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Air Warriors
S5, EP3 "U-2 Dragon Lady"The history and evolution of America's most legendary spy plane.
Air Warriors
S10, EP3 "B-17 Flying Fortress"The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is one of the most lethal bombers of the U.S. Air Force in WWII's European and Pacific campaigns; among other things, the plane delivered food to the German-occupied Netherlands.
Air Warriors
S10, EP9 "Stuka Dive Bomber"A look at the rise and fall of the infamous Nazi dive bomber Ju-87 Stuka, an aircraft of World War II.
Air Warriors
S9, EP5 "Little Bird"The inside story of how the AH/MH-6 evolved over the decades to become an irreplaceable aircraft for the U.S. Military.
Air Warriors
S9, EP6 "Galaxy"An inside look at the U.S. Air Force's largest aircraft, the C-5 Galaxy; its most dramatic combat and peacetime missions over the last 50 years.
Air Warriors
S6, EP5 "OV-10 Bronco"The Vietnam-era OV-10 Bronco is pulled out of retirement to join the fight against ISIS.
F6F Hellcat
The naval fighter designed to counter the Japanese Zero turns the tide of the war in the Pacific.
Liberation: D-Day to Berlin
S1, EP2 "Belgium and the Netherlands"New colorized footage and testimony reveal the cost paid by the Allies and civilians to free Belgium and the Netherlands from Nazi occupation.
Liberation: D-Day to Berlin
S1, EP3 "Hitler Strikes Back"In late 1944, Hitler forces the Americans into their biggest battle of the war when he launches a surprise attack into liberated Belgium.
Liberation: D-Day to Berlin
S1, EP4 "Germany"New colorized footage and testimony reveals the cost of victory, the aftermath of war and the liberation of the camps and the destruction of Germany.
D-Day and the Dambusters
How the legendary "Dambuster" bomber squadron of WWII fooled Nazi Germany into believing the Allied invasion was going to be at Calais, rather than Normandy, and went on to destroy Hitler's super weapons.
Battle of Midway: The True Story
America's first victory in the Pacific during World War II is retold from the vantage point of the three U.S. attack planes as they overcame the enemy ambush to face off against the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long-range fighter, in the air.
Air Disasters
S18, EP16 "Deadly Crossroads"A look at the string of events that caused a midair collision in 2002 over the skies of southern Germany; a Bashkirian Airlines Flight collides with a DHL Flight in German airspace near Überlingen.
Air Disasters
S21, EP5 "Operation Babylift"A United States Air Force transport aircraft conducting the inaugural flight of Operation Babylift suffers an explosive decompression when the rear cargo door fails and crashes into a paddy field while attempting an emergency landing.
Air Disasters
S21, EP6 "Falling Fast"Investigators discover a shocking mistake when pilots must ditch their plane in the Mediterranean, killing 14 of the 34 passengers.