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River Raiders

Combat Ships

S3, EP8 "River Raiders"

A look at riverine warfare from the Civil War to Vietnam and small but powerful combat ships.

Combat Ships

S4, EP2 "Explosion!"

Recounting some of maritime warfare's explosions, from world wars and Vietnam to the nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll.

Combat Ships

S2, EP1 "Viking Longships"

The story of one of the world's most effective war machines: the Viking longship, seeing how its design evolved from swift war canoe to versatile and feared ship that would change the course of history.

Combat Ships

S1, EP9 "Wooden Warships"

A look at the most famous wooden warships over the course of 500 years.

Combat Ships

S2, EP4 "Destroyers and Cruisers"

The ships that made mighty empires, from the lone wolves that patrolled the high seas for imperial Britain to the USS Laffey's heroic WWII battle against kamikazes at Okinawa.

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 Warriors

S9, EP5 "B-24 Liberator"

The most-produced bomber in US history, used during World War II by every branch of the American military, as well as by the Royal Air Force.

Air Disasters

S3, EP4 "Impossible Landing"

A look at the fate of United Airlines Flight 232 which crashed into Sioux City's runway in 1989; it caused a subsequent explosion that left 111 people dead.

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.

Air Disasters

S20, EP11 "Heat of the Moment"

Featuring captivating reenactments and state-of-the-art CGI; Air Crash Investigation uncovers the truth behind the most legendary aviation disasters of all time.

Air Disasters

S13, EP8 "Lethal Limits"

An investigation into a jet crash from 2008 leads to a drastic change into the Russian aviation system.

Air Disasters

S7, EP8 "Fog of War"

A U.S. military plane veers off course and flies into a mountain while attempting to land at Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia in heavy fog, killing all 35 people on board.

Air Disasters

S18, EP2 "The Heathrow Enigma"

A British Airways Flight's engines failure to respond cause the plane to crash-land just short of the runway.

Air Disasters

S15, EP10 "Stormy Cockpit"

Pilots leaving Cameroon steer their plane clear of a storm, but the aircraft begins rolling to the right, and they are unable to regain control.

The Codebreaker Who Hacked Hitler

Gordon Welchman's top-secret work helped defeat the Nazis and impacted modern codebreaking.

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