According to federal statistics, there are 60,000 defense department personnel in Colorado including active duty, National Guard and civilians. Defense spending amounts to nearly $13 billion annually, which is 2.7% of the gross state product.

According to federal statistics, there are 60,000 Department of Defense personnel in Colorado including active duty, National Guard and civilians. Defense spending amounts to nearly $13 billion annually, which is 2.7% of the gross state product.

Former Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) was confirmed Tuesday as President Trump's Secretary of Transportation. Why it matters: The Fox News contributor and former reality star will be in charge of handling the nation's air,

Newly minted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stripped the personal security detail and security clearance of former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Army Gen. Mark Milley on Tuesday.

So far, three people have been confirmed to Trump’s Cabinet: former Sen. Marco Rubio as the secretary of state, John Ratcliffe as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Pete Hegseth as secretary of Defense.

Some of Trump's more controversial picks for Cabinet positions are set to face the Senate for confirmation hearings this week.

An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. Wednesday evening. Three soldiers were onboard the helicopter and a massive search and rescue operation is now unfolding in the Potomac River.

Search efforts continue after an American Airlines plane from Wichita, with 64 people on board, collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River.

The midair collision between an American Airlines flight and the military helicopter involved 67 people and is not expected to have any survivors.

An American Airlines jet carrying 64 people plunged into the Potomac River after colliding in midair with an Army helicopter on Wednesday night. Recovery teams had pulled more than two dozen bodies from the icy water,

The Federal Aviation Authority has confirmed US Army Blackhawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger plane were involved in a mid-air collision.