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After a CIA covert mission goes badly awry, U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Nicholas Flynn is exiled to guard a remote radar post along Alaska's Arctic frontier. This dead-end assignment is designed to put his career permanently on ice, but Flynn's not the type to fade quietly into obscurity...As winter storms pound Alaska and northern Canada, Russian aircraft begin penetrating deep into friendly airspace. Are these rehearsals for a possible first...
23) Jets
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An introduction to jets that discusses their history, design, uses, and more.
25) Bombers
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Discusses the military use of aircraft to drop bombs and describes the development of particular kinds of bombers.
26) The nerdy dozen
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Recruited by the Air Force after hacking into a classified military training program, Neil Andertol and his video game buddies pilot what they believe to be an Air Force simulator to find a missing jet and rescue two endangered pilots.
29) Stealing air
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Three sixth-grade boys band together to build an experimental aircraft, enduring social and practical difficulties in the process.
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Ben, Zara, Sam, and Marcia begin their summer vacation by helping Professor Ampersand and a new friend build the Silver Turtle, a futuristic airplane, but on the day the first test flight is planned, a strange woman steals the airplane with the children inside.
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This episode of the Air Force Story highlights in Korea from November 1950 to July 1953, including the U.N. withdrawal from the Yalu River; the U.N. counterattack; armistice talks; prisoner of war exchanges; and the cease-fire being signed. It shows how the U.S. Air Force, with superior tactical and logistical air support, played a large part in helping to end the Korean War. Note: This historical recording may contain variations in audio and video...