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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
S10, EP5 "F-100 Super Sabre"The North American F-100 Super Saber, also known as the Hun, becomes a supersonic powerhouse after initial difficulties; it was used primarily in the Vietnam War.
Air Warriors
S10, EP8 "C-47 Skytrain"A look at how the C-47 evolved from passenger plane to a transport aircraft and flying hospital in WWII and years later as a gunship in Vietnam.
Air Warriors
S7, EP1 "Top Dogfighters"Stories of fighter aircraft and deadly combat, including dogfights with the P-38 Lightning and Messerschmitts over Nazi Germany, told through rarely seen battle footage and first-hand accounts.
Air Warriors
S4, EP2 "B-52"The history of the longest serving bomber in the U.S. military: the B-52 Stratofortress.
Air Warriors
S3, EP2 "Chinook"The 50-year evolution of the Army's top transport helicopter, the CH-47 Chinook.
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.
WWII's Most Daring Raids
S1, EP6 "Secret Weapon Sabotage"An elite squad of Norwegians destroy a power plant in 1943 that the Nazis may have been using for nuclear weapons research.
Air Disasters
S17, EP1 "Holding Pattern"Flydubai Flight 981 enters a rapid descent and crashes nose-first at Rostov-on-Don Airport in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, after aborting its second landing attempt in poor weather conditions.
Air Disasters
S3, EP3 "I'm the Problem"Moments before Pacific Southwest Flight 1771 crashes on a cattle ranch in California, gunshots are heard in the cabin.