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Beyond the Wild Blue - A History of the USAF Season 1

January. 01,1997
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Beyond the Wild Blue presents a comprehensive survey of all the great aircraft and missiles of the United States, as flown by the great aces, and as led into battle by a series of first rate leaders.

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Beyond the Wild Blue - A History of the USAF Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Episode 5 - Desert Storm to the Future
Episode 4 - Rebuilding for Space
Episode 3 - Vietnam: the Endless Abyss
Episode 2 - Korea, SAC, and the ICBMs
Episode 1 - Disintegration and Rebirth
First Aired: January. 01,1997

Over the objections of the Navy, the USAF is created out of the remnants of the WWII Army Air Forces. American military leaders came back from World War II convinced of the importance of air power and the need for expansion in the future. On September 18th, 1947 the Air Force was split off from the Army and a new branch of the military was born. Within a year, the new service conducts the Berlin Airlift in its first Cold War test.

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