The planes were U.S. Navy EA-18G Growlers, a high-tech Boeing aircraft that “is a variant in the F/A-18 family.”

The nail-biting incident took place about 80 miles east off the coast of Melbourne, Florida, which is about 175 miles north of Miami.

Decorated veteran pilot and aerospace engineer James "Tony" Moffatt died in a South Carolina plane crash, raising questions about a pattern of scientist deaths.

Two pilots safely ejected from a military aircraft during a “mishap” in west Alabama. Sheriff’s officials in Lamar and Fayette counties confirmed they were on the scene of a plane crash but declined to provide a location or further details.

Two jets appeared to collide and their crews ejected during a performance at an air show at a military base in Idaho. "The aircrew involved in the incident are in stable condition," the base reported.

Authorities in west Alabama responded Tuesday to the scene of a reported military plane crash, while an Air Force base confirmed an unspecified “mishap” involving one of its aircraft.

The An-26 military transport plane went missing Tuesday while flying over the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Early Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said the plane crashed, killing six crewmembers and 23 ...