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Season 1

4 episodes · 2009

  1. 1The Falklands

    12 May 2009 · 47 min

    AKA: "White Out: SAS Falklands Rescue" In the Falklands War, a top secret SAS mission to South Georgia involves flying up the sheer face of a glacier and dropping men on an icy plateau, riddled with crevasses.

  2. 2Vietnam

    19 May 2009 · 47 min

    AKA: "Vietnam Firefight" In the Vietnam War, flying into jungle produces a different kind of hazard. In a daring rescue mission a desperate pilot cuts his own landing zone in forty foot tall bamboo.

  3. 3Afghanistan

    26 May 2009 · 47 min

    AKA: "Taliban Gambit: Trapped By The Taliban" In Afghanistan, the combination of high altitude and dusty conditions make combat flying particularly challenging.

  4. 4Duel in the Desertfinale

    02 Jun 2009 · 45 min

    In the Iraq War, flying in the desert poses unique difficulties - there’s nowhere to hide, and a dust storm accompanies every landing and take-off.