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Overall, there were more than 2,000 near midair collisions involving military aircraft and 258 involving a military aircraft and a commercial aircraft.
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Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2025
Federal data, previously reported by this news organization, showed a fluctuating but persistent number of pilot-reported near midair collisions over the past two decades.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2025
The crash occurs just after the FAA confirmed that a Delta Air Lines jet narrowly avoided a midair collision with a U.S. Air Force T-38 military aircraft on Friday, just miles from the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
The big picture: The incidents, though unrelated, happened about two months after a midair collision marked as the deadliest air carrier crash in the U.S. since November 2001.
—Lauren Floyd, Axios, 29 Mar. 2025
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Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2025
Federal data, previously reported by this news organization, showed a fluctuating but persistent number of pilot-reported near midair collisions over the past two decades.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2025
The crash occurs just after the FAA confirmed that a Delta Air Lines jet narrowly avoided a midair collision with a U.S. Air Force T-38 military aircraft on Friday, just miles from the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
The big picture: The incidents, though unrelated, happened about two months after a midair collision marked as the deadliest air carrier crash in the U.S. since November 2001.
—Lauren Floyd, Axios, 29 Mar. 2025
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“Midair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midair. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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