Helicopter Warfare
Witness some of the most daring air rescue missions of the last half-century, featuring old, single-engine warhorses and high-tech wonders of ingenuity and design.
Cast:Al Croteau , Christopher Piercecchi , Josh Donnelly , Jeffrey Macrander , Larry Liss , Dave Gonzales , Jeffrey Peterson , Jack Swickard , Mike Cusick , Tom Baca , Benjamin Woof
S1.E1 ∙ Vietnam Firefight
Four US veterans reminisce about an unplanned mission to rescue over 100 troops who were cut off along the Ho Chi Minh Trail by a battalion of NVA on Easter Sunday, 1967.
S1.E3 ∙ The Taliban Gambit
They were volunteers, part of the only reserve rescue wing in the U.S. Air Force, a mere afterthought to many serving in Afghanistan. But when Taliban forces ambushed a covert, four-man Navy SEAL team high in the eastern Afghan mountains, this disregarded unit was called upon to save the day. They came prepared, riding one of the most sophisticated helicopters in the world, a toned-up version of the Blackhawk: The Pave Hawk. Witness this heroic rescue, where reservists showed the world, and themselves, what they're capable of when duty calls.
S1.E4 ∙ Duel in the Desert
With nowhere to hide in the open sky, the Westland Lynx chopper's only chance of survival was to fight back. Watch as a helicopter plays hide-and-seek with an enemy tank in the desert.
