Beyond the Wild Blue - A History of the USAF

January. 01,1997      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis

Beyond the Wild Blue is the most accurate rendition of the history of the United States Air Force that has ever been seen on the television or video. By a brilliant combination of archival film research and intensely personal interviews with many of the most important figures in the history of the Air Force, John Honey and Walter Boyne have produced a vivid and fast moving portrait of service which went from the ruins of World War II demobilization to become the principal weapon of the world's only Superpower.

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Seasons 1 : 1997

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Episode 1 - Disintegration and Rebirth
January. 01,1997

Over the objections of the Navy, the USAF is created out of the remnants of the WWII Army Air Forces. American military leaders came back from World War II convinced of the importance of air power and the need for expansion in the future. On September 18th, 1947 the Air Force was split off from the Army and a new branch of the military was born. Within a year, the new service conducts the Berlin Airlift in its first Cold War test.

Episode 2 - Korea, SAC, and the ICBMs
January. 08,1997

Episode 3 - Vietnam: the Endless Abyss
January. 15,1997

Episode 4 - Rebuilding for Space
January. 22,1997

Episode 5 - Desert Storm to the Future
January. 29,1997

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