The RAF withdrew the Defiant from frontline duty due to the warbird’s limited endurance. When one thinks of gun turrets on ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress planes were destroyed in the skies above Stanwick Lakes in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, during World War Two. Three men survived the incident on 22 February that year ...

An ancient rock fortress that sits atop a stone plateau is a site of both archaeological and historical significance. The site consists of a palace with a massive column of granite roughly 590ft ...

Dwarf Fortress is often called the most complex video game ever made. While that claim is difficult to verify, it can undeniably be quite intimidating to newcomers, with dozens of menus to sort ...

Protesters gathered outside the gates of an RAF station yesterday to oppose plans to fly US drones from the base. Demonstrators led by the Oxford Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), Drone ...

Used as a base for the Royal Air Force, and the United States Army Airforce, RAF Rivenhall was a base which stationed thousands of pilots. Operations which came from the Braintree base were ...

A Royal Air Force (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoon experienced a mid-flight emergency while flying over the North Sea, necessitating the jettisoning of its canopy on January 23, 2025. The aircraft, which ...

Dwarf Fortress is still the champion when it comes to the most in-depth sandbox games on PC, but there’s another side of it that’s just as rich and rewarding, and perhaps even an easier way to ...

Generations of RAF aviators have attended this exercise, and it continues to evolve and reflect the threats and challenges faced on modern operations. Missions are conducted to the nearby Nevada Test ...

Charlie Hall is Polygon’s tabletop editor. In 12-plus years as a journalist & photographer, he has covered simulation, strategy, and spacefaring games, as well as public policy.