Helicopter Warfare

1 season available

Four helicopter missions from different theaters of war and looking at what happens when helicopter pilots push their machines to the limit.
South Georgia
S1 E1

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.

Vietnam Firefight
S1 E2

During a rescue mission a desperate pilot cuts his own landing zone in forty foot tall bamboo.

The Taliban Gambit
S1 E3

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

White Out
S1 E4

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. When the cold winds prove too much – even for the SAS – the helicopters battle through a blizzard to rescue them. Two helicopters crash while flying blind in a snowstorm, but everyone escapes off the glacier, thanks to the remarkable crew flying a helicopter called Humphrey.