| Genres: | War, Military, Documentary |
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The stories of heroic airborne missions are told with astonishing visuals.
Stjernen fra slaget om England og major Douglas Bader skulle ikke have været i stand til at gå og slet ikke til at flyve jægerfly, men han blev en af Storbritanniens mest berømte krigshelte.
Like all the Allied bombers of World War II, the crew of the Lancaster ME669 had one of the most dangerous jobs in the Air Force: to dodge deadly enemy fire and drop mega-tonnes of high-powered explosives over Nazi Germany.
They were young, gifted, and black but the US Army refused them key positions. Until intense pressure from African-American activist groups pushed President Roosevelt to initiate a Blacks-only fighter pilot training program in Tuskegee, Alabama.
In July 1966, North Vietnam's fleet of MiG-21s is hammering the US Air Force, and the embattled men of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing need a hero to whip them into shape. Enter Colonel Robin Olds, a WWII veteran airman, who charges in and commands respect.
Under Anden Verdenskrig stiger Francis "Gabby" Gabreski, som er pilot i det amerikanske luftvåben, i graderne, og han bliver den bedste amerikanske pilot under krigen i Europa.
