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The man who tried to breach the cockpit of a United Express flight Friday night and then proceeded to jump off the plane after being unsuccessful will face federal charges.

A man tried to reach the cockpit of a United Express flight Friday night and after being unsuccessful, he opened the cabin door and fled the aircraft via the emergency slide at LAX, a law enforcement source tells NBC.

With a crane and great care, a new light-attack jet was lifted onto the USS Midway Museum’s flight deck in San Diego – a new addition that has taken two years to restore.

There’s a new addition at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego: a historic, Navy A-7 Corsair that, after two years of restoration, is now on display at the museum’s flight deck. The light-attack jet is 50 years old and on loan to the USS Midway Museum from the National Naval Aviation Museum in Florida.

NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado spoke to spectators who said they were in disbelief.

Locals react to news that Kobe Bryant was among 9 killed in Calabasas helicopter crash.

The Air Force’s mystery space plane is back on Earth, following a record-breaking two-year mission. The X-37B landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Sunday. The Air Force is mum about what the plane did in orbit after launching aboard a SpaceX rocket in 2017. The 780-day mission sets a new endurance record for the reusable test vehicle....

President Trump announced Wednesday all Boeing 737 Max aircraft would be grounded “effective immediately” in the wake of a crash in Ethiopia where 157 people were killed. A software issue may cause the plane to dive suddenly if the aircraft appears to stall out. Many pilots have stated that they were unaware of the potential issue.

A nearly 30-year Walt Disney Company employee regarded as a “humble genuis” has been identified as the pilot who died after his airplane crashed near the 5 Freeway north of Los Angeles Sunday afternoon.

A nearly 30-year Walt Disney Company employee regarded as a “humble genuis” has been identified as the pilot who died after his airplane crashed near the 5 Freeway north of Los Angeles Sunday afternoon.

A pilot died after his airplane crashed near the 5 Freeway in Los Angeles Sunday afternoon.

A 24-year-old pilot experiencing engine failure went with his “gut” Sunday evening, safely landing the small plane he was flying onto an Orange County freeway.

U.S. military officials confirmed two Chinese fighter jets intercepted and almost collided with a U.S. military surveillance aircraft in the East China Sea this weekend, NBC News reported. One of the Chinese J-10 fighter jets flew underneath U.S. Navy EP-3 on Sunday and then suddenly was in front of the aircraft. The manuever forced U.S. reconnaissance jet to take “evasive...

A research company is hoping to break several aviation world records and be the first to have an air glider reach the edge of space without a jet engine or rockets. Known as the ‘Perlan Project 2,’ the air glider will try to reach an altitude of 90,000 feet, which would put it 17 miles above the Earth. The aircraft...

Drone flights over 133 military facilities will be restricted for security reasons, marking the first time such flight restrictions have been applied only to drones rather than aircraft in general, the U.S. aviation safety authority said Friday. The restrictions are in response to requests from the Defense Department and other security and intelligence agencies, the Federal Aviation Administration said in...

Border Patrol agents tracked and seized an ultralight aircraft seen flying into the U.S. over the international border.

With so many tiny, unmanned aircraft — or drones — about to be given as Christmas gifts, the Federal Aviation Association has released a “best practices” video to keep owners on the straight and narrow.