Helicopter Wars

May 12, 2009

AKA: "White Out: SAS Falklands Rescue" In the Falklands War, a top secret SAS mission to South Georgia involves flying up the sheer face of a glacier and dropping men on an icy plateau, riddled with crevasses.

May 19, 2009

AKA: "Vietnam Firefight" In the Vietnam War, flying into jungle produces a different kind of hazard. In a daring rescue mission a desperate pilot cuts his own landing zone in forty foot tall bamboo.

May 26, 2009

AKA: "Taliban Gambit: Trapped By The Taliban" In Afghanistan, the combination of high altitude and dusty conditions make combat flying particularly challenging.

June 2, 2009

In the Iraq War, flying in the desert poses unique difficulties - there’s nowhere to hide, and a dust storm accompanies every landing and take-off.