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Private Notes
The legends of the world's greatest flying aces, including Von Richtofen, Boelke, Rickenbacker, Nungesser, Bader, Gentile, Godfrey, Bong and Gabreski and the history of the fighter planes they flew.
The strategy behind the air war over Europe: How it developed and how the British and Americans joined forces to finally win the war of attrition in the skies.
The story of the air war over the Pacific Ocean: The early triumph of the Japanese, the use of carrier based planes, the desperat kamikaze attacks and the final strategic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
From the victories of the Nazi paratroopers in the Blitzkrieg to the Allied march across the Rhine into Germany, paratroopers played key roles in major invasions such as D-Day in Normandy, the Allied advance into France, the Battle of the Bulge.
Witness a deadly attack mission waged by three men as they combat the North Vietnamese enemy. The team: The sergeant leading the search-and-destroy mission; the UH-1 helicopter gunship pilot who provides support to soldiers on the ground; the pilot of an F-4 Phantom jet who blasts the jungles with the thundering power of a destructive air strike.
The helicopter, invented by Frenchman Louis Breguet, first played a major role in war during the Vietnam conflict. There, the Americans developed the concept of air mobility, using the helicopter to transport troops from battle to battle, to move cargo, to rescue wounded soldiers and to provide medical - Medevac - support.
Fly four harrowing missions on board the legendary bombers: the B-17 named "Memphis Belle" flying an Allied raid over Germany, the WWII British light attck plane, the "Mosquito", a B-29 bombing raid over Tokyo, and the bombing of North Vietnam by an American B-52.
Witness the spectacular successes and failures of aviation development through the stories of some of the bravest and best test pilots. Learn what it's like to push an aircraft to the limit...and beyond.
British and American pilots take to the dangerous decks of the first carriers - converted battleships - as they invent naval aviation in WW1. From their difficult beginnings to the great British carrier victories at Taranto and over the German battleship Bismarck to the carrier war in the Pacific between the Japanese and the U.S., aircraft carriers have continued to play an important role in war in Korea, Vietnam and the Falklands.
Trace the development of the modern jet fighter from the multi-national, multi-purpose, multi-service F-4 Phantom to today's highly specialized fighters - the F-14 Tomcat, the F-16 Falcon and the Harrier Jump Jet.
From the early parachute units of WWII and Korea to the modern air mobile forces that came into play in Vietnam, Grenada and Panama.
The acknowledged specialists in close air support of ground troops, marine aviators often dropped bombs within yards of beleaguered friendly forces. Follow this elite group of men from their beginnings in Nicaragua to their heroics on board the present day Harriers and the sophisticated F/A - 18 Hornets.
Top-notch training is crucial for today's combat pilots. Fly with the aviators as they use the lessons of yesterday's wars to meet the formidable demands of flying the world's most advanced fighting machines.
