Bombs being dropped on Dijon aerodrome, home of the Nazi twin engine fighters, by the US Eighth Air Force. (Hulton Archive/Getty) The German anti-aircraft guns had a hold on the Eighth Air Force. The ...

Key point: The Air Force is worried about anti-air missiles, but also low-tech flak batteries. Surface-to-air missiles—those high-tech killers of aircraft—tend to get all the attention. But the U.S.

While I was in the Marines, I served as a combat correspondent, deploying twice to Afghanistan with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment. While I had a fair amount of training on how to do my job, it ...

Cameron has been holding a controller for about as long as he can remember, developing a special love for The Elder Scrolls and Halo at a young age. When he isn't playing virtual games, he can most ...

From his earliest gaming memories playing Spyro 2 on the PlayStation, to being obsessed with the swing-out animations in Marvel's Spider-Man, Cameron has always been, and continues to be, in love with ...

Consolidated B-24 emerges from flak area with its No. 2 engine smoking. (U.S. Air Force photo) Perhaps the single stupidest saying in politics, especially in common Idaho politics, is what I’ll term ...

Call of Duty Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta players say the Dexterity perk should be the standard, Treyarch says there's a reason it isn't: "We're being a bit more intentional with our combat" Call of ...

Flak is quite persistent and his defeat at Max's hands in the previous mission is not enough to deter him. This mission will take the battle further into the high seas and introduces yet another new ...

Much has been made of Michael Vick's preseason, primarily because there hasn't been much of one. Against the Steelers, he headed for the sidelines after banging the thumb of his throwing hand off ...

It’s been lugged through bombed-out kibbutzim, dragged around East Jerusalem in a garbage bag, and mocked by locals as it hung from a balcony in Jaffa. It’s been secured by strangers amid crying ...

Perhaps the single stupidest saying in politics, especially in common Idaho politics, is what I’ll term The Law of Flak: “When you’re taking flak, you’re over the target.” As the Statesman’s Carolyn ...