Dawn was breaking over the Wrangell Mountains when Rick Collins faced the decision no parent should ever have to make. He could stay where he was with his arms wrapped around son Jake until the 22-year-old died, or he could make a days-long journey for help knowing the odds were low that rescuers would make it back before Jake slipped from unconsciousness into death.
The first required navigation performance approach into this new airport in a mountainous valley is a sign of things to come as China plans to certify up to 50 more RNP procedures at terrain-challenged airports in a five-year period.
By Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post Staff Writer Every spring, thousands of birds, some weighing a pound or less, set off on a journey of herculean proportions. They fly thousands of miles north, to breeding grounds in Saskatchewan and Alberta in Canada and to U.S.
The dimming outlook for significant U.S. troop cuts in Iraq means the Pentagon may soon face a difficult and politically sensitive decision: either make more frequent call-ups of some National Guard and Reserve troops or expand still further the size of the active-duty Army, defense officials say.
A rescue team brought a Grants Pass hunter to safety early Sunday morning after altitude sickness interrupted his plans to bag a Rocky Mountain goat in the Elkhorn Mountains.
