Dogfights

U.S. Air Force fighter pilots risk their lives flying sleek F-86 Sabres above "MiG Alley," the most dangerous piece of sky in the Korean War. The high-speed twists and turns pit American aces against Russian-built MiG-15 fighters.

Colonel Robin Olds sets an intricate trap for the North Vietnamese MiG-21s by instructing his squadron, the Wolfpack, disguise its lethal F-4 Phantoms as vulnerable bombers. The result is the most elaborate air sting of the war.

Two weeks after Pearl Harbor, a courageous band of American mercenaries dares to challenge the overwhelming might of the Japanese Air Force.

Heroic, die-hard American pilots of the tiny Cactus Air Force match skills and instincts against top Japanese aces as they battle in the skies above Guadalcanal.

American F-4 Phantom pilots Fred Olmsted and Dan Cherry take on the famed MiG-21, the most feared threat in the sky. Steve Ritchie becomes a dog-fighting legend as an Air Force "ace."

Archival footage and computer graphics recreate the air battles between the Japanese Zero and the F6F Hellcat.

In one of the longest, most gut-wrenching dogfights on record, Lt. Commander Richard Schaffert takes on a lethal MiG-17 and the best enemy pilot he's ever faced.

In one of the most lopsided naval battles in history, a Japanese fleet led by Yamato, the biggest battle ship in the world, faces a small U.S. task unit of tin can destroyers.

Bomber's vs. Fighters face off in three of the most intense dogfights in history, as courageous bomber pilots from World War II and Vietnam challenge deadly foes against incredible odds.

The small Israeli Air Force delivers a knock-out punch to the Egyptians in the 1967 Six-Day War.

The German battleship Bismarck, the most powerful warship on earth, breaks out into the North Atlantic. The British unleash every weapon in their arsenal to hunt down this Nazi terror.