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Season 1

  • S01E01 The Falklands

    • May 12, 2009
    • Channel 5

    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.

  • S01E02 Vietnam

    • May 19, 2009
    • Channel 5

    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.

  • S01E03 Afghanistan

    • May 26, 2009
    • Channel 5

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

  • S01E04 Duel in the Desert

    • June 2, 2009
    • Channel 5

    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.