U.S. Army Aviators

Today is a historic date for women pilots. It was back in 1991, when the U.S. Senate overturned the Pentagon’s ban on combat missions for female aviators. In the spirit of that decision, dozens of women pilots took to the skies recently in a race that’s part adventure, part flight school.

An Alabama coroner says a helicopter crash at a military base has killed one person and injured another. Dale County Coroner John Cawley says an AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed during routine flight training on Fort Novosel Army base on Wednesday afternoon.

FORT RUCKER, Ala. (AP) — Officials said a soldier stationed at an Alabama U.S. Army post was found dead Sunday morning. Fort Rucker officials said the…