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 ...

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 ...

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.