Latest Headlines Brendan Riley’s Solano Chronicles: Barrage balloons over Vallejo WWII barrage balloon moored in Vallejo, with seven airborne balloons visible in background. (Tom Quinn photo) ...

One of the barrage balloons, made of neoprene-coated fabric and filled with hydrogen gas, exploded at its Vallejo mooring in January 1943, killing one soldier and injuring 17 other people.

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Send your story ideas to [email protected] or WhatsApp us on 08081 002250. About 50 people died in two major raids targeting Canterbury Cathedral in 1942© Jo Burn/BBC ...

Satellite imagery shows dozens of balloons floating around the 5,000-ton destroyer that toppled into the water at a May 21 launch event attended by the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un.

It’s one of 14 permanent World War II military cemeteries the American Battle Monuments Commission built on foreign soil. It sits on land granted to the United States by France.

Middle East News: American air-defence systems and naval assets played a key role in helping Israel intercept a barrage of ballistic missiles fired by Iran on Friday, a.

WASHINGTON: American air defense systems and a Navy destroyer helped Israel shoot down incoming ballistic missiles Friday that Tehran launched in response to Is ...

The United States is shifting military resources in the Middle East in response to Israel’s strikes on Iran and a possible retaliatory attack by Tehran.

American air defense systems in the Middle East have helped Israel shoot down incoming ballistic missiles. That's according to U.S. officials. Tehran launched the barrage Friday in response to Israeli ...

Allied intelligence confirmed that Nazi Germany was developing “vengeance” weapons, including the V-2 long-range rocket, at Peenemünde on the Baltic Sea.