Når en specialoperationsmission fra Delta Force går helt galt, har Air Force dronepiloten Reaper 48 timer til at afhjælpe, hvad der er udviklet sig til en vild redningsaktion. Uden våben og ingen anden kommunikation end dronen ovenover bliver jordmissionen pludselig en kamp i fuld skala, da holdet bliver opdaget af fjenden.
Forsvarsleverandøren Brian Gilcrest sendes til Hawaii for at forhandle en kontrakt på plads med de lokale. En opgave, der bliver ekstra kompliceret, da han løber ind i sin ekskæreste og samtidig begynder at falde for den hyperenergiske forbindelsesofficer Allison.
Virkelig spændende iscenesættelse af det virkelige angreb på nogle tyske dæmninger i foråret 1943 og hvilke forberedelser der skulle til, før militæret begyndte at tro på at det kunne lade sig gøre. Takket være Michael Redgraves fremragende portræt af den distræte, men utrættelige videnskabsmand, undgår den lidt lange forberedelsestid at blive langtrukken. Filmens sidste halve time er virkelig intenst lavet.
Two air force pilots prevent a terrorist attack on the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris.
In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.
Den første verdenskrig er snart slut og der kæmpes stadigvæk blodigt mellem tyskerne og de allierede på vestfronten på land og især i luften, hvor tyske og allierede piloter udkæmper farlige og voldsomme luft dueler mod hinanden. Men da den unge løjtnant Bruno Stachel melder sig til det tyske luftvåben, er han mere optaget i at vinde Tysklands højeste tapperhedsmedajle og blive landets nationalhelt.
Sidney Lumets koldkrigsklassiker er blevet genindspillet med en hel stjerneparade i rollerne. Richard Dreyfuss fører an som præsidenten, der kommer i den penible situation, at en af hans bombeeskadriller ved en fejl bliver sendt af sted mod Moskva med to 20-megatons atombomber i lasten. Brian Dennehy er generalen i den varme stol i kontrolrummet, der skal holde hovedet koldt under tilstedeværelsen af en senator og styresystemets computerbygger. I det såkaldte War Room kæmper Harvey Keitel for en fredelig løsning, mens Hank Azaria taler for et fuldt frontalangreb. Bombeflyets pilot, der holder Jordens fremtid i sine hænder, spilles af George Clooney, som også har co-produceret denne tv-indspilning, der er noget ud over det sædvanlige.
Chappy Sinclair bliver bedt om at samle en blandet amerikansk/sovjetisk styrke, som skal udføre et andgreb med kirurgisk præcision på et svært bevogtet atommissil-anlæg i mellemøsten. Chappy må sande at det at få de sovjetiske og amerikanske piloter til at arbejde sammen blot er det mindste af hans problemer, da han opdager, at nogen i pentagon aktivt prøver at sabotere hans mission..
The war between the Levamme Empire and the Amatsukami Imperium has been raging for years. In the midst of this struggle, the prince of the Levamme Empire declares his love for Juana del Moral and vows to end the war in one year, as part of his marriage proposal. When the Amatsukami catch wind of this, they assault the del Moral residence, targeting Juana's life. As a last-ditch effort to bring the prince his bride, the San Maltilia Airforce employs a mercenary of mixed blood—a bestado—to fly Juana to the prince in secret.
Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando) is reassigned to a Japanese air base, and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people. The issue is compounded because a number of the soldiers become romantically involved with Japanese women, in defiance of US military policy. Ordinarily an officer who is by-the-book, Gruver must take a position when a buddy of his, an enlisted man Joe Kelly (Red Buttons) falls in love with a Japanese woman Katsumi (Miyoshi Umeki) and marries her. Gruver risks his position by serving as best man at the wedding ceremony.
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.
High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.
In this high-flying action thriller, an expert Air Force flyer finds himself forced to use every trick he has ever learned to stop a murderous, insane former colleague and friend from exacting deadly revenge upon him.
Curt Jurgens stars as a courageous Luftwaffe officer. Jurgens loves the service, even though he barely tolerates the Hitler regime. Sickened by wartime Nazi atrocities, Jurgens renounces his government, and is imprisoned and tortured as a result. Once released, the general takes pity on a downtrodden Jewish family. This isolated act of kindness is a point in his favor when Jurgens stands before Satan himself for his final judgment. The Devil's General was based on an immensely successful postwar play by German author Carl Zuckmeyer.
In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in bullet-riddled "crates" and the casualty rate is appalling, but Brand can't make the "brass hats" at headquarters see reason. Insubordinate air ace Captain Courtney is another thorn in Brand's side...but finds the smile wiped from his face when he rises to command the squadron himself. Everyone keeps a stiff upper lip.
When the Dutch initiates an aggression against Indonesia to regain its rule post World War II, a group of inexperienced cadets need to defend the last remaining airbase so they may have a chance to help the Republic win the revolutionary war and to protect what they have come to care for.
Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag follows American F-15 Eagle pilot John Stratton as he trains with some of the world’s best pilots. The movie depicts Stratton’s progression through the challenging and dangerous exercises of Operation Red Flag, the international training program for air forces of allied countries.
The real-life courage and audacity of aeronautic acrobats whose ground life is often as exciting as flight maneuvers.
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.
This Canadian film presents and old-fashioned war time romance. It is set during 1942 in Manitoba and traces the doomed affair between a young farmer's wife (Christianne Hirt) whose husband is fighting abroad and a dashing Australian pilot (Russell Crowe). The pilot has come to train in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan of Canada. When the pilot, Lachlan, is not training, he is surreptitiously wooing Lill, the farmer's wife. At the other end of town, Betsy (Wanda Cannon) who supports her two kids by bootlegging, charges for her services. She gets involved with Zeek (Scott Kraft), an American flight instructor.