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.

Key point: Ground fire still poses a threat to U.S. aircraft—no matter how advanced. Surface-to-air missiles—those high-tech killers of aircraft—tend to get all the attention. But the U.S. Air Force ...

Under a hailstorm of flak shells, the bomber’s wings buckle, fuel tanks quake, and alarms scream in the cockpit. With IL‑2’s ferocious realism, feel the panic that grips the crew as they fight ...

During World War II, anti-aircraft guns filled the skies over Europe and the Pacific with a daily storm of steel, firing millions of explosive flak shells to protect against enemy bombers. But what ...