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Combat Ships
S2, EP5 "Secrets of the Sea"Stories of espionage at sea, including deadly U-boat cat-and-mouse games during WWI, the sinking of the Lusitania, a gun-smuggling private yacht that made history, and liners turned troopships.
Combat Ships
S3, EP2 "The Battle of Trafalgar"The legendary Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, which pitted Napoleon's French ships against a British armada under the command of Admiral Horatio Nelson.
Combat Ships
S3, EP3 "The Battle of Incheon"A portrayal of a crucial September 1950 military operation that helped the UN and ROK gain the upper hand over North Korea in the Korean War.
Air Warriors
S6, EP5 "OV-10 Bronco"The Vietnam-era OV-10 Bronco is pulled out of retirement to join the fight against ISIS.
Air Warriors
S6, EP6 "MiG"The history of the Russian MiG, American air power's fiercest rival for more than 50 years.
Air Warriors
S8, EP4 "Messerschmitt BF 109"Considered the deadliest fighter of WWII, Germany's Me-109s were feared by Allied bombers and fighters alike; 109s fought Spitfires in the Battle of Britain and alongside Rommel in North Africa.
F6F Hellcat
The naval fighter designed to counter the Japanese Zero turns the tide of the war in the Pacific.
Air Warriors
S10, EP1 "F-14 Tomcat"The true story of the F-14 Tomcat, the military aircraft made famous in "Top Gun"; how it served as the US Navy's top carrier fighter for a generation.
Air Disasters
S16, EP4 "Grounded: Boeing Max 8"Indonesian investigators must determine why a Boeing 737 Max 8 -- one of the world's best-selling new airplanes -- plunged into the Java Sea.
Air Disasters
S9, EP6 "Carnage in Sao Paolo"TAM flight 402 slammed into a residential neighborhood and burst into flames, just seconds after lifting off from Congonhas airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing all 95 people on board and three people on the ground.
Air Disasters
S17, EP2 "Peril Over Portugal"On December 21, 1992, Martinair Flight 495 crashes off the right side of the runway while attempting to land at Faro Airport in Faro, Portugal, in severe weather conditions, killing 56 of the 340 people on board.
Air Crash Investigation
S24, EP1 "Terror over the Pacific"On the 24th of February 1989, part of the right-side fuselage of United Airlines Flight 811 rips off, ejecting nine people from the aircraft and causing explosive decompression; the flight later lands safely at Honolulu without any more loss of life.
Air Disasters
S16, EP7 "Mission Disaster"After losing two engines near enemy territory, U.S. Air Force pilots abort their refueling mission and try to land their damaged plane.
Air Disasters
S21, EP4 "Sight Unseen"Saudi Airways and Kazakhstan Airlines jets hit each other at 14,000 feet sending both planes spiraling to the ground.
Air Disasters
S9, EP2 "Terror in San Francisco"The 2013 crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco shocks the nation.
Air Disasters
S20, EP27 "Runway Collisions"Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question; a look at how two planes end up on the same runway at the same time.