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Combat Ships
S2, EP3 "Doomed Vessels"Bad design, human error and the enemy sent great ships to tragic ends, like Britain's K13 submarine and HMS Hood, Sweden's 17th century Vasa, and Kublai Khan's fleet, sunk by the original kamikaze.
Air Warriors
S6, EP7 "P-38 Lightning"Innovative engineering allows the P-38 Lightning to fly faster and climb higher than any other WWII warplane; a twin-propeller fighter with heavy armaments packed into its nose, the P-38 becomes one of America's premiere combat planes during the war.
Air Warriors
S1, EP2 "Apache"The AH-64 Apache, one of the most heavily fortified and well-armed helicopters ever built.
Air Warriors
S7, EP4 "F-18"Exploring the history of the F-18 and how the U.S. Navy's dual-role aircraft has dominated both the air and the battlefields for over three decades.
Air Warriors
S5, EP1 "Harrier"The inside story of the Harrier, the world's most famous short takeoff and vertical landing fighter jet.
Air Warriors
S10, EP10 "AH-1 Cobra"During the Vietnam War, the United States needed a helicopter that could defend itself; the AH-1 Cobra, the world's first pure attack helicopter.
Air Warriors
S2, EP2 "Prowler-Growler"Electronic warfare aircraft; the EA-6B Prowler; the EA-18G Growler.
Air Warriors
S4, EP2 "B-52"The history of the longest serving bomber in the U.S. military: the B-52 Stratofortress.
Air Disasters
S3, EP10 "Split Decision"Arrow Air Flight 1285 with 248 American soldiers on board crashes seconds after refueling in Newfoundland.
Air Disasters
S13, EP7 "Runway Runoff"A passenger plane veers off the runway in Denver sparking an investigation into the airport's proximity to the Rocky Mountains.
Disasters Engineered
S1, EP7 "Design Failures"Experts examine how engineering failures allowed Hurricane Katrina to devastate New Orleans and cause the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
WWII's Most Daring Raids
S1, EP1 "Stealing Hitler's Radar"An elite group of British paratroopers launch a midnight raid in order to capture Hitler's unusual radar equipment.
WWII's Most Daring Raids
S1, EP2 "Easy Company's First Assault"American paratroopers are dropped behind German lines on D-Day in order to secure territory behind the beaches.
WWII's Most Daring Raids
S1, EP3 "Churchill Strikes Back"British Commandos raid two occupied Norwegian islands to wipe out fish oil factories used to make explosives.
WWII's Most Daring Raids
S1, EP4 "Storming Mussolini's Island"The first invasion of the Italian Campaign of WWII: Operation Husky.
WWII's Most Daring Raids
S1, EP5 "Cutting Rommel's Lifeline"A secret British regiment in 1942 led a daring raid on a Nazi-occupied Libyan harbor.