
Air Date
May 12, 2009
Episodes
4 episodes
Helicopter Wars
Season 1
Episodes
1. The Falklands
May 12, 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. Vietnam
May 19, 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. Afghanistan
May 26, 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. Duel in the Desert
June 2, 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.
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