in nearly a decade, and the government is on track to hire ...
A former Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot has revealed that military aircraft are expected to “see and avoid” civilian traffic. In the wake of the horrific plane crash in which an American Airlines ...
A TAUNTON airman dismissed from the RAF because of his sexuality has received an official apology. In a ceremony at County Hall on Friday, Mark Shephard was presented with his Restorative Measures ...
Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash. The firings hit the FAA when it faces a shortfall in controllers.
According to the announcement, the move has been made possible by the installation of new air traffic management equipment, delivered in March 2022 at RAF Coningsby, which enables radar, weather ...
Indra Group has taken multitasking to the next level, signing an agreement with Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS that has the company providing air traffic control for 23 Norwegian airports from ...
Jones and Hyvonen were killed in a training accident when confusion between the pilots and an RAF air traffic controller about a minimum safe flying altitude led to their deaths on March 26, 2001.
As part of Project Marshall, radar operators at Royal Air Force (RAF) Waddington have relocated to a new specialist hub at RAF Coningsby, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 12 May.