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Miniseries

5 episodes · 1997

  1. 1Disintegration and Rebirth

    05 May 1997 · 48 min

    Over the objections of the Navy, the USAF is created out of the remnants of the WWII Army Air Forces. American military leaders came back from World War II convinced of the importance of air power and the need for expansion in the future. On September 18th, 1947 the Air Force was split off from the Army and a new branch of the military was born. Within a year, the new service conducts the Berlin Airlift in its first Cold War test.

  2. 2Korea, SAC, and the ICBMs

    12 May 1997 · 48 min

  3. 3Vietnam: the Endless Abyss

    19 May 1997 · 49 min

  4. 4Rebuilding for Space

    26 May 1997 · 48 min

  5. 5Desert Storm to the Futurefinale

    02 Jun 1997 · 48 min