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The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to News 8 that it will require 1,400 airplane mechanics certified at a San Antonio facility to retest or have their licenses revoked.

FARGO - Federal aviation officials have revoked the license of a mechanic who serviced a plane that crashed here in February, seriously injuring the pilot and a passenger.

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For decades, the FAA has used contractors, known as "designees," to examine candidates who apply for different types of certification, including pilot licenses and aircraft mechanic licenses.

As a result of the probe, the FAA proposed fining the airline $44,000 and recommended that Nanney and two other supervisors have their mechanic's licenses revoked.

A New Jersey airplane mechanic claims he was fired in January after refusing to sign off on a charter jet with a fuel leak at Teterboro Airport. Bosses at charter-jet service Pro Pilots LLC didn ...

The Space Coast could be seeing another new rocket fly soon as the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday issued a launch license for Blue Origin’s New Glenn. An FAA statement said Jeff Bezos ...

As recently as August, airplane mechanic Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh -- currently serving 35 years for trying to aid ISIS -- showed up in the FAA registry as a valid license holder.

The Solano Community College Aeronautics Program now has an evening class called “Special Projects” available to begin studies toward achieving the FAA mechanic”s license.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday issued a launch license for Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket.