Wings Over Vietnam: The Missions
(2002)
Overview
In 2002, this eight-episode program was aired, hosted by David Scott. During the course of the Southeast Asian war, the United States developed many new types of air tactics that had never previously been needed. New missions were devised, often under bizarre code-names. Some of these missions have gone on to become legends, while others have simply faded. What does remain are the men who flew the missions, the planes that were involved, and incredible stories of determination, triumph and tra…
Cast
Episodes
The FACs 0.0
October 20, 2002
High technology did not play the major part in Southeast Asia that may have been expected. Rather, it was back to basic…
Dust Off 0.0
October 21, 2002
Drawing on its first experiments with helicopters in Korea, the Army in Vietnam came to rely almost entirely on the hel…
Rolling Thunder 0.0
October 22, 2002
Operation Rolling Thunder marked the first sustained American assault on North Vietnamese territory and thus represente…
The Jolly Greens 0.0
October 23, 2002
One of the most unsung heroes of the Southeast Asian War were Winch Men. Lowered from large camouflage helicopters into…
Spookies, Spectres, and Shadows 0.0
April 6, 2004
Benign aircraft has always proved useful for modification to the military. During the Southeast Asian War, such benign …
MiG Killers 0.0
April 13, 2004
In March 1965, U.S. air strikes into North Vietnam began. In April, the first dogfights took place. As the fighting gre…
Wild Weasels 0.0
May 4, 2004
The constant threat to all American aircraft missions was the Russian built missile known as SAM, which employed variou…
Linebacker II 0.0
May 11, 2004
Not since World War II had bombers been employed in an operation of this scope. All previous air campaigns, including t…