Nova visits Russia for Nova: Top Gun Over Moscow, a thorough look at the sleekest and most powerful Russian jets. In a word, they are tough. These jets are engineered quite differently from their American counterparts. They function well in adverse conditions, able to take off from open dirt fields, and their continuous operation doesn't depend on regular maintenance. The U.S. jet is finely tuned, requiring more frequent upkeep, but definitely having a high-tech edge, particularly in the areas of radar and missile guidance. Interviews with pilots reveal a very different outlook between the two countries on training goals.
Clumsy seagull Manfred enjoys his humble work as a cleaner at the Air Force base. But when he accidentally kills a member of the seagull troops, Manfred is forced to take his place. Unwillingly Manfred embarks on a highly dangerous mission, that he is not prepared for...
In 1963, President Kennedy recorded one of the most foul mouthed telephone calls ever made from the White House. This is the story of that phone call and the silly bastard who started it all.
This new atmospheric documentary by Lionel Charlet plunges us into the world of an exceptional plane - the F/A-18 Hornet. For six months, in Switzerland, Norway and Sardinia, Lionel has shot original footage of this fighter jet in action. The feeling of flying is real, the missions are varied, the poetry of the lights is enthralling... A powerful, finely worked soundtrack adds to the richness of these extraordinary high-definition images. Ice Hornet will delight all aviation fans. It will enchant nature-lovers who will fly through landscapes in unbelievable 3-D.
In this United States Air Force dramatized training film, downed airmen evade capture.
The hunters are the Innu people and the bombers are the air forces of several NATO countries, which conduct low-level flights over the Innu's hunting terrain. The impact of the jets is hotly debated by peace groups, Indigenous people, environmentalists and the military. But what is often overlooked are the many complex changes underway in Innu society, as social and technological changes confront a traditional hunting culture.
The fascinating history of the U.S. Air Force comes to life via vintage footage culled from official Air Force newsreels that were created to educate the public during wartime. Formed in World War I as a tiny airborne offshoot of the Army's American Expeditionary Force, the division subsequently grew into its own armed services branch and became the largest modern air force in the world.
1920년, 미국 캘리포니아. 이곳에 세계최초로 전투비행학교 윌로우스가 세워진다. 조국을 잃고 세계 각국에 흩어져 독립운동을 하던 조선의 민족 지도자들은 당대 미국에서 최고의 부를 누리며 쌀의 왕으로 군림하던 김종림 선생의 도움을 얻어 전투비행학교를 설립한다. 일본 천황궁 폭파를 목적으로. 이를 통해 조국의 독립을 꾀하겠다는 열망으로. 그리고 이곳에 한인 최초의 전투비행사들이 찾아온다. 각기 다른 사연과 슬픔을 안고 윌로우스를 찾은 사람들. 혹독한 훈련 과정 속에서 서서히 전투 비행요원의 모습으로 성장해 간다. 그러던 어느날 이들에게 조국을 위해 목숨을 바칠 마지막 기회가 찾아온다. 그리고 이들에게 주어진 천황궁 폭파 임무. 그러나 윌로우스 내의 스파이로 인해 이들의 계획은 무산되고 만다. 결국 김자중을 비롯한 비행사들은 최후의 방법을 선택하게 되고. 빼앗긴 조국의 하늘을 향해 김자중의 마지막 비행이 시작된다.
Fred Davis introduces us to Canadian Air Force operations in Zweibrucken, West Germany. Follow Green Section as they perform drills and explain what it takes to be a fighter pilot.
The life story of the brave soldiers of the Pakistan Army, mainly the Pakistan Air Force. Outlining their lives, relationships, duty and hardships.
Born of the cold war, and eclipsed by success in rocketry, the XB-70 Valkyrie was conceived as a Mach 3 high-altitude bomber and became a valuable high-speed research aircraft. Although only two were produced, and one was destroyed in an accident, the Valkyrie built an impressive databank of high-speed flight invaluable to aviation development. This DVD, with nearly 4 hours of rare footage of the XB-70, newly transferred on modern telecines, brings you the flight test program of the XB-70 as never before. Contains rare progress reports, footage from rollout, extensive footage of test flights, and footage from the A/V-2 accident. All footage is color. Some footage is silent.
An Egyptian movie revolving around the war between Egypt and Israel, focusing on the efforts of the Egyptian air force and battalion 418 efforts in the period between 1967-1973 and October war.
Marium Mukhtar (Sanam Baloch) achieves her dream of becoming a fighter pilot and becomes the first female flying officer of Pakistan to embrace martyrdom.
TV writer Greg Whitcomb did his military service heroically but now has settled into everyday life with a young wife, Katy. A letter from the war department arrives that Katy believes is calling Greg back to active duty from the Air Force reserve, but she hides it during a party celebrating their wedding anniversary.
About the war effort in the West Indies.
The adventures of a young pilot who attends an airforce academy.
Watchmen of the Dawn is about the lives of pilots in the Turkish air force based in the mid-Anatolian town Eskisehir. Göksel is a young pilot with Faruk as his best friend and Aydan, a female lieutenant in the air base, as his platonic love interest. After his plane crashes, Göksel takes a 15-day leave of absence and visits his parents in Istanbul.
Documentary/training film depicting the duties of a pilot in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War as he flies reconnaissance missions over enemy-held islands.