Experiments showed that a high-gloss, jet-black finish gave the aircraft maximum invisibility in night skies. On the nose of one, neophyte gunner Peter Raymen painted what quickly caught on as the ...

At this stage of the investigation into Wednesday night’s deadly midair ... long military career flying a Black Hawk helicopter. He said military aircraft in Washington, D.C. are a common ...

Diane Tedeschi Black Widows were deployed to bases across ... Key to the P-61’s ability to detect enemy aircraft at night was the microwave-dish radar tucked inside the fiberglass nose radome.

The crash claimed the lives of 67 people who were on board both aircraft, and has highlighted ... D.C., on Wednesday night.

The FAA says ADSB-out data is more precise than the radar data communicated by a transponder, which depending on the mode in use can shield some aircraft information. The night of the crash, the Black ...