Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered senior Pentagon leadership to cut the number of four-star generals and admirals by at least 20% across the military, according to a memo signed by Hegseth dated May 5 and obtained by CNN.

A Virginia-based helicopter unit will pause flights pending the outcome of an internal inquiry, an Army spokeswoman said.

The National Transportation Safety Board is now investigating the aborted landings of two commercial flights approaching Reagan National Airport on Thursday as a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter was approaching the Pentagon nearby.

The U.S. Army is pausing helicopter training flights around the Pentagon pending a review into two passenger airline flights that were forced to abort landings at Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday because of a nearby Black Hawk helicopter.