History | Family | Educational
Station:
History (US)
Status:
Ended
Start:
2013-08-04
Rating:
4/10 from 2 users
This is a dupe of Heroes of the Skies https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/2637/heroes-of-the-skies
TV Show Ended.
S1E4 - Red Tails
The Tuskegee Airmen were young, gifted, and black but the US Army refused them key positions. Until intense pressure from African-American activist groups pushed President Roosevelt to initiate a Blacks-only fighter pilot training program in Tuskegee, Alabama. What began as a revolutionary experiment gave birth to a potent fighting force that would help take Nazi Germany out of the skies and, in the process, change the course of American history.
Air Date: 18 Aug 2013 20:00 (CDT)
S1E5 - Robin Olds
U.S. Air Force Col. Robin Olds masterminds Operation Bolo, a combat ruse designed to lure MiG-21 enemy aircraft to their destruction during the Vietnam War.
Air Date: 25 Aug 2013 20:00 (CDT)
S1E6 - Gabby' Gabreski
U.S. Army Air Corps fighter pilot Francis "Gabby" Gabreski becomes America's top flying ace in Europe during World War II.
Air Date: 01 Sep 2013 20:00 (CDT)