Dogfights

This series invites veteran pilots to talk through every move of their spectacular air battles. During the Korean War, the US Air Force flew F-86 Sabres against Russian MiG-15 fighters through Korea's most dangerous stretch of sky, MiG Alley.

Legendary fighter pilot Colonel Robin Olds set a deadly trap for the North Vietnamese by disguising lethal F-4 Phantoms as vulnerable bombers. The results were devastating.

Two weeks after Pearl Harbor, a courageous band of US pilots took to the skies over China to challenge the might of the Japanese Air Force. A deadly fight ensued.

Learn from legendary Marine Capt. John Smith and Medal of Honor recipients Jeff De Blanc and Jim Swett the dire situation and bold tactics of one of the most unlikely, and historically critical, Allied successes in the Pacific Theatre - Guadalcanal.

In the skies over Vietnam, US fighter aces Fred Olmsted and Dan Cherry took on Japanese MiG-21s. Climb into the cockpit for some of the fiercest fighting in Vietnam.

Japan ruled the skies of the Pacific with their Zero fighter planes until America fought back with the F6F Hellcat.