The UH-60 Black Hawk with the 12th Aviation Battalion was on a training flight when it hit an American Airlines plane with 64 onboard.

Three U.S. Army soldiers were onboard a BlackHawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

Without evidence, Trump blamed air traffic controllers, the helicopter pilots and Democratic policies at federal agencies for Wednesday night's collision.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Retired U.S. Army Col. Larry Connell knows the kinds of challenges that pilots of Black Hawk helicopters can face. He told Target 12 he was shocked to learn a crew flying had collided with a regional jet carrying 64 people headed towards Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Army’s 12th Aviation Battalion that includes the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the deadly crash near Ronald Reagan National Airport has been granted a 48-hour operational pause.

Increasing pay and benefits alone won't be enough to attract young people to the service, Army Secertary nominee Daniel Driscoll said.

The Army crew involved in a mid-air collision with the jet was "fairly experienced," according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Many travelers coming through Cleveland Hopkins Airport are thinking about the incident as they make their way to the skies.

Our deepest condolences go out to all the families and friends impacted during this tragedy, and we will support them through this

The crash of an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday highlighted issues around the congested airspace shared by civilian and military aircraft over the U.

We are now at the point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation,” the DC fire chief said.

Several figure skaters, along with their coaches and families, were traveling on an American Airlines plane that crashed into an Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington D.C. on Wednesday evening. The plane ended up crashing into the Potomac River.