During the course of the Southeast Asian war, the United States developed many new types of air tactics that had never previously been needed. New missions were devised, often under bizarre code-names. Some of these missions have gone on to become legends, while others have simply faded. What does remain are the men who flew the missions, the planes that were involved, and incredible stories of determination, triumph and tragedy. Wings Over Vietnam compares rare combat footage with first-hand accounts, to create a captivating portrait of these unique missions.
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Air Date: 2002-10-21
High technology did not play the major part in Southeast Asia that may have been expected. Rather, it was back to bas...
Air Date: 2002-10-22
Drawing on its first experiments with helicopters in Korea, the Army in Vietnam came to rely almost entirely on the h...
Air Date: 2002-10-23
Operation Rolling Thunder marked the first sustained American assault on North Vietnamese territory and thus represen...
Air Date: 2002-10-24
One of the most unsung heroes of the Southeast Asian War were Winch Men. Lowered from large camouflage helicopters in...
Air Date: 2004-04-07
Benign aircraft has always proved useful for modification to the military. During the Southeast Asian War, such benig...
Air Date: 2004-04-14
In March 1965, U.S. air strikes into North Vietnam began. In April, the first dogfights took place. As the fighting g...
Air Date: 2004-05-05
The constant threat to all American aircraft missions was the Russian built missile known as SAM, which employed vari...
Air Date: 2004-05-12
Not since World War II had bombers been employed in an operation of this scope. All previous air campaigns, including...