Episode 1
F-14 Tomcat
2023-05-21 • 45 min
The F-14 Tomcat fighter jet hit the big screen in 1986's "Top Gun" and flew in major military conflicts like the Gulf of Sidra incident, Cold War confrontations and the Iran-Iraq War.
TV season
2023-05-21
Episode 1
2023-05-21 • 45 min
The F-14 Tomcat fighter jet hit the big screen in 1986's "Top Gun" and flew in major military conflicts like the Gulf of Sidra incident, Cold War confrontations and the Iran-Iraq War.
Episode 2
2023-05-28 • 45 min
The stealthy PBY Catalina, an amphibious combat aircraft designed to patrol the seas and skies, has been an asset to military operations and harrowing rescue missions for nearly a century.
Episode 3
2023-06-04 • 45 min
In World War II, the Women Air Force Service Pilots organization transported B-17 Flying Fortresses, which went to deliver food to the German occupied Netherlands in Operation Chowhound.
Episode 4
2023-06-11 • 43 min
The story of the de Havilland Mosquito, the wooden RAF aircraft that acted as a bomber, fighter, and reconnaissance plane during World War II.
Episode 5
2023-06-18 • 43 min
Despite its early reputation for being unsafe, engineers evolved the F-100 Super Sabre into a supersonic powerhouse and the USAF's go-to fighter-bomber that carried out daily attack missions throughout the Vietnam War.
Episode 6
2023-06-25 • 42 min
Military experts and veterans discuss the history of the Rockwell B-1 Lancer, first conceived as a nuclear bomber during the Cold War, and its evolving wartime roles in the 1990s and 2000s.
Episode 7
2023-07-02 • 42 min
The inside story of Britain's flagship super jet of the Cold War era, the Hawker Hunter, and its most thrilling flights during the late 20th century.
Episode 8
2023-07-09 • 42 min
Originally designed as a civilian passenger airliner, the C-47 becomes a durable military workhorse, delivering paratroopers behind enemy lines on D-Day, rescuing injured soldiers and more.
Episode 9
2023-07-16 • 44 min
Aviation historians and veterans detail how the high-speed dives and pinpoint accuracy of the Ju-87 Stukas became a Nazi terror weapon and symbol of German power during World War II.
Episode 10
2023-07-23 • 45 min
Experts discuss the history of the AH-1 Cobra, an agile attack helicopter designed for combat in the Vietnam War and later used for dangerous ground support missions in the Iraq War.