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Disc 1: Describes the training for the Lockheed Lightning, the Bell Airacobra and the Curtiss Warhawk, three of the most legendary American fighters. Each film provides detailed instruction for pilots and crew in their operation, air-to-air techniques, emergency procedures and maintenance.--Container. Disc 2: Learn what it was like to fly the world's first military jet fighter, the German ME-262.--Container.

One hour over Tokyo. In the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, Commander Jimmy Doolittle came up with a bold plan to get a measure of revenge on Japan while raising American morale. 80 airmen volunteered for the top-secret, one-way mission into enemy territory, which required launching army bombers from an aircraft carrier and attacking Tokyo. Here, the raid comes to life through the words of some of the survivors. Filmed at the 2001 reunion of the Doolittle...

During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy launched their first round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany. Their goal: to smash the main factories and production centers of the Luftwaffe while also drawing German planes into an aerial battle of attrition to neutralize the Luftwaffe as a fighting force prior to the cross-channel invasion, planned for a few months later. Officially called...