Southwest Jet Aviation said Friday it added a third Gulfstream aircraft to its charter fleet.

New helicopters and smaller aircraft are just as good at fighting Arizona fires as the large air tankers grounded earlier this year, federal officials said Monday.

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The plane that crashed in Apache Junction last week, killing the pilot and his passenger, was an experimental aircraft built by the men and being taken up for its third test flight.

The unannounced meeting of heavy hitters began at 10 a.m. on Jan. 4 in Mesa Mayor Scott Smith's office at 20 E. Main St.

The unannounced meeting of heavy hitters began at 10 a.m. on Jan. 4 in Mesa Mayor Scott Smith's office at 20 E. Main St.

Allegiant Air, which operates a hub at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, said Monday it has signed an agreement to purchase 18 MD-80-series aircraft from Scandinavian Airlines System.

JERUSALEM &mdash Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in what the military said was retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire into southern Israel.

Our View: There really isn't a place in the East Valley where residents can expect complete silence in the skies overhead. We have the blessing, and perhaps the curse, of hosting a number of airports of various sizes to meet public demands for economic prosperity and convenience.

Helicopter Day at Falcon Field in Mesa on Saturday brought veterans organizations and aeronautical enthusiasts together for a fundraiser with military aircraft and vehicles on display.

WASHINGTON - The military's reliance on unmanned aircraft that can watch, hunt and sometimes kill insurgents has soared to more than 500,000 hours in the air, largely in Iraq, The Associated Press has learned.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli aircraft launched missiles at Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing at least five people, after Hamas fired rocket barrages into Israel in an apparent attempt to draw Israel into increasingly violent Palestinian infighting.

BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip - Israeli aircraft struck armed Palestinians in northern Gaza early Friday after the bloodiest day of clashes in the strip since Israel withdrew last summer.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Separate air crashes killed four American and four Italian troops, officials said Tuesday, and the governor of Anbar province was killed during clashes between U.S. forces and the insurgents who abducted him three weeks ago.

February 17, 2005

Federal authorities approved using electric stun guns on commercial aircraft in the United States, shooting Scottsdale-based Taser International’s stock price up nearly 17 percent Monday.