Name: Helicopter Warfare
Released: 2009-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Tom Baca

TV Show · Documentary · War & Military

Four helicopter missions from different theatres of war and looking at what happens when helicopter pilots push their machines to the limit.

2009 · 50m

Starring Tom Baca

EPISODE 1

South Georgia

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.
EPISODE 2

Vietnam Firefight

During a rescue mission, a desperate pilot decides to cut his own landing zone in 12-metre tall bamboo.
EPISODE 3

The Taliban Gambit

In Afghanistan, the combination of high altitude and dusty conditions make combat flying particularly challenging.
EPISODE 4

Duel in the Desert

When a covert U.S. Navy SEAL needs to be rescued from a Taliban ambush, the crew must fly at night using night vision goggles, hugging every contour of the mountain pass.