The lowest-ranking Medal of Honor recipient in the U.S. Air Force was a case in point ... to enemy forces than it was to his own ammunition — in particular, a loose, live flare capable of ...

The Coast Guard issued a warning after armed military flares went missing during a joint training exercise with the U.S. Air Force.

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued an alert after a live military flare washed up on Chicago's Montrose Beach, with three devices still unaccounted for.

but was quickly apprehended and found to be in possession of a flare gun that had been illegally modified to fire live ammunition. The weapon was loaded with a single .40 caliber round.