Barrage balloons were used by many countries in WW2, including Britain and the U.S., and played a vital role in the Normandy landings on D-Day.

By 1940, the Royal Air Force Balloon Command had 1,400 of these barrage balloons in its fleet, with a third flying directly above London. Meanwhile, France used them to ward off aerial attacks on ...

More than a month after a Czechoslovak airliner crashed on a mountainside in bad weather, killing 22 people, the Communist government came forth with its explanation of the crash: "Collision of ...

Russia plans to build a network of barrage balloons inspired by the First and Second World Wars to thwart Ukraine’s daring drone attacks A Russian aerospace firm says it has already begun ...

Another barrage balloon made national news in May 1943 by floating about 1,000 miles over three days to Colorado, running out of gas in Calamity Creek Canyon, near Grand Junction.

One of the most recognizable anti-aircraft weapons used in that invasion was made here in Tennessee. The barrage balloon helped win the war and put Henry County on the map.

The commercial passenger plane that collided with a Black Hawk chopper over the icy Potomac River in Washington, DC, Wednesday night split in half, according to a report. NBC 4 Washington’s Mark ...

The commercial passenger plane that collided with a Black Hawk chopper over the icy Potomac River in Washington, DC, Wednesday night split in half, according to a report. NBC 4 Washington’s Mark ...

Investigators are intensifying their search into what caused the collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army Black Hawk helicopter, with recovery crews still working to pull ...

NEWARK, N.J. -- A FedEx cargo plane was forced to make an emergency landing Saturday morning when it caught fire shortly after takeoff. According to Fox News, officials say the plane hit a bird ...