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EPISODE TITLES
"SQUADRON"
8 episodes, 60 minutes each.
The inside stories of special aircraft and the people who fly them. Each show
highlights a particular airplane on a particular mission: The first flight of
the F-22; drug interdiction off the Florida Keys; an air show tour in the only
B-29 still flying. You’ll get the history and the humanity behind the
hardware.
Available for: Foreign & Domestic Broadcast & Cable + DVD
Finished series
#101 – C-17 at Rodeo - It’s the world’s newest and most
advanced cargo plane, and it’s headed into the biggest battle of it’s
life. Fly into the world’s heavy lift competition with the crew of a C-17.
From white glove inspections to dropping 3 thousand pound loads you join
the 437th Air wing in the middle of the Airlift Rodeo.
#102 – F-22, Maiden Flight – After years of design brainstorming
and congressional debate witness the moment of truth for the Raptor. The F-22
is the world’s most advanced stealth fighter and you will strap in as
she is put through her paces.
#103 – B-29, FiFi: Take a trip with the Confederate Air Force as they
share the history and marvel of the last flying B-29.
#104 – HELLCAT: To Fly Again – For more than a decade this hero
of the war in the Pacific sat idle. Now this F^F Hellcat returns to the skies
she once ruled. You will share first hand accounts of her triumphs with the
pilots who flew her against Japan’s best and climb aboard as she once
again roars into action.
#105 – F/A-18 Carrier Quals – There is only one thing more difficult
to do than fly off the pitching deck of a Super Carrier – That is to land
a super sonic jet on one. Follow the Kestrels of VFA-137 as they begin back-to-sea
works as they prepare to head to the Persian Gulf.
#106 – KC-135 – From delivering the weapons of war to delivering
a quick mid air re-fueling, the KC-135 is the workhorse of the Airforce. Climb
aboard.
#107 – B-1-B – It was born in controversy but when it came time
to deliver a "Bunker Buster" the B-1-B got the job done. Climb aboard
the latest in a long line of American Super Bombers.
#108 – C-130 – Fly with the men who deliver on a mission of mercy
to a storm ravished Honduras.
#109 – A-10 Warthog– She is slow, ugly and they call her the "Warthog"
but the Iraqi Republican Guard call her Hell on Earth. Fly with the crews of
the tank busting A-10 as they show you why it’s not how fast you fly but
how hard you hit that counts.