1 00:00:02,636 --> 00:00:05,239 {\an7}Narrator: THE CARRIER AIR WING-- 2 00:00:05,272 --> 00:00:09,910 {\an7}\h\hIT’S THE U.S. NAVY’S FIRST LINE OF ATTACK... 3 00:00:09,943 --> 00:00:12,846 {\an7}THRUSTING AND SOARING TO ACTION. 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:14,248 {\an7}Man: THE AIR WING \hHAS THE ABILITY 5 00:00:14,281 --> 00:00:16,917 {\an7}TO REALLY ACCOMPLISH ANY MISSION THAT IT’S BEEN GIVEN. 6 00:00:16,950 --> 00:00:19,653 {\an7}[JET ROARING] 7 00:00:19,686 --> 00:00:22,722 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: OVER 70 POWERFUL AIRCRAFT... 8 00:00:22,756 --> 00:00:26,560 {\an7}EACH ONE WITH A CRUCIAL PURPOSE AND MISSION. 9 00:00:26,593 --> 00:00:29,529 {\an7}Man: IT DOESN’T JUST HAPPEN \h\h\h\h\h\hWITH ONE PERSON. 10 00:00:29,563 --> 00:00:33,467 {\an7}IT’S THE MOST INCREDIBLE, \h\h\hCOMPLEX TEAM SPORT. 11 00:00:36,136 --> 00:00:37,471 {\an7}Narrator: LEADING THE CHARGE, 12 00:00:37,504 --> 00:00:40,741 {\an7}\h\hTHE F-18 HORNETS AND SUPER HORNETS... 13 00:00:40,774 --> 00:00:43,410 {\an7}FEARLESS WARRIORS READY FOR BATTLE. 14 00:00:45,646 --> 00:00:48,382 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hMan: WE CAN REALLY DO SOME DAMAGE IN THE BATTLEFIELD. 15 00:00:48,415 --> 00:00:50,117 {\an7}[EXPLOSIONS] 16 00:00:50,150 --> 00:00:52,252 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: THIS IS THE INSIDE STORY 17 00:00:52,286 --> 00:00:54,822 {\an7}OF HOW NAVAL AVIATION \h\h\h\h\hHAD TO FIGHT 18 00:00:54,855 --> 00:00:57,358 {\an7}FOR ITS PLACE IN THE SKIES. 19 00:00:57,391 --> 00:00:59,460 {\an7}Man: FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE HAVE AN ACTUAL BATTLE 20 00:00:59,493 --> 00:01:02,730 {\an7}THAT SHOWS THAT THE AIRCRAFT IS ITS OWN OFFENSIVE WEAPON. 21 00:01:02,763 --> 00:01:05,766 {\an7}\hNarrator: TODAY IT’S THE AIR WING AVIATORS 22 00:01:05,799 --> 00:01:08,168 {\an7}THAT LEAD AMERICA’S FIGHT. 23 00:01:08,201 --> 00:01:11,237 {\an7}\h\hWoman: PEOPLE’S LIVES ARE DEPENDING ON YOU GETTING THERE 24 00:01:11,271 --> 00:01:12,739 {\an7}AND GETTING IT RIGHT. 25 00:01:12,773 --> 00:01:16,377 {\an7}♪ 26 00:01:16,410 --> 00:01:17,745 {\an7}[EXPLOSION] 27 00:01:17,778 --> 00:01:20,781 {\an7}♪ 28 00:01:20,814 --> 00:01:26,520 {\an7}♪ 29 00:01:26,553 --> 00:01:29,022 {\an7}♪ 30 00:01:29,056 --> 00:01:31,959 {\an7}Narrator: MARCH 2016. 31 00:01:31,992 --> 00:01:34,094 {\an7}DEEP IN THE ARABIAN GULF. 32 00:01:34,127 --> 00:01:39,566 {\an7}♪ 33 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,470 {\an7}SAILORS ON THE FLIGHT DECK \h\h\hOF THE U.S.S. TRUMAN 34 00:01:42,502 --> 00:01:45,939 {\an7}\h\h\h\hPREPARE A STRIKE GROUP OF NAVY AIRCRAFT FOR TAKEOFF. 35 00:01:49,409 --> 00:01:53,246 {\an7}THEIR DESTINATION: RAMADI... 36 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,584 {\an7}THE CAPITAL OF ONE OF IRAQ’S \h\h\h\h\hLARGEST PROVINCES. 37 00:01:57,618 --> 00:02:00,988 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIT’S CURRENTLY UNDER THE IRON GRIP OF ISIS FORCES. 38 00:02:04,625 --> 00:02:09,063 {\an7}THE TRUMAN’S MISSION: TO HAMMER INSURGENTS FROM ABOVE 39 00:02:09,096 --> 00:02:12,566 {\an7}\h\hWITH THE CARRIER’S MOST POWERFUL WEAPON: 40 00:02:12,599 --> 00:02:14,434 {\an7}ITS AIR WING. 41 00:02:18,305 --> 00:02:19,907 {\an7}THE CARRIER AIR WING IS MADE UP 42 00:02:19,940 --> 00:02:23,310 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF OVER 70 HIGHLY SPECIALIZED AIRCRAFT. 43 00:02:26,179 --> 00:02:29,482 {\an7}HELICOPTERS... 44 00:02:29,516 --> 00:02:32,552 {\an7}CARGO PLANES... 45 00:02:32,586 --> 00:02:36,690 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hJETS DEDICATED TO ELECTRONIC ATTACK... 46 00:02:36,723 --> 00:02:40,527 {\an7}\hAND THE AIR WING’S MOST POTENT WEAPON: 47 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:45,398 {\an7}ITS 48 F-18 HORNETS \hAND SUPER HORNETS. 48 00:02:47,134 --> 00:02:50,204 {\an7}\h\h\h\hTHEY’RE THE TIP OF THE AIR WING’S SPEAR. 49 00:02:50,237 --> 00:02:51,772 {\an7}\h\h\hBrett Louderback: IN OUR AIR WING WE HAVE 50 00:02:51,805 --> 00:02:53,774 {\an7}FOUR F-18 SQUADRONS, 51 00:02:53,807 --> 00:02:55,409 {\an7}\hWE HAVE AN F-18 CHARLIE SQUADRON, 52 00:02:55,442 --> 00:02:59,079 {\an7}WHICH IS THE AIRCRAFT \h\hYOU SEE BEHIND US, 53 00:02:59,112 --> 00:03:01,815 {\an7}\h\h\hAND THEN WE HAVE THREE F-18 SUPER HORNET SQUADRONS, 54 00:03:01,848 --> 00:03:05,051 {\an7}AND THEY MAKE UP THE PREMIER GROUP OF PILOTS AND AIRCRAFT 55 00:03:05,085 --> 00:03:08,789 {\an7}THAT BOTH DELIVER AIR-TO-AIR... 56 00:03:08,822 --> 00:03:09,623 {\an7}[EXPLOSION] 57 00:03:09,656 --> 00:03:11,224 {\an7}AND AIR-TO-GROUND ORDNANCE... 58 00:03:11,258 --> 00:03:13,060 {\an7}[EXPLOSION] 59 00:03:13,093 --> 00:03:15,562 {\an7}ON TARGET, ON TIME, EVERY TIME. 60 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,803 {\an7}Narrator: TODAY, THE BRUNT \h\hOF THE AIR WING’S WORK 61 00:03:22,836 --> 00:03:25,605 {\an7}FALLS TO THESE LETHAL \h\h\hSTRIKE FIGHTERS. 62 00:03:28,208 --> 00:03:30,610 {\an7}THEY’RE THE ONLY ONES \h\hWITH THE FIREPOWER 63 00:03:30,644 --> 00:03:33,914 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTO HIT ISIS RIGHT WHERE IT COUNTS: 64 00:03:33,947 --> 00:03:37,217 {\an7}IN THE WALLET. 65 00:03:37,250 --> 00:03:39,152 {\an7}Russell Brown: THE INFORMATION \h\h\h\h\hTHAT WE HAD RECEIVED 66 00:03:39,186 --> 00:03:41,188 {\an7}FROM OUR INTELLIGENCE 67 00:03:41,221 --> 00:03:47,494 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS THAT ISIS FORCES HAD TAKEN OVER A CEMENT FACTORY 68 00:03:47,527 --> 00:03:50,096 {\an7}AND WERE RECEIVING HUNDREDS \h\hOF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS 69 00:03:50,130 --> 00:03:52,599 {\an7}TO FUND THEIR ORGANIZATION. 70 00:03:52,632 --> 00:03:55,368 {\an7}WE DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO DESTROY THAT TARGET 71 00:03:55,402 --> 00:03:58,171 {\an7}AND DENY THEM THAT ABILITY \h\h\hTO GENERATE REVENUE. 72 00:04:01,441 --> 00:04:04,945 {\an7}Narrator: INTELLIGENCE REVEALS \h\h\h\h\hSOMETHING ELSE, TOO: 73 00:04:04,978 --> 00:04:07,414 {\an7}A COMPLICATION. 74 00:04:07,447 --> 00:04:12,018 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE TARGET IS LOCATED IN A VILLAGE FULL OF CIVILIANS. 75 00:04:12,052 --> 00:04:16,356 {\an7}PILOTS HAVE TO BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS WHEN MAKING THE STRIKE. 76 00:04:16,389 --> 00:04:17,557 {\an7}Brown: IT WAS DECIDED, 77 00:04:17,591 --> 00:04:19,993 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO MINIMIZE COLLATERAL DAMAGE CONCERNS, 78 00:04:20,026 --> 00:04:22,562 {\an7}THAT WE WOULD STRIKE THAT TARGET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT 79 00:04:22,596 --> 00:04:26,967 {\an7}WHEN THERE WOULD BE THE LEAST NUMBER OF POSSIBLE CASUALTIES 80 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,602 {\an7}IN AND AROUND THAT AREA. 81 00:04:28,635 --> 00:04:34,875 {\an7}[JET ENGINE WHIRRING] 82 00:04:34,908 --> 00:04:38,612 {\an7}Narrator: JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT, BROWN AND NINE OTHER PILOTS 83 00:04:38,645 --> 00:04:41,414 {\an7}\hFIRE UP THEIR JETS ON THE FLIGHT DECK. 84 00:04:50,423 --> 00:04:54,294 {\an7}[ROARING] 85 00:04:54,327 --> 00:04:58,731 {\an7}ONE BY ONE, THEY LAUNCH NORTH \h\hINTO THE DARK OF NIGHT... 86 00:04:58,765 --> 00:05:01,101 {\an7}AND FLY TOWARD THE TARGET. 87 00:05:04,504 --> 00:05:06,639 {\an7}AS BROWN NEARS LAND, 88 00:05:06,673 --> 00:05:11,178 {\an7}HE AND THE OTHER F-18 PILOTS \h\h\h\h\hARE ON HIGH ALERT. 89 00:05:11,211 --> 00:05:15,882 {\an7}\h\h\h\hTHEY KNOW DARKNESS ALONE WON’T HIDE THEM FROM THE ENEMY. 90 00:05:15,916 --> 00:05:19,820 {\an7}Brown: ISIS HAS THE ABILITY TO SHOOT ROCKETS OR MISSILES 91 00:05:19,853 --> 00:05:23,457 {\an7}OR AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY \h\h\h\hAT AN AIRCRAFT. 92 00:05:23,490 --> 00:05:26,159 {\an7}\hSO WE’LL STAY UP AS HIGH AS WE CAN 93 00:05:26,193 --> 00:05:28,295 {\an7}TO PREVENT THEM BEING ABLE \h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO TARGET US 94 00:05:28,328 --> 00:05:29,996 {\an7}WITH THAT SURFACE-TO-AIR \h\h\h\h\h\h\hORDNANCE. 95 00:05:30,030 --> 00:05:36,603 {\an7}♪ 96 00:05:36,636 --> 00:05:38,771 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: JUST BEFORE THEY HEAD INTO IRAQ, 97 00:05:38,805 --> 00:05:42,942 {\an7}\h\hTHE F-18s MEET UP WITH A KC-135 AIR FORCE TANKER. 98 00:05:44,911 --> 00:05:49,816 {\an7}TO MAKE IT TO HIS TARGET, \h\h\h\h\hBROWN NEEDS GAS. 99 00:05:49,850 --> 00:05:52,753 {\an7}Brown: WE ONLY HAVE ENOUGH GAS \h\hTO FLY FOR A COUPLE HOURS, 100 00:05:52,786 --> 00:05:55,289 {\an7}AND IT TAKES, OBVIOUSLY, \h\hA LITTLE BIT OF TIME 101 00:05:55,322 --> 00:05:57,257 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO TRANSIT THE SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES 102 00:05:57,290 --> 00:05:59,359 {\an7}FROM THE ARABIAN GULF 103 00:05:59,392 --> 00:06:01,928 {\an7}ALL THE WAY INTO OUR TARGET \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN IRAQ. 104 00:06:05,332 --> 00:06:08,535 {\an7}Narrator: THE KC-135 \h\hUSES A LONG BOOM 105 00:06:08,568 --> 00:06:13,473 {\an7}FITTED WITH A SPECIAL CONNECTOR TO GAS UP THE SUPER HORNET. 106 00:06:13,506 --> 00:06:19,345 {\an7}\hBUT EVEN WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS, AN AERIAL REFUEL IS NEVER EASY. 107 00:06:19,379 --> 00:06:22,315 {\an7}Brown: I ALWAYS JUST GET \h\hA LITTLE BIT NERVOUS 108 00:06:22,349 --> 00:06:24,017 {\an7}\hKNOWING THAT YOU ARE REALLY HAVING 109 00:06:24,050 --> 00:06:28,821 {\an7}A CONTROLLED MIDAIR COLLISION \h\h\h\hWITH ANOTHER AIRPLANE. 110 00:06:28,855 --> 00:06:31,424 {\an7}IT CAN BE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE 111 00:06:31,458 --> 00:06:35,028 {\an7}IF YOU’RE NOT AS SMOOTH \h\hAS YOU’D LIKE TO BE. 112 00:06:37,030 --> 00:06:39,666 {\an7}Narrator: TODAY, BROWN’S SKILLS ARE UP TO SNUFF. 113 00:06:39,699 --> 00:06:42,835 {\an7}HE AND THE OTHER F-18s \h\h\hFUEL UP QUICKLY. 114 00:06:45,272 --> 00:06:49,543 {\an7}\h\h\hA FULL TANK GIVES BROWN TWO MORE HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME. 115 00:06:49,576 --> 00:06:53,613 {\an7}TIME HE CAN’T AFFORD TO LOSE. 116 00:06:53,647 --> 00:06:58,051 {\an7}\h\h\hHE AND THE OTHER JETS SPEED TOWARDS THEIR TARGET. 117 00:06:58,084 --> 00:07:00,853 {\an7}THE PLAN IS FOR THE F-18s \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO CONVENE 118 00:07:00,887 --> 00:07:05,158 {\an7}\h\h\hJUST BEFORE STRIKE TIME AND THEN ALL MOVE IN AT ONCE. 119 00:07:05,191 --> 00:07:09,262 {\an7}Brown: THE IDEA WAS TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT AWAY FROM THE TARGET 120 00:07:09,296 --> 00:07:12,199 {\an7}SO THAT THE ENEMY DOES NOT KNOW THAT WE ARE COMING. 121 00:07:16,670 --> 00:07:18,605 {\an7}Narrator: IN ISIS TERRITORY, 122 00:07:18,638 --> 00:07:22,542 {\an7}FIGHTERS STAND GUARD \hAROUND THE CLOCK. 123 00:07:22,575 --> 00:07:24,944 {\an7}IF THEY DETECT THE F-18s, 124 00:07:24,978 --> 00:07:30,217 {\an7}THEY COULD DASH BROWN’S HOPES OF AVOIDING CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. 125 00:07:30,250 --> 00:07:33,386 {\an7}Brown: THERE’S ALWAYS A CONCERN THAT IF YOU ALERT THE ENEMY 126 00:07:33,420 --> 00:07:37,257 {\an7}THAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO DESTROY \h\hONE OF THEIR TARGETS... 127 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:40,660 {\an7}WHO KNOWS HOW THEY WOULD REACT? 128 00:07:40,694 --> 00:07:43,163 {\an7}POTENTIALLY TRYING TO DETER US \h\h\h\h\hFROM DROPPING BOMBS 129 00:07:43,196 --> 00:07:47,367 {\an7}BY BRINGING CIVILIANS \h\h\hINTO THAT AREA. 130 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:48,935 {\an7}Narrator: IT WOULDN’T BE \h\h\h\h\hTHE FIRST TIME 131 00:07:48,969 --> 00:07:52,473 {\an7}ISIS HAS USED CIVILIANS \h\hAS HUMAN SHIELDS... 132 00:07:52,505 --> 00:07:57,543 {\an7}\hA SCENARIO THAT KEEPS F-18 PILOTS UP AT NIGHT. 133 00:07:57,577 --> 00:08:01,848 {\an7}Brown: I CAN JUSTIFY TAKING \hTHE LIFE OF ISIS FIGHTERS. 134 00:08:01,881 --> 00:08:04,016 {\an7}BUT WHAT I CAN’T STAND FOR 135 00:08:04,050 --> 00:08:06,452 {\an7}\h\h\h\hIS THE KILLING OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS. 136 00:08:06,486 --> 00:08:11,591 {\an7}[JETS ROARING] 137 00:08:11,624 --> 00:08:15,428 {\an7}Narrator: HIGH ABOVE IRAQ, BROWN AND THE OTHER SUPER HORNETS 138 00:08:15,462 --> 00:08:18,231 {\an7}CIRCLE THE ISIS STRONGHOLD. 139 00:08:18,264 --> 00:08:21,000 {\an7}\hBrown: THE CEMENT FACTORY WAS A FAIRLY LARGE FACILITY, 140 00:08:21,034 --> 00:08:23,670 {\an7}\h\h\h\hSO THERE WAS ALL DIFFERENT MANNER 141 00:08:23,703 --> 00:08:27,140 {\an7}OF DESIRED POINTS OF IMPACT. 142 00:08:27,173 --> 00:08:31,577 {\an7}\hNarrator: IN THIS MISSION, PARTIAL DAMAGE WON’T CUT IT. 143 00:08:31,611 --> 00:08:33,947 {\an7}\h\hIT WILL TAKE BOMBS FROM EACH SUPER HORNET 144 00:08:33,980 --> 00:08:37,217 {\an7}TO DESTROY THE TARGET \h\h\h\h\hCOMPLETELY. 145 00:08:37,250 --> 00:08:42,255 {\an7}Brown: SO MY PARTICULAR AIRCRAFT WAS LOADED WITH FOUR GBU-31, 146 00:08:42,288 --> 00:08:45,892 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWHICH IS 2,000-POUND JOINT DIRECT ATTACK MUNITIONS, 147 00:08:45,925 --> 00:08:50,663 {\an7}WHICH IS A GPS-GUIDED PRECISION STRIKE BOMB. 148 00:08:50,697 --> 00:08:52,933 {\an7}Narrator: BROWN’S SUPER HORNET \h\h\h\h\hWAS MADE TO DELIVER 149 00:08:52,966 --> 00:08:55,469 {\an7}A POTENT STING TO THE ENEMY. 150 00:08:58,938 --> 00:09:01,274 {\an7}11 DIFFERENT WEAPONS STATIONS 151 00:09:01,307 --> 00:09:07,713 {\an7}ACCOMMODATE UP TO 17,750 POUNDS OF BOMBS AND MISSILES. 152 00:09:07,747 --> 00:09:08,948 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hLouderback: WE CAN CARRY A MULTITUDE 153 00:09:08,982 --> 00:09:12,252 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF AIR-TO-AIR AND AIR-TO-SURFACE MUNITIONS, 154 00:09:12,285 --> 00:09:14,053 {\an7}\hWHICH MAKES OUR AIRCRAFT ONE OF THE MOST VERSATILE 155 00:09:14,087 --> 00:09:17,190 {\an7}IN THE NATION’S INVENTORY. 156 00:09:17,223 --> 00:09:20,026 {\an7}[EXPLOSIONS] 157 00:09:20,060 --> 00:09:22,195 {\an7}Narrator: THE SUPER HORNET’S \h\h\h\h\h\h\hBOMB OF CHOICE 158 00:09:22,228 --> 00:09:26,099 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hIS THE GPS-GUIDED JOINT DIRECT ATTACK MUNITION, 159 00:09:26,132 --> 00:09:29,068 {\an7}OR JDAM FOR SHORT. 160 00:09:29,102 --> 00:09:31,805 {\an7}Louderback: THE SUPER HORNET CAN CARRY DIFFERENT WEIGHTS 161 00:09:31,838 --> 00:09:33,640 {\an7}OF WARHEADS ON BOARD. 162 00:09:33,673 --> 00:09:35,575 {\an7}SO WE NORMALLY CARRY 163 00:09:35,608 --> 00:09:40,680 {\an7}ANYWHERE BETWEEN A 500, 1,000, \h\hAND A 2,000-POUND WARHEAD. 164 00:09:43,716 --> 00:09:48,621 {\an7}\hNarrator: WHATEVER THE SIZE, PILOTS CAN COUNT ON ONE THING: 165 00:09:48,655 --> 00:09:50,123 {\an7}ACCURACY. 166 00:09:50,156 --> 00:09:52,625 {\an7}[EXPLOSION] 167 00:09:52,659 --> 00:09:56,663 {\an7}EACH JDAM CAN STRIKE ITS TARGET WITHIN 40 FEET. 168 00:09:58,031 --> 00:09:59,599 {\an7}[EXPLOSION] 169 00:09:59,632 --> 00:10:01,734 {\an7}Louderback: THE SUPER HORNET \hCAN REALLY DO SOME DAMAGE 170 00:10:01,768 --> 00:10:03,003 {\an7}IN THE BATTLEFIELD. 171 00:10:08,875 --> 00:10:11,044 {\an7}♪ 172 00:10:11,077 --> 00:10:13,613 {\an7}Narrator: BACK OVER IRAQ, \h\h\h\h\hLIEUTENANT BROWN 173 00:10:13,646 --> 00:10:16,749 {\an7}TAKES ONE LAST LOOK \h\h\hAT HIS TARGET. 174 00:10:16,783 --> 00:10:21,154 {\an7}SO FAR, ISIS GUARDS SEEM TO BE \h\h\hUNAWARE THAT HE’S THERE. 175 00:10:23,656 --> 00:10:26,826 {\an7}Brown: WE HAD VISUALLY CONFIRMED THAT THERE WERE NO CIVILIANS, 176 00:10:26,860 --> 00:10:30,364 {\an7}\h\h\hAND NOW WE WANTED TO DROP THOSE BOMBS AS QUICK AS WE COULD 177 00:10:30,396 --> 00:10:33,232 {\an7}\h\hJUST TO AVOID HAVING THE DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT 178 00:10:33,266 --> 00:10:37,036 {\an7}\h\hON THE GROUND CHANGE IN ANY WAY. 179 00:10:37,070 --> 00:10:40,273 {\an7}Narrator: BROWN AND THE OTHER \h\h\h\h\h\h\hF-18s GET READY. 180 00:10:40,306 --> 00:10:46,045 {\an7}ONCE THE STRIKE STARTS, THEIR \hTIMINGS HAVE TO BE PERFECT. 181 00:10:46,079 --> 00:10:48,448 {\an7}Brown: WE’RE ALL GOING TO PUSH \h\h\hON ONE-MINUTE INTERVALS 182 00:10:48,481 --> 00:10:50,683 {\an7}AND DROP OUR BOMBS \h\hON THE TARGET. 183 00:10:52,485 --> 00:10:55,688 {\an7}IF YOU DROP ALL THE BOMBS \h\h\h\hAT THE SAME TIME, 184 00:10:55,722 --> 00:10:57,224 {\an7}IT’S SUCH A MASSIVE EXPLOSION 185 00:10:57,257 --> 00:10:59,926 {\an7}THAT IT COULD PREVENT \h\hTHE OTHER HORNETS 186 00:10:59,959 --> 00:11:05,031 {\an7}FROM BEING ABLE TO VISUALLY \h\h\hACQUIRE THEIR TARGETS. 187 00:11:05,064 --> 00:11:08,901 {\an7}Narrator: BROWN’S F-18 WILL LEAD THE STRIKE. 188 00:11:08,935 --> 00:11:12,972 {\an7}HE HAS LESS THAN A MINUTE \h\hTO GET IN AND GET OUT 189 00:11:13,006 --> 00:11:17,143 {\an7}BEFORE THE NEXT SUPER HORNET \h\h\h\hMUST DROP ITS BOMBS. 190 00:11:17,177 --> 00:11:22,149 {\an7}IF HE MISSES HIS CUE, HE COULD THROW OFF THE ENTIRE MISSION. 191 00:11:25,251 --> 00:11:28,054 {\an7}♪ 192 00:11:28,087 --> 00:11:30,189 {\an7}THOUSANDS OF FEET ABOVE IRAQ, 193 00:11:30,223 --> 00:11:33,460 {\an7}LIEUTENANT RUSSELL BROWN \h\hAND NINE OTHER F-18s 194 00:11:33,493 --> 00:11:37,330 {\an7}CLOSE IN ON A HIGH-VALUE \h\h\h\h\h\hISIS TARGET. 195 00:11:40,099 --> 00:11:42,868 {\an7}\h\h\hBROWN DIVES DOWN IN HIS SUPER HORNET... 196 00:11:42,902 --> 00:11:46,806 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND RELEASES 8,000 POUNDS OF BOMBS. 197 00:11:50,510 --> 00:11:53,113 {\an7}Brown: I ACTUALLY FELT THE WINGS SHUDDER A LITTLE BIT 198 00:11:53,146 --> 00:11:57,651 {\an7}AS THE ORDNANCE RELEASED \h\h\h\hOFF OF THAT JET. 199 00:11:57,684 --> 00:11:59,085 {\an7}I FELT A LITTLE BIT \h\h\hOF ANXIOUSNESS 200 00:11:59,118 --> 00:12:02,421 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hJUST WAITING FOR THOSE BOMBS TO HIT. 201 00:12:02,455 --> 00:12:04,891 {\an7}[EXPLOSIONS] 202 00:12:04,924 --> 00:12:07,393 {\an7}Narrator: BROWN’S BOMBS ARE RIGHT ON THE MONEY. 203 00:12:09,696 --> 00:12:16,937 {\an7}[EXPLOSIONS] 204 00:12:16,970 --> 00:12:21,808 {\an7}NINE OTHER F-18s FOLLOW. 205 00:12:21,841 --> 00:12:26,579 {\an7}AS THE DUST SETTLES, THE DAMAGE IS CLEAR. 206 00:12:26,613 --> 00:12:30,817 {\an7}Brown: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. \hCEMENT FACTORY DESTROYED. 207 00:12:30,850 --> 00:12:33,186 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, 208 00:12:33,219 --> 00:12:35,021 {\an7}PILOTS FROM THE U.S.S. TRUMAN 209 00:12:35,054 --> 00:12:39,325 {\an7}CONTINUE TO WIPE OUT ISIS STRONGHOLDS... 210 00:12:39,359 --> 00:12:43,930 {\an7}FLYING OVER 2,000 SORTIES... 211 00:12:43,963 --> 00:12:48,067 {\an7}AND DROPPING THE MOST BOMBS EVER IN A SINGLE DEPLOYMENT. 212 00:12:48,101 --> 00:12:52,005 {\an7}[EXPLOSIONS] 213 00:12:52,038 --> 00:12:53,840 {\an7}Brown: WE HAD A DRASTIC IMPACT 214 00:12:53,873 --> 00:12:58,945 {\an7}ON THE ABILITY FOR ISIS \h\h\h\h\h\hTO WAGE WAR, 215 00:12:58,978 --> 00:13:01,180 {\an7}SO THERE WAS CERTAINLY \h\h\h\hA BIT OF PRIDE 216 00:13:01,214 --> 00:13:03,450 {\an7}HAVING PARTICIPATED IN THAT. 217 00:13:06,753 --> 00:13:08,488 {\an7}I WOULD HOPE THAT ANY TIME 218 00:13:08,521 --> 00:13:12,358 {\an7}ISIS KNOWS THAT A NAVY F-18 \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS OVERHEAD, 219 00:13:12,392 --> 00:13:15,528 {\an7}THAT THERE’S NOT A WHOLE LOT \h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT THEY CAN DO 220 00:13:15,561 --> 00:13:19,598 {\an7}TO AVOID RUNNING FROM US \h\h\hOR HIDING FROM US. 221 00:13:21,834 --> 00:13:23,469 {\an7}BECAUSE WE’RE SO GOOD \h\h\h\h\hAT OUR JOBS 222 00:13:23,503 --> 00:13:25,605 {\an7}AT FINDING AND DESTROYING \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE ENEMY, 223 00:13:25,638 --> 00:13:29,675 {\an7}I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY FEEL \h\hA SENSE OF HOPELESSNESS 224 00:13:29,709 --> 00:13:32,011 {\an7}KNOWING THAT THE NAVY \h\h\h\h\hIS OVERHEAD 225 00:13:32,045 --> 00:13:35,415 {\an7}AND THAT THEIR TIME HAS COME. 226 00:13:35,448 --> 00:13:38,551 {\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: THIS IS NAVAL AVIATION’S MISSION: 227 00:13:38,584 --> 00:13:42,488 {\an7}\h\h\hTO PROVIDE AMERICA WITH UNLIMITED AIR POWER 228 00:13:42,522 --> 00:13:47,627 {\an7}\h\hAND RESPOND QUICKLY TO INTERNATIONAL CRISIS. 229 00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:49,195 {\an7}IT’S BEEN THIS WAY 230 00:13:49,228 --> 00:13:52,965 {\an7}EVER SINCE THE CARRIER AIR WING CAME INTO EXISTENCE. 231 00:13:55,034 --> 00:13:58,137 {\an7}[ROARING] 232 00:13:59,138 --> 00:14:02,908 {\an7}♪ 233 00:14:02,942 --> 00:14:05,411 {\an7}THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER \h\hAND ITS AIR WING 234 00:14:05,445 --> 00:14:08,315 {\an7}HAVE BEEN THE CENTERPIECE \h\h\h\hOF NAVAL STRATEGY 235 00:14:08,348 --> 00:14:10,550 {\an7}FOR MORE THAN 70 YEARS... 236 00:14:13,019 --> 00:14:15,755 {\an7}BUT THIS WASN’T ALWAYS THE CASE. 237 00:14:17,790 --> 00:14:19,825 {\an7}[GUNS FIRING] 238 00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:21,728 {\an7}James Rentfrow: AT THE TURN \h\h\h\hOF THE 20th CENTURY, 239 00:14:21,761 --> 00:14:25,431 {\an7}BATTLESHIPS WERE THE BIG THING. 240 00:14:25,465 --> 00:14:26,933 {\an7}IN AN ERA WITHOUT RADAR, 241 00:14:26,966 --> 00:14:29,669 {\an7}IN AN ERA WITHOUT GPS, \hWITHOUT SATELLITES, 242 00:14:29,702 --> 00:14:32,905 {\an7}THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH USING \h\h\hOUR BIG GUNS EFFECTIVELY 243 00:14:32,939 --> 00:14:36,576 {\an7}\hWAS WE DIDN’T KNOW WHERE THE ENEMY WAS. 244 00:14:36,609 --> 00:14:39,045 {\an7}SO, THE BIG IDEA BEHIND AVIATION 245 00:14:39,078 --> 00:14:42,648 {\an7}\hWAS THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPOT FOR THE NAVAL GUNFIRE. 246 00:14:45,618 --> 00:14:47,386 {\an7}Narrator: IN WORLD WAR I, 247 00:14:47,420 --> 00:14:52,525 {\an7}\h\hNAVAL AIRCRAFT TAKE ON ANOTHER MISSION: BOMBING. 248 00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:56,062 {\an7}\hAVIATORS FLY FROM BASES IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE... 249 00:14:56,095 --> 00:15:00,533 {\an7}\hAND BOMB OVER 30 ENEMY SUBMARINES. 250 00:15:00,566 --> 00:15:03,002 {\an7}BY THE END OF THE WAR, \h\hTHE NAVY HAS GONE 251 00:15:03,035 --> 00:15:08,340 {\an7}FROM 54 AIRCRAFT TO ALMOST 2,000. 252 00:15:08,374 --> 00:15:09,775 {\an7}Rentfrow: WE’RE STARTING TO TALK 253 00:15:09,809 --> 00:15:14,013 {\an7}\h\h\hABOUT THIS THING CALLED AIR POWER AND AIR SUPERIORITY. 254 00:15:14,046 --> 00:15:16,115 {\an7}\h\h\hWE STILL THINK THAT THE DECISIVE NAVAL BATTLE 255 00:15:16,149 --> 00:15:17,584 {\an7}IS GOING TO HAPPEN \hWITH NAVAL GUNS, 256 00:15:17,617 --> 00:15:22,422 {\an7}\h\h\hBUT WE WANT CONTROL OF THE AIRSPACE OVER THAT. 257 00:15:22,455 --> 00:15:24,724 {\an7}Narrator: IN 1922, 258 00:15:24,757 --> 00:15:28,527 {\an7}THE UNITED STATES COMMISSIONS \hITS FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER: 259 00:15:28,561 --> 00:15:30,863 {\an7}THE U.S.S. LANGLEY. 260 00:15:33,633 --> 00:15:35,335 {\an7}TWO MORE FOLLOW: 261 00:15:35,368 --> 00:15:40,373 {\an7}\h\hTHE U.S.S. LEXINGTON AND THE U.S.S. SARATOGA. 262 00:15:40,406 --> 00:15:43,109 {\an7}\hTHE ONLY PROBLEM: ADMIRALS CAN’T AGREE 263 00:15:43,142 --> 00:15:47,246 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hHOW TO USE THEM AND THE AIRCRAFT ON BOARD. 264 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,783 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hRentfrow: THE TENSION IS BETWEEN THOSE 265 00:15:49,816 --> 00:15:51,518 {\an7}WHO WANT THE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS 266 00:15:51,551 --> 00:15:54,254 {\an7}TO PROVIDE THE RECONNAISSANCE \h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND THE SPOTTING 267 00:15:54,287 --> 00:15:57,390 {\an7}AND THOSE THAT WANT TO SEPARATE IT FROM THE BATTLE LINE 268 00:15:57,423 --> 00:16:02,061 {\an7}AND TO ALLOW IT TO OPERATE \h\h\h\h\h\hINDEPENDENTLY. 269 00:16:02,094 --> 00:16:03,862 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: THROUGH THE INTERWAR YEARS, 270 00:16:03,896 --> 00:16:08,401 {\an7}\h\hTHE NAVY EXPERIMENTS WITH NEW WAYS TO FIGHT. 271 00:16:08,434 --> 00:16:10,403 {\an7}Rentfrow: THE NAVY EVERY YEAR \h\h\h\h\hWOULD BRING TOGETHER 272 00:16:10,436 --> 00:16:14,807 {\an7}PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE FLEET TO DO A BIG OPERATIONAL EXERCISE, 273 00:16:14,841 --> 00:16:18,611 {\an7}AND THESE WERE CALLED \h\h\hFLEET PROBLEMS. 274 00:16:18,644 --> 00:16:20,479 {\an7}Narrator: IN 1929, 275 00:16:20,513 --> 00:16:25,485 {\an7}\hTHE NAVY RUNS AN EXERCISE CALLED "FLEET PROBLEM NINE." 276 00:16:25,518 --> 00:16:27,487 {\an7}AVIATORS SEIZE THE CHANCE 277 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:31,858 {\an7}TO PROVE JUST HOW POWERFUL \h\hTHEIR AIRCRAFT CAN BE. 278 00:16:31,891 --> 00:16:33,159 {\an7}Rentfrow: FLEET PROBLEM NINE 279 00:16:33,192 --> 00:16:35,094 {\an7}\h\h\hHAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN NAVAL AVIATION HISTORY 280 00:16:35,127 --> 00:16:38,697 {\an7}BECAUSE RATHER THAN BEING TIED \h\hTO THE SLOWER BATTLESHIPS, 281 00:16:38,731 --> 00:16:42,969 {\an7}THE CARRIER INDEPENDENTLY \h\h\hLAUNCHED AN ATTACK. 282 00:16:43,002 --> 00:16:45,471 {\an7}AND THIS WAS DONE \hBY AN AIR STRIKE 283 00:16:45,505 --> 00:16:47,640 {\an7}FROM AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER. 284 00:16:51,043 --> 00:16:55,814 {\an7}\h\hNarrator: THE AIR STRIKE EASILY TAKES OUT ITS TARGET. 285 00:16:55,848 --> 00:17:01,620 {\an7}NAVY UMPIRES DECLARE VICTORY \h\h\h\hFOR THE AVIATORS... 286 00:17:01,654 --> 00:17:05,158 {\an7}BUT THE IDEA THAT A CARRIER IS MORE THAN A SUPPORT SHIP 287 00:17:05,191 --> 00:17:07,493 {\an7}IS TOO RADICAL TO TAKE HOLD. 288 00:17:11,364 --> 00:17:14,868 {\an7}\h\h\h\hWHILE THE NAVY SQUABBLES ABOUT THE ROLE OF ITS AIRCRAFT, 289 00:17:14,901 --> 00:17:18,071 {\an7}\h\hJAPAN DEVELOPS ITS CARRIERS, TOO. 290 00:17:18,104 --> 00:17:19,606 {\an7}IT WILL SOON SHOW THE WORLD 291 00:17:19,639 --> 00:17:23,176 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hEXACTLY WHAT NAVAL AIR POWER CAN DO. 292 00:17:26,012 --> 00:17:29,549 {\an7}DECEMBER 7, 1941. 293 00:17:29,582 --> 00:17:33,586 {\an7}PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. 294 00:17:33,619 --> 00:17:36,422 {\an7}SIX CARRIERS’ WORTH OF JAPANESE BOMBERS 295 00:17:36,455 --> 00:17:41,460 {\an7}LAUNCH A SURPRISE ATTACK \hON THE UNITED STATES. 296 00:17:41,494 --> 00:17:44,297 {\an7}[EXPLOSION] 297 00:17:44,330 --> 00:17:47,099 {\an7}\hRentfrow: PEARL HARBOR IS THE WATERSHED MOMENT 298 00:17:47,133 --> 00:17:48,601 {\an7}FOR NAVAL AVIATION, 299 00:17:48,634 --> 00:17:50,236 {\an7}BECAUSE IT REALLY PROVED \h\h\h\h\h\h\hSOMETHING 300 00:17:50,269 --> 00:17:53,038 {\an7}\h\h\hTHAT THE JAPANESE WERE VERY, VERY GOOD AT. 301 00:17:53,072 --> 00:17:55,942 {\an7}AND THAT IS INDEPENDENTLY \h\h\h\hOPERATING CARRIERS 302 00:17:55,975 --> 00:17:59,011 {\an7}\hAS A STRIKE FORCE IN AND OF THEMSELVES 303 00:17:59,045 --> 00:18:02,448 {\an7}SEPARATE FROM THE BATTLE LINE. 304 00:18:02,481 --> 00:18:04,984 {\an7}WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT \h\h\hIS 300 AIRCRAFT 305 00:18:05,017 --> 00:18:09,188 {\an7}CARRYING OUT AN EXPERTLY PLANNED AND EXECUTED STRIKE MISSION. 306 00:18:11,958 --> 00:18:17,730 {\an7}Narrator: EIGHT U.S. BATTLESHIPS ARE DESTROYED OR DAMAGED. 307 00:18:17,763 --> 00:18:19,865 {\an7}THE NAVY HAS NO CHOICE 308 00:18:19,899 --> 00:18:24,270 {\an7}BUT TO RELY ON ITS THREE PACIFIC FLEET CARRIERS. 309 00:18:24,303 --> 00:18:28,174 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hSIX MONTHS LATER, AMERICA LOOKS FOR REVENGE... 310 00:18:28,207 --> 00:18:32,244 {\an7}\h\hBY DEPLOYING A NAVAL STRIKE FORCE OF ITS OWN. 311 00:18:36,182 --> 00:18:38,918 {\an7}MAY 1942. 312 00:18:38,951 --> 00:18:40,719 {\an7}THE PACIFIC THEATRE. 313 00:18:40,753 --> 00:18:44,523 {\an7}\hTHE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY SENDS CARRIERS AND WARSHIPS 314 00:18:44,557 --> 00:18:49,695 {\an7}\h\hDEEP INTO THE CORAL SEA OFF THE COAST OF AUSTRALIA. 315 00:18:49,729 --> 00:18:52,532 {\an7}THEIR GOAL: TO CUT OFF \h\h\h\hCOMMUNICATIONS 316 00:18:52,565 --> 00:18:55,468 {\an7}\h\hBETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES. 317 00:18:58,971 --> 00:19:02,107 {\an7}THE U.S. NAVY GETS WIND \h\h\h\h\hOF THE PLAN... 318 00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:06,712 {\an7}AND COUNTERS WITH THE CARRIERS \h\h\hLEXINGTON AND YORKTOWN. 319 00:19:06,746 --> 00:19:10,583 {\an7}THEY SETTLE IN 70 MILES AWAY \hFROM THE JAPANESE NAVY... 320 00:19:10,616 --> 00:19:13,786 {\an7}AND SEND THEIR AIRCRAFT \h\h\h\h\hOFF TO FIGHT. 321 00:19:16,956 --> 00:19:18,257 {\an7}Rentfrow: BATTLE OF CORAL SEA 322 00:19:18,290 --> 00:19:20,192 {\an7}\h\hIS SORT OF ANOTHER ONE OF THESE WATERSHED MOMENTS 323 00:19:20,226 --> 00:19:21,594 {\an7}FOR NAVAL AVIATION, 324 00:19:21,627 --> 00:19:24,196 {\an7}\h\h\h\hBECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST NAVAL BATTLE 325 00:19:24,230 --> 00:19:28,234 {\an7}THAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CAPITAL WARSHIPS NEVER SEE EACH OTHER. 326 00:19:30,736 --> 00:19:33,973 {\an7}Narrator: JAPANESE FIGHTERS \hDIVE BOMB THE AMERICANS... 327 00:19:36,008 --> 00:19:37,943 {\an7}[EXPLOSION] 328 00:19:37,977 --> 00:19:41,280 {\an7}\hSINKING ONE CARRIER AND DAMAGING ANOTHER. 329 00:19:48,054 --> 00:19:52,725 {\an7}\h\h\hTHE AMERICANS SINK ONE OF THE JAPANESE CARRIERS... 330 00:19:52,758 --> 00:19:57,096 {\an7}AND DAMAGE TWO MORE. 331 00:19:57,129 --> 00:19:58,864 {\an7}Rentfrow: TECHNICALLY, \hCORAL SEA IS A DRAW. 332 00:19:58,898 --> 00:20:01,801 {\an7}\h\h\hTHE CARRIER OF OURS THAT THEY SUNK WAS BIGGER. 333 00:20:01,834 --> 00:20:03,336 {\an7}SO, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK \h\h\h\h\h\hAT TONNAGE, 334 00:20:03,369 --> 00:20:06,472 {\an7}YOU WOULD SAY THAT THE JAPANESE WON THAT DRAW. 335 00:20:06,505 --> 00:20:09,341 {\an7}BUT THEY HAD TO TURN AWAY. 336 00:20:09,375 --> 00:20:12,378 {\an7}Narrator: THE JAPANESE RETREAT \h\h\h\h\hIS A MAJOR MILESTONE 337 00:20:12,411 --> 00:20:14,580 {\an7}FOR NAVAL AVIATION. 338 00:20:14,613 --> 00:20:16,415 {\an7}Rentfrow: SOME HISTORIANS WOULD ARGUE THAT CORAL SEA 339 00:20:16,449 --> 00:20:18,651 {\an7}\h\h\hIS THE TURNING POINT OF THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC 340 00:20:18,684 --> 00:20:21,487 {\an7}\h\h\hBECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST TIME EVER 341 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,690 {\an7}THAT THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY HAD BEEN DENIED AN OBJECTIVE. 342 00:20:28,227 --> 00:20:30,262 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: BY THE END OF WORLD WAR II 343 00:20:30,296 --> 00:20:32,465 {\an7}THE CARRIER AND ITS AIR GROUP 344 00:20:32,498 --> 00:20:34,900 {\an7}\hHAS HELPED GIVE THE UNITED STATES 345 00:20:34,934 --> 00:20:38,905 {\an7}UNCONTESTED CONTROL OF THE SEAS. 346 00:20:38,938 --> 00:20:41,574 {\an7}\h\h\hRentfrow: THE CARRIER BECOMES THE CAPITAL WARSHIP. 347 00:20:41,607 --> 00:20:43,776 {\an7}\h\h\hTHE BATTLESHIP WAS THE CAPITAL SHIP 348 00:20:43,809 --> 00:20:47,646 {\an7}OF THE 1910s AND ’20s \h\hAND INTO THE ’30s, 349 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:51,684 {\an7}AND NOW THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER \h\hIS THE CAPITAL WARSHIP. 350 00:20:51,717 --> 00:20:53,152 {\an7}Narrator: BUT SOON ENOUGH, 351 00:20:53,185 --> 00:20:58,257 {\an7}\h\h\hTHE NAVY FINDS ITSELF FACING A NEW FOE...AT HOME. 352 00:21:03,295 --> 00:21:04,930 {\an7}1947. 353 00:21:04,964 --> 00:21:09,302 {\an7}PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN SIGNS THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT... 354 00:21:09,335 --> 00:21:12,738 {\an7}AND THE U.S. AIR FORCE IS BORN. 355 00:21:12,772 --> 00:21:17,076 {\an7}[RUMBLING] 356 00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:20,012 {\an7}THE AIR FORCE QUICKLY CLAIMS \h\h\h\h\h\hEXCLUSIVE ACCESS 357 00:21:20,045 --> 00:21:26,351 {\an7}\hTO THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON EVER CREATED: THE ATOMIC BOMB. 358 00:21:26,385 --> 00:21:27,987 {\an7}Rentfrow: THE COLD WAR STORY 359 00:21:28,020 --> 00:21:30,189 {\an7}I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED \h\h\hTO START TALKING ABOUT 360 00:21:30,222 --> 00:21:32,624 {\an7}IS NUCLEAR WEAPONS. 361 00:21:32,658 --> 00:21:36,729 {\an7}THE AIR FORCE HAS ONE, AND THE NAVY DOESN’T. 362 00:21:36,762 --> 00:21:39,064 {\an7}Narrator: THE AIR FORCE CLAIMS \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT SEA POWER 363 00:21:39,098 --> 00:21:41,067 {\an7}IS A THING OF THE PAST... 364 00:21:41,100 --> 00:21:43,069 {\an7}AND THAT NAVY CARRIERS \h\h\h\h\hAND AIRCRAFT 365 00:21:43,102 --> 00:21:46,839 {\an7}DON’T OFFER THE SAME BANG \h\h\h\h\h\hFOR THE BUCK. 366 00:21:46,872 --> 00:21:48,006 {\an7}Rentfrow: THE AIR FORCE SAYS, 367 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:49,441 {\an7}INSTEAD OF SPENDING MONEY \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hON THAT, 368 00:21:49,475 --> 00:21:51,844 {\an7}WHY DON’T YOU SPEND MONEY \h\h\h\h\h\h\hON THIS B-36 369 00:21:51,877 --> 00:21:53,946 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHAT CARRIES A BIG NUCLEAR WEAPON, 370 00:21:53,979 --> 00:21:55,514 {\an7}\h\h\hAND ALL THOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 371 00:21:55,548 --> 00:21:56,849 {\an7}THAT YOU’RE SPENDING 372 00:21:56,882 --> 00:21:58,684 {\an7}ON ALL THOSE INCREDIBLY \h\hEXPENSIVE NAVY TOYS, 373 00:21:58,717 --> 00:22:02,254 {\an7}WHY DON’T WE JUST SAVE \h\h\h\h\hTHAT MONEY? 374 00:22:02,288 --> 00:22:05,057 {\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: IN 1949, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 375 00:22:05,090 --> 00:22:09,061 {\an7}PROPOSES HUGE CUTS IN NAVAL PROGRAMS. 376 00:22:09,094 --> 00:22:10,696 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hRentfrow: THE AIR FORCE IS SUCCESSFUL 377 00:22:10,729 --> 00:22:14,366 {\an7}AT WRESTLING SOME FUNDING \h\h\hAWAY FROM THE NAVY. 378 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,770 {\an7}THIS IS A THREAT TO THE VERY EXISTENCE OF NAVAL AVIATION. 379 00:22:20,873 --> 00:22:22,842 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: IT WILL TAKE ANOTHER WAR 380 00:22:22,875 --> 00:22:26,979 {\an7}TO SHOW JUST HOW VALUABLE \hTHE CARRIER AIR WING IS. 381 00:22:31,317 --> 00:22:37,256 {\an7}[GUNS FIRING] 382 00:22:37,289 --> 00:22:39,725 {\an7}JUNE 1950. 383 00:22:39,758 --> 00:22:43,795 {\an7}\h\hU.S. FORCES FIGHT A BLOODY BATTLE AGAINST NORTH KOREA... 384 00:22:43,829 --> 00:22:46,198 {\an7}\hTRYING TO PREVENT THE ENTIRE PENINSULA 385 00:22:46,232 --> 00:22:49,035 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hFROM FALLING UNDER COMMUNIST RULE. 386 00:22:49,068 --> 00:22:52,872 {\an7}[ARTILLERY FIRE] 387 00:22:52,905 --> 00:22:54,507 {\an7}[MACHINE GUN FIRE] 388 00:22:54,540 --> 00:22:58,010 {\an7}Rentfrow: OUR VERY SMALL FORCES HAVE A PROBLEM. 389 00:22:58,043 --> 00:23:01,179 {\an7}AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT \hTHEY NEED AIR SUPPORT. 390 00:23:01,213 --> 00:23:02,514 {\an7}THE ENEMY IS ATTACKING THEM. 391 00:23:02,548 --> 00:23:05,184 {\an7}\h\hTHEY’RE HOLDING OUT THE BEST THAT THEY CAN. 392 00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:08,287 {\an7}\hNarrator: THE UNITED STATES FINDS THAT ITS NUCLEAR BOMBERS 393 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:10,022 {\an7}ARE OF LITTLE USE. 394 00:23:10,055 --> 00:23:11,990 {\an7}\h\hRentfrow: THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY HAVE NOT INVENTED 395 00:23:12,024 --> 00:23:14,093 {\an7}IN-FLIGHT AIR REFUELING YET. 396 00:23:14,126 --> 00:23:16,428 {\an7}ALL THE AIR FORCE FIGHTERS \hARE STATIONED IN JAPAN. 397 00:23:16,462 --> 00:23:18,664 {\an7}\h\hTHEY CAN’T GET THEM TO THE ACTION IN KOREA, 398 00:23:18,697 --> 00:23:20,566 {\an7}AND YOU CANNOT DO CLOSE AIR SUPPORT 399 00:23:20,599 --> 00:23:23,268 {\an7}WITH A B-36 AND A NUCLEAR BOMB. 400 00:23:23,302 --> 00:23:24,737 {\an7}SO, WHAT’S TO BE DONE? 401 00:23:24,770 --> 00:23:26,438 {\an7}THE ANSWER IS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS. 402 00:23:29,141 --> 00:23:31,076 {\an7}[ROARING] 403 00:23:31,110 --> 00:23:33,112 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, 404 00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:35,547 {\an7}NAVAL AVIATION IS A MAJOR FACTOR 405 00:23:35,581 --> 00:23:38,984 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN FRUSTRATING THE NORTH KOREAN ADVANCE... 406 00:23:39,018 --> 00:23:40,653 {\an7}[EXPLOSION] 407 00:23:40,686 --> 00:23:45,257 {\an7}AND FORCING THE ARMISTICE AGREEMENT ENDING THE WAR. 408 00:23:45,291 --> 00:23:46,759 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hRentfrow: IT’S NOT TOO MUCH OF A STRETCH 409 00:23:46,792 --> 00:23:50,362 {\an7}\hTO SAY THAT THE KOREAN WAR REALLY SAVED NAVAL AVIATION. 410 00:23:52,798 --> 00:23:57,303 {\an7}Narrator: SUDDENLY THE AIR WING IS IMPORTANT AGAIN. 411 00:23:57,336 --> 00:24:02,041 {\an7}\hOVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS, NAVAL AVIATION EXPLODES... 412 00:24:02,074 --> 00:24:06,812 {\an7}ADDING AIRCRAFT THAT DO MORE \h\h\h\h\h\hTHAN JUST BOMB. 413 00:24:06,845 --> 00:24:09,014 {\an7}THE NAVY DEVELOPS SPECIALIZED PLANES 414 00:24:09,048 --> 00:24:12,318 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR EVERYTHING FROM LONG-RANGE STRIKES... 415 00:24:12,351 --> 00:24:14,787 {\an7}TO RECONNAISSANCE... 416 00:24:14,820 --> 00:24:19,091 {\an7}TO HELICOPTERS THAT STAND BY FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS. 417 00:24:21,493 --> 00:24:24,563 {\an7}BY THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR, \h\h\h\hTHE AIR WING HAS GROWN 418 00:24:24,596 --> 00:24:27,933 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO NEARLY 90 RADICALLY DIFFERENT PLANES... 419 00:24:27,967 --> 00:24:31,771 {\an7}MAKING LOGISTICS COMPLICATED \h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND EXPENSIVE. 420 00:24:31,804 --> 00:24:33,272 {\an7}Rentfrow: WE HAVE TO HAVE \h\h\h\h\hSEPARATE SYSTEMS 421 00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:34,907 {\an7}OF PARTS SUPPLIES, 422 00:24:34,940 --> 00:24:37,543 {\an7}WE HAVE TO HAVE SEPARATE WAYS \h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO TRAIN PEOPLE. 423 00:24:37,576 --> 00:24:40,479 {\an7}\h\hWE HAVE TO HAVE AIRPLANES THAT FLY AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS, 424 00:24:40,512 --> 00:24:42,014 {\an7}HAVE DIFFERENT FUEL CONSUMPTIONS 425 00:24:42,047 --> 00:24:44,249 {\an7}AND DO DIFFERENT THINGS \h\hDURING THE MISSION. 426 00:24:44,283 --> 00:24:46,285 {\an7}IT’S DIFFICULT. 427 00:24:46,318 --> 00:24:49,388 {\an7}Narrator: THAT’S NOT THE ONLY CHALLENGE. 428 00:24:49,421 --> 00:24:55,193 {\an7}\h\h\h\hBY NOW, KEY NAVY PLANES ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW THEIR AGE. 429 00:24:55,227 --> 00:24:59,998 {\an7}IN 1973, THE NAVY MAKES \h\hA RADICAL DECISION: 430 00:25:00,032 --> 00:25:02,768 {\an7}TO REPLACE ITS MANY \h\h\hAGING AIRCRAFT 431 00:25:02,801 --> 00:25:05,570 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWITH A SINGLE MULTI-MISSION FIGHTER... 432 00:25:05,604 --> 00:25:07,172 {\an7}CAPABLE OF SWITCHING BETWEEN 433 00:25:07,206 --> 00:25:11,510 {\an7}AIR-TO-AIR AND AIR-TO-GROUND \h\h\h\hMISSIONS WITH EASE. 434 00:25:11,543 --> 00:25:12,644 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hRentfrow: GIVEN THE LIMITED SPACE 435 00:25:12,678 --> 00:25:13,946 {\an7}THAT’S ON AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER, 436 00:25:13,979 --> 00:25:15,848 {\an7}IT’S ALWAYS MORE DESIRABLE \h\h\h\hTO HAVE ONE PLANE 437 00:25:15,881 --> 00:25:17,883 {\an7}\h\h\h\hTHAT CAN PERFORM MORE THAN ONE FUNCTION. 438 00:25:22,354 --> 00:25:25,691 {\an7}Narrator: TWO YEARS LATER, THE NAVY MAKES ITS CHOICE: 439 00:25:25,724 --> 00:25:29,995 {\an7}THE TWIN-ENGINE YF-17. 440 00:25:30,029 --> 00:25:36,002 {\an7}IT’S CHEAP, SMALL, AND HAS ALL THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY. 441 00:25:36,035 --> 00:25:39,171 {\an7}\h\hRentfrow: WHAT’S COMING IS COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS 442 00:25:39,204 --> 00:25:43,141 {\an7}\hBOTH FOR ORDNANCE DELIVERY AND FOR FLYING THE AIRPLANE. 443 00:25:43,175 --> 00:25:44,743 {\an7}THAT’S THE THE BIG NEW THING \h\h\h\h\h\h\hCOMING ONLINE 444 00:25:44,777 --> 00:25:47,179 {\an7}FOR AIRPLANES IN THE 1970s. 445 00:25:51,150 --> 00:25:53,986 {\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: IN 1978, THE NEW AIRCRAFT ROLLS OUT 446 00:25:54,019 --> 00:25:57,222 {\an7}FOR OPERATIONAL TESTING... 447 00:25:57,256 --> 00:26:00,426 {\an7}AND GETS RENAMED THE F-18 HORNET. 448 00:26:04,763 --> 00:26:09,067 {\an7}[ROARING] 449 00:26:09,101 --> 00:26:12,271 {\an7}IT HAS TO WAIT SEVEN YEARS \h\h\hTO PROVE ITS WORTH. 450 00:26:23,148 --> 00:26:26,284 {\an7}JANUARY 1991. 451 00:26:26,318 --> 00:26:30,455 {\an7}THE U.S.S. SARATOGA LINGERS \h\h\hOFF THE COAST OF IRAQ. 452 00:26:32,791 --> 00:26:37,696 {\an7}ON BOARD: CARRIER AIR WING 17... 453 00:26:37,729 --> 00:26:41,433 {\an7}INCLUDING THE FLEDGLING \h\h\h\h\hF/A-18 HORNET. 454 00:26:46,472 --> 00:26:50,276 {\an7}THE FIRST DAYTIME MISSION OF OPERATION DESERT STORM 455 00:26:50,309 --> 00:26:52,311 {\an7}IS ABOUT TO LAUNCH. 456 00:26:55,681 --> 00:26:58,684 {\an7}F-18 PILOTS GET READY \h\h\h\h\hFOR ACTION. 457 00:27:03,422 --> 00:27:07,126 {\an7}TODAY, THEY WILL ATTACK \hIRAQI AIR DEFENSES... 458 00:27:07,159 --> 00:27:11,730 {\an7}AND STOP THEM FROM SHOOTING DOWN COALITION AIRCRAFT. 459 00:27:11,763 --> 00:27:15,634 {\an7}Mark Fox: WE WERE GOING AFTER \h\h\hA TARGET IN WESTERN IRAQ 460 00:27:15,667 --> 00:27:17,169 {\an7}THAT’S KNOWN AS H-3. 461 00:27:17,202 --> 00:27:19,638 {\an7}\h\h\h\hIT’S AN AIRFIELD, AND SO WE WERE GOING AFTER 462 00:27:19,671 --> 00:27:24,075 {\an7}\h\hALL OF THE KEY TARGETS THAT WOULD PREVENT THE IRAQI MILITARY 463 00:27:24,109 --> 00:27:26,778 {\an7}\h\hFROM BEING ABLE TO USE THAT AIRFIELD AGAINST US. 464 00:27:26,812 --> 00:27:30,749 {\an7}♪ 465 00:27:30,782 --> 00:27:32,684 {\an7}Narrator: THE PROBLEM? 466 00:27:32,718 --> 00:27:38,290 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hH-3 IS SURROUNDED BY SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES... 467 00:27:38,323 --> 00:27:44,162 {\an7}\h\h\hWEAPONS THAT CAN DESTROY A NAVY PLANE FROM MILES AWAY. 468 00:27:44,196 --> 00:27:46,832 {\an7}IT WILL TAKE NEARLY EVERY PLANE IN THE AIR WING 469 00:27:46,865 --> 00:27:51,303 {\an7}\hTO GIVE THE U.S. A FIGHTING CHANCE. 470 00:27:51,336 --> 00:27:52,737 {\an7}Fox: IT WAS ONE OF THOSE CASES 471 00:27:52,771 --> 00:27:57,009 {\an7}\h\h\h\hWHERE YOU’RE GOING INTO A HIGH THREAT TARGET, 472 00:27:57,042 --> 00:27:59,211 {\an7}AND YOU’RE GONNA JUST DO \h\h\hTHE BEST YOU CAN. 473 00:28:02,147 --> 00:28:04,049 {\an7}Narrator: EARLY THAT AFTERNOON, 474 00:28:04,082 --> 00:28:06,785 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE AIRCRAFT OF CARRIER AIR WING 17 475 00:28:06,818 --> 00:28:08,753 {\an7}LINE UP ON THE DECK... 476 00:28:08,787 --> 00:28:11,657 {\an7}\h\h\hREADY TO HEAD INTO IRAQI AIRSPACE. 477 00:28:14,826 --> 00:28:18,830 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hEVERY SINGLE ONE HAS A CRUCIAL GOAL AND A MISSION. 478 00:28:20,899 --> 00:28:25,871 {\an7}AN E-2C HAWKEYE LEADS THE WAY, \hREADY TO ALERT FOX’S HORNET 479 00:28:25,904 --> 00:28:29,374 {\an7}TO ANY THREATS ON THE GROUND \h\h\h\h\h\h\hOR IN THE AIR. 480 00:28:32,778 --> 00:28:35,080 {\an7}THIS ELECTRONIC OVERLORD CARRIES 481 00:28:35,113 --> 00:28:39,651 {\an7}MORE THAN 12,000 POUNDS \h\h\h\h\hOF TECHNOLOGY. 482 00:28:39,685 --> 00:28:41,520 {\an7}A SINGLE HAWKEYE CAN MONITOR 483 00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:44,656 {\an7}6 MILLION CUBIC MILES \h\h\h\h\hOF AIRSPACE 484 00:28:44,690 --> 00:28:48,427 {\an7}AND 150,000 SQUARE MILES \h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF GROUND. 485 00:28:48,460 --> 00:28:51,029 {\an7}IT TRACKS ENEMY MISSILES \h\h\h\h\h\hAND AIRCRAFT 486 00:28:51,063 --> 00:28:54,199 {\an7}MORE THAN 200 MILES AWAY. 487 00:28:56,868 --> 00:29:00,338 {\an7}UP NEXT: THE F-14 TOMCATS. 488 00:29:04,009 --> 00:29:08,847 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHEIR MISSION: PROTECT THE HORNETS FROM ANY ENEMY JETS. 489 00:29:14,686 --> 00:29:20,091 {\an7}\hNEXT TO LAUNCH... THE E/A-6B PROWLERS: 490 00:29:20,125 --> 00:29:23,195 {\an7}\h\h\hCARRYING HIGH-SPEED ANTI-RADIATION MISSILES... 491 00:29:23,228 --> 00:29:26,064 {\an7}OR HARMS. 492 00:29:26,098 --> 00:29:28,968 {\an7}\hTHEIR JOB IS TO ATTACK SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES 493 00:29:29,001 --> 00:29:31,270 {\an7}BEFORE THEY CAN SHOOT. 494 00:29:37,676 --> 00:29:41,980 {\an7}THE LAST TO LAUNCH: FOUR F-18s. 495 00:29:42,014 --> 00:29:47,253 {\an7}\hTHEY MUST DO THE DIRTY WORK: BOMB THE TARGET INTO OBLIVION. 496 00:29:49,454 --> 00:29:54,859 {\an7}TO DO THAT, THEY’RE LOADED UP WITH FOUR 2,000-POUND BOMBS... 497 00:29:54,893 --> 00:29:57,796 {\an7}\h\h\hMAKING THE HORNET MUCH LESS MANEUVERABLE. 498 00:29:59,064 --> 00:30:02,100 {\an7}[ROARING] 499 00:30:04,936 --> 00:30:07,439 {\an7}THEY MUST LEAN ON THE OTHER \h\h\hPLANES IN THE AIR WING 500 00:30:07,472 --> 00:30:12,377 {\an7}TO GIVE THEM THE BEST CHANCE \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF SURVIVAL. 501 00:30:12,411 --> 00:30:14,780 {\an7}Fox: YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE \h\h\hDIFFERENT AIRPLANES 502 00:30:14,813 --> 00:30:18,183 {\an7}\h\h\hTHAT ARE DOING DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS, 503 00:30:18,216 --> 00:30:22,554 {\an7}AND YOU HAVE TO PUT IT TOGETHER. 504 00:30:22,587 --> 00:30:23,822 {\an7}AND YOU WORK TOGETHER 505 00:30:23,855 --> 00:30:27,826 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND YOU UNDERSTAND HOW TO MAKE A TEAM REALLY WORK. 506 00:30:30,696 --> 00:30:34,567 {\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: FOX MAY HAVE THE AIR WING TO BACK HIM UP, 507 00:30:34,599 --> 00:30:39,337 {\an7}BUT HE KNOWS THAT IN WAR \hANYTHING COULD HAPPEN. 508 00:30:39,371 --> 00:30:42,207 {\an7}Fox: YOU’RE REALLY GOING INTO, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hINTO AN ABYSS 509 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:44,676 {\an7}THAT YOU JUST DON’T KNOW HOW IT’S GONNA TURN OUT. 510 00:30:50,082 --> 00:30:52,084 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: NOT LONG AFTER TAKEOFF, 511 00:30:52,117 --> 00:30:55,587 {\an7}FOX’S F-18 CROSSES INTO IRAQ. 512 00:30:55,620 --> 00:31:00,692 {\an7}♪ 513 00:31:00,726 --> 00:31:05,231 {\an7}WITHIN MINUTES, HE FACES \hTHE REALITY OF COMBAT. 514 00:31:06,732 --> 00:31:08,934 {\an7}Fox: ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS \h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT I NOTICED 515 00:31:08,967 --> 00:31:12,337 {\an7}\hWAS THERE ARE CONTRAILS COMING OVER OUR SHOULDERS 516 00:31:12,371 --> 00:31:17,009 {\an7}KIND OF ON EITHER SIDE, HIGH, 517 00:31:17,042 --> 00:31:19,411 {\an7}AND AT FIRST THERE WAS \h\h\hA BIT OF A JOLT. 518 00:31:19,444 --> 00:31:21,212 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: BUT THE CONTRAILS AREN’T COMING 519 00:31:21,246 --> 00:31:23,949 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM IRAQI SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES... 520 00:31:26,251 --> 00:31:30,522 {\an7}THEY’RE COMING FROM THE PROWLERS FIRING OFF THEIR HARMS. 521 00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:32,490 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFox: THESE ARE THE ANTI-RADIATION MISSILES 522 00:31:32,524 --> 00:31:36,495 {\an7}THAT ARE BEING FIRED AGAINST \h\hTHE DEFENSES AROUND H-3. 523 00:31:36,528 --> 00:31:38,263 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND SO IT WENT FROM A LITTLE BIT OF A JOLT 524 00:31:38,296 --> 00:31:40,565 {\an7}TO SEE CONTRAILS KIND OF GOING \h\h\h\h\hOVER YOUR SHOULDERS 525 00:31:40,599 --> 00:31:42,568 {\an7}\h\h\hTO, OH, THAT’S A REALLY GOOD THING. 526 00:31:42,601 --> 00:31:46,004 {\an7}I LIKE WHAT I’M SEEING. 527 00:31:46,037 --> 00:31:47,805 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: 30 MILES SOUTH OF THE TARGET, 528 00:31:47,839 --> 00:31:50,875 {\an7}FOX’S RADIO CRACKLES. 529 00:31:50,909 --> 00:31:54,413 {\an7}[RADIO CHATTER] 530 00:31:54,446 --> 00:31:58,951 {\an7}\h\h\hIT’S THE E-2C HAWKEYE REACHING OUT WITH A WARNING. 531 00:31:58,984 --> 00:32:01,086 {\an7}Fox: AS WE’RE APPROACHING \h\h\h\h\hTHE TARGET AREA, 532 00:32:01,119 --> 00:32:05,123 {\an7}THE E-2 WAS MAKING CALLS \h\h\h\h\hABOUT BANDITS. 533 00:32:05,157 --> 00:32:07,426 {\an7}IN THOSE DAYS A BANDIT MEANT 534 00:32:07,459 --> 00:32:11,763 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT THAT WAS A CONFIRMED KNOWN HOSTILE. 535 00:32:11,797 --> 00:32:16,935 {\an7}Man on radio: NEW PICTURE, \h\h\hBANDIT, 1-9-0, 20... 536 00:32:16,968 --> 00:32:21,973 {\an7}Narrator: THIS HOSTILE \h\hIS AN IRAQI MIG... 537 00:32:22,007 --> 00:32:27,446 {\an7}\h\hBUT FOX DOESN’T WORRY ABOUT THE HAWKEYE’S CALLS. 538 00:32:27,479 --> 00:32:32,084 {\an7}HE KNOWS THE F-14 TOMCATS \h\h\h\hARE ON THE PROWL. 539 00:32:32,117 --> 00:32:33,518 {\an7}Fox: I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IT, 540 00:32:33,552 --> 00:32:36,455 {\an7}\h\hBUT AT THE SAME TIME, LIKE, THAT’S SOMEBODY ELSE’S PROBLEM, 541 00:32:36,488 --> 00:32:40,759 {\an7}\h\hIT’S NOT IN MY WAY, I’M GOING TO THE TARGET, 542 00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:45,196 {\an7}AND I WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT \hTHE SURFACE-TO-AIR PROBLEM. 543 00:32:45,230 --> 00:32:50,469 {\an7}\hNarrator: MOMENTS LATER, THE HAWKEYE’S CALL BECOMES URGENT. 544 00:32:50,502 --> 00:32:54,072 {\an7}Man on radio: 400, THAT BANDIT’S ON YOUR NOSE AT 15. 545 00:32:54,105 --> 00:32:55,540 {\an7}Fox: E-2 MADE THE CALL, 546 00:32:55,574 --> 00:32:59,545 {\an7}"400, THAT BANDIT’S ON YOUR NOSE AT 15!" 547 00:32:59,578 --> 00:33:04,416 {\an7}\hNarrator: AN IRAQI MIG-21 IS NOW JUST 15 MILES AWAY... 548 00:33:04,449 --> 00:33:07,519 {\an7}AND HEADING STRAIGHT FOR FOX \h\h\h\h\h\hAND HIS WINGMAN. 549 00:33:07,552 --> 00:33:11,222 {\an7}Man on radio: 400, RADAR CONTACT ON MY NOSE, MACH AT 28,000. 550 00:33:11,256 --> 00:33:13,725 {\an7}Fox: THESE IRAQI AIRPLANES \h\h\h\h\hARE IN THE MIDST 551 00:33:13,758 --> 00:33:18,129 {\an7}OF ALL OF THE SURFACE-TO-AIR \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMISSILES. 552 00:33:18,163 --> 00:33:19,898 {\an7}\h\h\hSO THE TOMCATS ARE NOT REALLY ABLE 553 00:33:19,931 --> 00:33:22,267 {\an7}TO LEAN IN AND ENGAGE THESE GUYS 554 00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:25,470 {\an7}\h\h\hBECAUSE IT WOULD DRAG THEM INTO THE HEART OF THE DEFENSES. 555 00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:30,876 {\an7}Narrator: THE F-14s ARE \h\hNO HELP TO HIM NOW. 556 00:33:30,909 --> 00:33:36,448 {\an7}FOX IS ABOUT TO BE FACE-TO-FACE WITH AN ENEMY MIG. 557 00:33:36,481 --> 00:33:38,917 {\an7}Fox: THERE WAS NO REFLECTION, \hTHERE WAS NO INTROSPECTION, 558 00:33:38,950 --> 00:33:42,821 {\an7}IT WAS HE’S A KNOWN BAD GUY, AND HE’S BETWEEN ME AND THE TARGET. 559 00:33:42,854 --> 00:33:44,155 {\an7}I WANT TO KILL HIM. 560 00:33:44,189 --> 00:33:50,662 {\an7}♪ 561 00:33:53,365 --> 00:33:58,704 {\an7}\hNarrator: 1991. DAY ONE OF OPERATION DESERT STORM. 562 00:33:58,737 --> 00:34:04,643 {\an7}30,000 FEET OVER WESTERN IRAQ, \h\h\h\hF/A-18 PILOT MARK FOX 563 00:34:04,676 --> 00:34:09,614 {\an7}IS NOSE-TO-NOSE WITH AN ENEMY \h\hMIG WHO’S CLOSING IN FAST. 564 00:34:09,648 --> 00:34:11,683 {\an7}\hFox: BY THIS TIME HE’S AT NINE MILES, 565 00:34:11,716 --> 00:34:13,518 {\an7}HE’S POINTING RIGHT AT ME. 566 00:34:13,552 --> 00:34:16,855 {\an7}HE’S AT MACH 1.3, \hI’M AT MACH .9, 567 00:34:16,888 --> 00:34:20,592 {\an7}SO ALMOST SUPERSONIC. 568 00:34:20,625 --> 00:34:23,928 {\an7}Man on radio: 200, BOGEY, \hI’M AT 28,000, 7 MILES. 569 00:34:23,962 --> 00:34:25,397 {\an7}CHECK 21. 570 00:34:25,430 --> 00:34:28,400 {\an7}Narrator: FOX HAS JUST SECONDS \h\h\h\hTO LOCK ON TO THE MIG 571 00:34:28,433 --> 00:34:30,368 {\an7}AND CHOOSE A WEAPON. 572 00:34:30,402 --> 00:34:33,639 {\an7}\h\h\hFox: INSIDE OF TEN MILES WE ALWAYS SELECT A SIDEWINDER, 573 00:34:33,672 --> 00:34:37,509 {\an7}A HEAT-SEEKING MISSILE. 574 00:34:37,542 --> 00:34:41,346 {\an7}\h\hIT’S A MORE MANEUVERABLE, IT’S A FIRE-AND-FORGET WEAPON. 575 00:34:41,379 --> 00:34:44,115 {\an7}I’D FIRED TWO OR THREE \h\h\h\h\hSIDEWINDERS 576 00:34:44,149 --> 00:34:48,987 {\an7}IN PREVIOUS MISSILE EXERCISES \h\h\h\hIN PEACETIME TRAINING, 577 00:34:49,020 --> 00:34:54,425 {\an7}\hAND THEY ALWAYS LEFT A BIG PLUME OF SMOKE. 578 00:34:54,459 --> 00:34:57,395 {\an7}\h\h\hI WAS JUST PROGRAMMED TO EXPECT A PLUME OF SMOKE. 579 00:34:57,429 --> 00:35:00,599 {\an7}[RADIO CHATTER] 580 00:35:00,632 --> 00:35:05,003 {\an7}BUT AS SOON AS THE MISSILE \h\h\h\hCAME OFF THE RAIL, 581 00:35:05,036 --> 00:35:06,971 {\an7}THERE WAS NO SMOKE TRAIL. 582 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:12,210 {\an7}Narrator: FOX CAN’T AFFORD \h\h\h\hTO DOUBT HIS KILL. 583 00:35:12,243 --> 00:35:15,012 {\an7}HE LOCKS HIS RADAR \h\hON TO THE MIG. 584 00:35:15,046 --> 00:35:17,048 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hFox: I SAID, WELL, HE WON’T GET AWAY FROM THIS, 585 00:35:17,082 --> 00:35:19,885 {\an7}\hAND AT THAT POINT SELECTED A SPARROW. 586 00:35:19,918 --> 00:35:22,687 {\an7}AS I’M SQUEEZING THE TRIGGER \h\h\h\h\h\h\hON THE SPARROW 587 00:35:22,721 --> 00:35:24,990 {\an7}THERE’S AN EXPLOSION. 588 00:35:25,023 --> 00:35:28,360 {\an7}[EXPLOSION] 589 00:35:28,393 --> 00:35:30,328 {\an7}THE FIRST MISSILE DID THE JOB. 590 00:35:30,362 --> 00:35:34,766 {\an7}AND THEN I WATCHED THE SPARROW \hACCELERATE, AND IT HIT HIM. 591 00:35:36,468 --> 00:35:39,905 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: TO HIS LEFT, FOX SEES ANOTHER MIG EXPLODE... 592 00:35:39,938 --> 00:35:43,542 {\an7}COURTESY OF HIS WINGMAN. 593 00:35:43,575 --> 00:35:46,578 {\an7}BUT THERE’S NO TIME \h\h\hTO CELEBRATE. 594 00:35:46,611 --> 00:35:50,215 {\an7}\h\hHIS HORNET STILL HAS 8,000 POUNDS OF BOMBS... 595 00:35:50,248 --> 00:35:52,717 {\an7}AND A TARGET TO DESTROY. 596 00:35:52,751 --> 00:35:54,253 {\an7}Fox: I ROLLED IN ON THE TARGET 597 00:35:54,285 --> 00:35:58,156 {\an7}AND POINT THE AIRPLANE \h\h\h\hAT THE GROUND. 598 00:35:58,189 --> 00:36:00,825 {\an7}AT THAT POINT, YOU’RE JUST DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN 599 00:36:00,859 --> 00:36:04,963 {\an7}TO HAVE A VERY GOOD \hDIVE BOMBING RUN. 600 00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:06,764 {\an7}[EXPLOSION] 601 00:36:09,134 --> 00:36:13,271 {\an7}Narrator: FOX AND HIS WINGMAN SWARM OVER THE IRAQI AIRFIELD. 602 00:36:13,304 --> 00:36:17,642 {\an7}♪ 603 00:36:17,676 --> 00:36:21,280 {\an7}IN JUST MINUTES, IT’S DEMOLISHED. 604 00:36:21,312 --> 00:36:25,216 {\an7}[EXPLOSION] 605 00:36:25,250 --> 00:36:27,986 {\an7}\hHE AND HIS WINGMAN HAVE THE FIRST AIR-TO-AIR KILLS 606 00:36:28,019 --> 00:36:31,422 {\an7}FOR THE NAVY’S NEW \h\hF/A-18 HORNET. 607 00:36:33,525 --> 00:36:36,661 {\an7}AND THE ONLY ONES \hOF DESERT STORM. 608 00:36:36,695 --> 00:36:42,701 {\an7}♪ 609 00:36:42,734 --> 00:36:46,871 {\an7}IT’S THE F-18’S TRIUMPH... 610 00:36:46,905 --> 00:36:52,744 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBUT THE CREDIT GOES TO THE ENTIRE AIR WING CHAIN. 611 00:36:52,777 --> 00:36:57,749 {\an7}Fox: I ONLY REPRESENTED A PORTION OF THAT CHAIN. 612 00:36:57,782 --> 00:37:01,352 {\an7}IT DOESN’T JUST HAPPEN \h\h\hWITH ONE PERSON. 613 00:37:01,386 --> 00:37:03,722 {\an7}IT’S A MOSAIC OF PEOPLE 614 00:37:03,755 --> 00:37:06,258 {\an7}CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS AN OVERALL MISSION. 615 00:37:06,291 --> 00:37:13,765 {\an7}[ROARING] 616 00:37:13,798 --> 00:37:18,536 {\an7}♪ 617 00:37:18,570 --> 00:37:20,372 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: BY NOW, THE F-18 HORNET 618 00:37:20,405 --> 00:37:23,441 {\an7}\h\h\hIS THE FOUNDATION OF THE CARRIER AIR WING. 619 00:37:28,213 --> 00:37:30,282 {\an7}A YEAR AFTER DESERT STORM, 620 00:37:30,315 --> 00:37:33,285 {\an7}\hTHE NAVY ORDERS A SOUPED-UP F-18: 621 00:37:33,318 --> 00:37:35,620 {\an7}THE SUPER HORNET. 622 00:37:37,922 --> 00:37:40,558 {\an7}THE NEW SUPER HORNET \h\h\hIS 20% LARGER 623 00:37:40,592 --> 00:37:42,928 {\an7}THAN ITS HORNET BABY BROTHER... 624 00:37:42,961 --> 00:37:48,700 {\an7}AND CARRIES A THIRD MORE FUEL, \h\h\h\hINCREASING ITS RANGE. 625 00:37:48,733 --> 00:37:52,136 {\an7}ITS WING AREA IS 25% LARGER... 626 00:37:52,170 --> 00:37:57,108 {\an7}OFFERING TWO MORE STATIONS \h\h\h\hTO ADD ON WEAPONS. 627 00:37:57,142 --> 00:38:00,846 {\an7}IN 2003, THE NAVY BUILDS \h\hON THE SUPER HORNET 628 00:38:00,879 --> 00:38:04,416 {\an7}WITH THE EA-18G GROWLER... 629 00:38:04,449 --> 00:38:07,786 {\an7}DESIGNED TO REPLACE \hTHE EA-6B PROWLER 630 00:38:07,819 --> 00:38:10,622 {\an7}AND TAKE ON ELECTRONIC ATTACK. 631 00:38:13,825 --> 00:38:16,461 {\an7}NOW ALMOST ALL THE PLANES \h\h\h\h\hIN THE AIR WING 632 00:38:16,494 --> 00:38:21,099 {\an7}ARE SOME FORM OF F-18. 633 00:38:21,132 --> 00:38:22,333 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hRentfrow: RUNNING THE NAVY EFFECTIVELY 634 00:38:22,367 --> 00:38:23,468 {\an7}IS ALL ABOUT LOGISTICS. 635 00:38:23,501 --> 00:38:25,436 {\an7}WE HAVE TO GET ALL OF OUR STUFF TO A SHIP 636 00:38:25,470 --> 00:38:27,572 {\an7}THAT IS OUT IN THE MIDDLE \hOF THE OCEAN SOMEWHERE. 637 00:38:32,977 --> 00:38:36,113 {\an7}\h\h\hHAVING AN AIR WING THAT IS COMPOSED OF ONE SORT OF AIRPLANE 638 00:38:36,147 --> 00:38:39,884 {\an7}MAKES THAT A LOT EASIER. 639 00:38:39,918 --> 00:38:43,221 {\an7}♪ 640 00:38:43,254 --> 00:38:48,626 {\an7}Narrator: BY 2008, THE NAVY HAS OVER 350 NEW SUPER HORNETS... 641 00:38:52,263 --> 00:38:55,466 {\an7}AND STARTS PHASING OUT THE VENERABLE HORNET. 642 00:38:58,403 --> 00:39:00,872 {\an7}BUT IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR, 643 00:39:00,905 --> 00:39:05,676 {\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE 25-YEAR-OLD AIRCRAFT STILL RESPONDS WHEN DUTY CALLS. 644 00:39:09,714 --> 00:39:11,249 {\an7}2008. 645 00:39:11,282 --> 00:39:15,620 {\an7}\hTHE U.S.S ABRAHAM LINCOLN CRUISES IN THE ARABIAN GULF. 646 00:39:17,522 --> 00:39:20,959 {\an7}FOR TWO MONTHS, THE CREW \hOF CARRIER AIR WING 9 647 00:39:20,992 --> 00:39:24,028 {\an7}\h\hHAS BEEN FIGHTING THE TERRORIST THREAT. 648 00:39:26,464 --> 00:39:28,800 {\an7}\h\hKristen Hansen: OUR CREWS WERE SPLIT INTO TWO SEGMENTS. 649 00:39:28,833 --> 00:39:32,003 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWE STARTED OUT WITH OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 650 00:39:32,036 --> 00:39:33,804 {\an7}FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF DEPLOYMENT 651 00:39:33,838 --> 00:39:36,207 {\an7}AND THEN TRANSITIONED \h\h\h\hTO AFGHANISTAN 652 00:39:36,241 --> 00:39:41,279 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO PARTAKE IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. 653 00:39:41,312 --> 00:39:44,615 {\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: IN THE MOUNTAINS OF AFGHANISTAN, TALIBAN SOLDIERS 654 00:39:44,649 --> 00:39:49,154 {\an7}MOUNT FREQUENT OFFENSIVES \hAGAINST AMERICAN FORCES. 655 00:39:49,187 --> 00:39:53,024 {\an7}[GUNFIRE] 656 00:39:53,057 --> 00:39:57,562 {\an7}IN JULY, THE U.S. LOSES \h\hITS 500th SOLDIER... 657 00:39:57,595 --> 00:40:02,100 {\an7}\h\h\h\hMAKING OPERATIONS HERE EVEN MORE DEADLY THAN IN IRAQ. 658 00:40:08,973 --> 00:40:10,741 {\an7}TO KEEP GROUND TROOPS SAFE, 659 00:40:10,775 --> 00:40:15,546 {\an7}THE NAVY ASKS ITS F-18 HORNETS \hTO BE A CONSTANT PRESENCE... 660 00:40:15,580 --> 00:40:20,051 {\an7}[ROARING] 661 00:40:20,084 --> 00:40:25,590 {\an7}AND PROVIDE CLOSE AIR SUPPORT \h\h\hIF SOMETHING GOES WRONG. 662 00:40:25,623 --> 00:40:28,126 {\an7}Hansen: A LOT OF THE TASKS \h\h\hWERE TIME-SENSITIVE. 663 00:40:28,159 --> 00:40:30,161 {\an7}SO, SOMEBODY WAS GETTING SHOT AT 664 00:40:30,194 --> 00:40:33,798 {\an7}OR TROOPS ON THE GROUND REALLY \hNEEDED OUR HELP IMMEDIATELY. 665 00:40:38,703 --> 00:40:40,705 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: TODAY, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER HANSEN 666 00:40:40,738 --> 00:40:42,974 {\an7}IS PART OF A TWO-FIGHTER TEAM... 667 00:40:43,007 --> 00:40:46,377 {\an7}FLYING WITH A SENIOR PILOT, \h\h\hWHO LEADS THE MISSION. 668 00:40:52,884 --> 00:40:55,320 {\an7}THE F-18s TAKE OFF \h\hFROM THE SHIP 669 00:40:55,353 --> 00:40:58,389 {\an7}ANTICIPATING AN ORDINARY DAY. 670 00:41:00,224 --> 00:41:02,293 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHansen: WE JUST HAD GENERAL TASKING, 671 00:41:02,327 --> 00:41:06,631 {\an7}\h\h\hWHICH INVOLVED TALKING TO U.S. TROOPS ON THE GROUND 672 00:41:06,664 --> 00:41:10,168 {\an7}AND JUST HELP THEM OUT EITHER CLEARING ROUTES 673 00:41:10,201 --> 00:41:14,205 {\an7}OR LOOKING AT PARTICULAR SITES \hTHAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN 674 00:41:14,238 --> 00:41:17,641 {\an7}TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE \h\hNO ENEMY HANGING OUT IN. 675 00:41:19,944 --> 00:41:21,479 {\an7}Narrator: HANSEN AND HER WINGMAN 676 00:41:21,512 --> 00:41:25,416 {\an7}SCAN THE GROUND PATIENTLY \h\hFOR SIX LONG HOURS... 677 00:41:25,450 --> 00:41:27,886 {\an7}\h\hAND SEE NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. 678 00:41:27,919 --> 00:41:31,890 {\an7}FINALLY, THEY’RE READY \h\h\h\h\hTO GO HOME. 679 00:41:31,923 --> 00:41:33,591 {\an7}Hansen: THE DAY HAD BEEN \h\h\h\hRELATIVELY SLOW. 680 00:41:33,624 --> 00:41:36,093 {\an7}WE HAD TALKED TO A COUPLE \h\hOF GUYS ON THE GROUND, 681 00:41:36,127 --> 00:41:39,897 {\an7}CHECKING OUT DIFFERENT THINGS \h\h\hTHEY WANTED US TO COVER. 682 00:41:39,931 --> 00:41:41,299 {\an7}AND THEN WE GOT THE WORD 683 00:41:41,332 --> 00:41:46,204 {\an7}THAT SOMEBODY NEEDED OUR PARTICULAR HELP. 684 00:41:46,237 --> 00:41:49,640 {\an7}\h\h\hYOU CAN GO DAYS AND MONTHS BEING ON JUST SIX-HOUR MISSIONS 685 00:41:49,674 --> 00:41:51,376 {\an7}WITH NOTHING GOING ON. 686 00:41:51,409 --> 00:41:54,379 {\an7}AND THEN, OUT OF NOWHERE \h\hSOMEBODY CALLS YOU, 687 00:41:54,412 --> 00:41:56,648 {\an7}AND LIKE, HEY, SOMEBODY \hNEEDS HELP RIGHT NOW. 688 00:41:56,681 --> 00:41:59,918 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hSO YOU GO THROUGH THIS REALLY WEIRD TRANSITION 689 00:41:59,951 --> 00:42:02,253 {\an7}\hFROM HEY, I’M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE 690 00:42:02,286 --> 00:42:06,123 {\an7}THAT I’M BEING METICULOUS AND LOOKING AT MY SENSORS 691 00:42:06,157 --> 00:42:08,926 {\an7}AND MAKING SURE THAT I’M TRYING TO FIND ANYTHING 692 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,963 {\an7}THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HARM \h\h\h\h\h\hFRIENDLY FORCES 693 00:42:11,996 --> 00:42:14,098 {\an7}TO HEY, SOMEBODY’S ACTUALLY \h\h\h\hIN TROUBLE RIGHT NOW 694 00:42:14,132 --> 00:42:15,800 {\an7}AND THEY NEED YOUR HELP. 695 00:42:15,833 --> 00:42:17,601 {\an7}[TROOPS TALKING] 696 00:42:17,635 --> 00:42:19,971 {\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: THE CALL COMES FROM A SQUAD OF GROUND TROOPS 697 00:42:20,004 --> 00:42:23,074 {\an7}SOUTH OF KABUL. 698 00:42:23,107 --> 00:42:25,142 {\an7}THEY’VE BEEN TAKING FIRE \h\h\h\hFROM THE TALIBAN 699 00:42:25,176 --> 00:42:27,779 {\an7}SINCE EARLY THAT MORNING. 700 00:42:27,812 --> 00:42:29,213 {\an7}Hansen: THE GUYS ON THE GROUND 701 00:42:29,247 --> 00:42:31,649 {\an7}\h\h\hHAD TRACKED DOWN WHERE THE FIRING POSITION WAS AT. 702 00:42:31,682 --> 00:42:33,517 {\an7}\h\hSO, THEY WANTED TO DESTROY THE SITE 703 00:42:33,551 --> 00:42:38,256 {\an7}SO IT COULDN’T BE USED LATER ON. 704 00:42:38,289 --> 00:42:41,959 {\an7}Narrator: HANSEN AND HER WINGMAN ARE EAGER TO ASSIST. 705 00:42:41,993 --> 00:42:44,128 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT SPOTTING THE TALIBAN MORTAR SITE 706 00:42:44,162 --> 00:42:46,431 {\an7}FROM 50,000 FEET ABOVE 707 00:42:46,464 --> 00:42:49,934 {\an7}IS NOT AN EASY TASK. 708 00:42:49,967 --> 00:42:52,536 {\an7}Hansen: CONFIRMING THAT YOU ARE ON THE SAME TARGET 709 00:42:52,570 --> 00:42:57,275 {\an7}\hAS WHAT YOUR AIR CONTROLLER IS LOOKING AT FROM THE GROUND 710 00:42:57,308 --> 00:43:01,179 {\an7}IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST \h\hDIFFICULT THINGS TO DO. 711 00:43:01,212 --> 00:43:03,448 {\an7}YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. 712 00:43:03,481 --> 00:43:07,018 {\an7}SO, THE GUYS ON THE GROUND \h\h\hCAN LOOK UP AND SAY, 713 00:43:07,051 --> 00:43:09,353 {\an7}"HEY, I SEE ONE MOUNTAIN. \h\hIT’S ON THE MOUNTAIN." 714 00:43:09,387 --> 00:43:11,923 {\an7}\hAND THE GUYS AIRBORNE ARE LOOKING BACK AT HIM 715 00:43:11,956 --> 00:43:14,258 {\an7}AND SAYING, "THAT’S COOL. \h\h\hI SEE TEN MOUNTAINS. 716 00:43:14,292 --> 00:43:18,029 {\an7}WHICH ONE ARE YOU \hTALKING ABOUT?" 717 00:43:18,062 --> 00:43:19,764 {\an7}\h\h\h\hNOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO FIND THE TARGET, 718 00:43:19,797 --> 00:43:21,832 {\an7}BUT YOU HAVE TO BE 100% SURE 719 00:43:21,866 --> 00:43:25,370 {\an7}THAT YOUR WEAPONS ARE GOING \h\h\h\h\h\hTO THAT TARGET, 720 00:43:25,403 --> 00:43:28,139 {\an7}\h\h\h\hBECAUSE THERE COULD BE FRIENDLY FORCES AROUND THERE, 721 00:43:28,172 --> 00:43:32,410 {\an7}EITHER OUR TROOPS OR AFGHANISTAN CIVILIANS THAT ARE AROUND. 722 00:43:32,443 --> 00:43:37,081 {\an7}[ROARING] 723 00:43:37,115 --> 00:43:38,984 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: THE F-18s AND THE GROUND TROOPS 724 00:43:39,016 --> 00:43:41,619 {\an7}DON’T HAVE LONG TO SYNC UP. 725 00:43:41,652 --> 00:43:46,023 {\an7}TALIBAN SOLDIERS COULD RETURN \h\hTO THE SITE AT ANY MOMENT. 726 00:43:47,558 --> 00:43:49,894 {\an7}Soldier: COMING FROM... \h\hMOVING NORTH ON ABE. 727 00:43:49,927 --> 00:43:52,730 {\an7}Narrator: GROUND TROOPS QUICKLY RELAY THE COORDINATES... 728 00:43:52,763 --> 00:43:55,799 {\an7}HOPING TO RUSH THE STRIKE. 729 00:43:55,833 --> 00:43:58,469 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBUT WHEN SHE TRIES TO PUNCH IN THE LOCATION... 730 00:43:58,503 --> 00:44:03,708 {\an7}\h\h\h\hHANSEN DISCOVERS THAT SHE HAS A PROBLEM. 731 00:44:03,741 --> 00:44:05,042 {\an7}Hansen: I LOOKED DOWN \h\h\h\h\hTO MY SENSOR 732 00:44:05,076 --> 00:44:08,279 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND REALIZED THAT MY TARGETING POD WASN’T WORKING. 733 00:44:08,312 --> 00:44:10,047 {\an7}IT’S DOING WHAT WE CALL \h\h\h\h\h\h\hTUMBLING. 734 00:44:10,081 --> 00:44:14,552 {\an7}\h\h\hIT WON’T LOCK ON TO WHAT I ACTUALLY NEED IT TO LOCK ON TO. 735 00:44:16,621 --> 00:44:18,256 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: GROUND TROOPS ARE DESPERATE 736 00:44:18,289 --> 00:44:19,857 {\an7}TO TAKE OUT THE MORTAR SITE 737 00:44:19,891 --> 00:44:23,661 {\an7}BEFORE THE TALIBAN RETURNS \h\h\hFOR ANOTHER ATTACK. 738 00:44:23,694 --> 00:44:28,499 {\an7}IT WILL TAKE BOMBS FROM BOTH \hF-18s TO DESTROY THE SITE. 739 00:44:28,533 --> 00:44:33,304 {\an7}HER WINGMAN CAN DO HIS PART, BUT HANSEN IS ALL TOO AWARE 740 00:44:33,337 --> 00:44:36,106 {\an7}THAT SHE’S LACKING THE TOOLS TO HELP. 741 00:44:36,140 --> 00:44:38,476 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHansen: THAT’S A BIG DEAL FOR ME. 742 00:44:38,509 --> 00:44:41,412 {\an7}PEOPLE’S LIVES ARE DEPENDING \h\h\h\hON YOU GETTING THERE 743 00:44:41,445 --> 00:44:42,880 {\an7}AND GETTING IT RIGHT. 744 00:44:42,914 --> 00:44:50,922 {\an7}♪ 745 00:44:50,955 --> 00:44:54,225 {\an7}Narrator: 2008. AFGHANISTAN. 746 00:44:54,258 --> 00:44:56,460 {\an7}\hU.S. TROOPS NEED CLOSE AIR SUPPORT 747 00:44:56,494 --> 00:45:00,798 {\an7}TO DESTROY A TALIBAN OUTPOST. 748 00:45:00,831 --> 00:45:05,436 {\an7}50,000 FEET ABOVE, LIEUTENANT \h\h\hCOMMANDER KRISTEN HANSEN 749 00:45:05,469 --> 00:45:11,141 {\an7}DISCOVERS THAT THE TARGETING POD ON HER F-18 IS NOT WORKING. 750 00:45:11,175 --> 00:45:12,743 {\an7}Hansen: I DEFINITELY GET \h\hA LITTLE BIT NERVOUS 751 00:45:12,777 --> 00:45:14,045 {\an7}RIGHT OFF THE BAT 752 00:45:14,078 --> 00:45:15,980 {\an7}BECAUSE WE’RE TRYING TO GIVE \h\h\h\hTHESE GUYS A WEAPON 753 00:45:16,013 --> 00:45:22,019 {\an7}AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND NOW \hI’M NOT ABLE TO HELP OUT. 754 00:45:24,889 --> 00:45:28,393 {\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: THE POD CONTROLS HANSEN’S LASER-GUIDED WEAPONS-- 755 00:45:28,426 --> 00:45:33,231 {\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE FIRST CHOICE FOR A PRECISION STRIKE. 756 00:45:33,264 --> 00:45:37,969 {\an7}\hHER SECONDARY WEAPON IS A GPS-GUIDED BOMB. 757 00:45:38,002 --> 00:45:42,039 {\an7}\h\hTO USE IT, SHE MUST RELY ON COORDINATES FROM HER WINGMAN... 758 00:45:42,073 --> 00:45:44,509 {\an7}AND HOPE THAT THEY’RE RIGHT. 759 00:45:44,542 --> 00:45:48,579 {\an7}Hansen: MY FLIGHT LEAD WAS ABLE TO GET HIS SYSTEMS ON THE TARGET 760 00:45:48,613 --> 00:45:50,648 {\an7}AND WAS ABLE TO I.D. \h\hTHE MORTAR SITE 761 00:45:50,681 --> 00:45:53,851 {\an7}THAT OUR FORWARD AIR CONTROLLER WAS TALKING ABOUT, 762 00:45:53,884 --> 00:45:56,954 {\an7}AND HE WAS ABLE TO RELAY \h\h\hTHOSE COORDINATES 763 00:45:56,988 --> 00:45:59,457 {\an7}TO ME IN MY AIRCRAFT. 764 00:46:02,927 --> 00:46:04,395 {\an7}Narrator: HANSEN AND HER WINGMAN 765 00:46:04,428 --> 00:46:07,631 {\an7}GO OVER THE COORDINATES \h\h\h\h\hONE MORE TIME. 766 00:46:07,665 --> 00:46:10,134 {\an7}WITHOUT THE TARGETING POD \h\h\h\h\hTO VERIFY THEM, 767 00:46:10,167 --> 00:46:15,139 {\an7}\h\h\h\hIT’S EVEN MORE CRUCIAL THAT THEY’RE ON THE SAME PAGE. 768 00:46:15,172 --> 00:46:16,740 {\an7}Hansen: ONCE WE WERE SURE \h\h\hTHAT WE WERE LOOKING 769 00:46:16,774 --> 00:46:18,309 {\an7}AT THE CORRECT MORTAR SITE 770 00:46:18,342 --> 00:46:20,845 {\an7}AND EVERYBODY THAT COULD \hPOTENTIALLY BE HARMED 771 00:46:20,878 --> 00:46:25,149 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBY THE WEAPON WAS WELL OUT OF THE WAY, 772 00:46:25,182 --> 00:46:28,519 {\an7}\h\h\hMY FLIGHT LEAD PASSED ON RELEASE RESPONSIBILITIES TO ME 773 00:46:28,552 --> 00:46:30,921 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND ALLOWED ME TO ACTUALLY DROP THE BOMB. 774 00:46:30,955 --> 00:46:38,329 {\an7}♪ 775 00:46:38,362 --> 00:46:40,464 {\an7}Narrator: 30 SECONDS LATER... 776 00:46:40,498 --> 00:46:42,266 {\an7}[EXPLOSION] 777 00:46:42,300 --> 00:46:45,670 {\an7}HANSEN’S BOMBS HIT THEIR TARGET: 778 00:46:45,703 --> 00:46:48,306 {\an7}NO MORE TALIBAN OUTPOST. 779 00:46:48,339 --> 00:46:54,478 {\an7}♪ 780 00:46:54,512 --> 00:46:58,182 {\an7}AN HOUR LATER, HANSEN \h\hAND THE OTHER F-18 781 00:46:58,215 --> 00:47:00,350 {\an7}RETURN TO THE SHIP. 782 00:47:00,384 --> 00:47:01,919 {\an7}Hansen: I REMEMBER GOING BACK \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT AFTERNOON 783 00:47:01,952 --> 00:47:04,121 {\an7}BEING PRETTY EXCITED AS A JUNIOR OFFICER, 784 00:47:04,155 --> 00:47:05,390 {\an7}SAYING THIS JOB’S PRETTY COOL. 785 00:47:05,423 --> 00:47:07,358 {\an7}\h\h\h\hWE WERE ABLE TO HELP THE GUYS OUT ON THE GROUND, 786 00:47:07,391 --> 00:47:11,295 {\an7}\h\hAND THAT’S ALWAYS A WICKED GOOD FEELING. 787 00:47:11,329 --> 00:47:14,499 {\an7}Narrator: BUT SUCCESS \hDOESN’T STAY STATIC. 788 00:47:14,532 --> 00:47:18,669 {\an7}\h\hTHE AIR WING MUST EVOLVE IF IT’S TO FACE NEW THREATS. 789 00:47:23,341 --> 00:47:30,081 {\an7}\hIN 2013, NORTHROP GRUMMAN’S X-47B UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE 790 00:47:30,114 --> 00:47:33,551 {\an7}\h\h\h\hBECOMES THE NAVY’S FIRST DRONE FIGHTER JET... 791 00:47:33,584 --> 00:47:37,221 {\an7}MAKING 37 CARRIER LAUNCHES \h\h\h\h\h\hAND LANDINGS. 792 00:47:40,691 --> 00:47:44,962 {\an7}IN 2017, THE NAVY ANNOUNCES \h\h\h\hPLANS TO COMMISSION 793 00:47:44,995 --> 00:47:47,898 {\an7}\h\hAN UPDATED VERSION THAT DOESN’T FIGHT... 794 00:47:47,932 --> 00:47:51,002 {\an7}BUT MERELY REFUELS NAVY JETS. 795 00:47:51,035 --> 00:47:54,539 {\an7}♪ 796 00:47:54,572 --> 00:47:59,177 {\an7}\h\hALSO ON THE HORIZON: 80 MORE SUPER HORNETS... 797 00:48:01,979 --> 00:48:07,985 {\an7}\h\h\hAND THE $121 MILLION STRIKE FIGHTER: THE F-35. 798 00:48:13,324 --> 00:48:15,893 {\an7}\hJerome Teer: THIS IS THE F-35C LIGHTNING II 799 00:48:15,926 --> 00:48:18,429 {\an7}MULTI-ROLE SUPERSONIC, \h\h\h\h\hSINGLE SEAT, 800 00:48:18,462 --> 00:48:20,097 {\an7}FIFTH GENERATION AIRCRAFT, 801 00:48:20,131 --> 00:48:22,567 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hALSO KNOWN AS THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER. 802 00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:23,668 {\an7}\hIT WAS DESIGNED FROM THE GROUND UP 803 00:48:23,701 --> 00:48:26,204 {\an7}TO BE THE FIRST CARRIER \h\h\hSTEALTH AIRCRAFT. 804 00:48:29,340 --> 00:48:31,943 {\an7}Narrator: A SUPER SLEEK DESIGN 805 00:48:31,976 --> 00:48:36,848 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND SHELL OF RADAR-ABSORBING MATERIAL 806 00:48:36,881 --> 00:48:41,652 {\an7}\h\h\h\hLETS THE F-35 SNEAK UP ON ENEMIES... 807 00:48:41,685 --> 00:48:46,423 {\an7}\h\hAND SURPRISE THEM WITH 18,000 POUNDS OF ORDNANCE. 808 00:48:46,457 --> 00:48:48,159 {\an7}\hTeer: THE F-35’S STEALTH CAPABILITY 809 00:48:48,192 --> 00:48:49,760 {\an7}ALLOW IT TO PENETRATE AREAS 810 00:48:49,794 --> 00:48:51,529 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT OTHER FOURTH GENERATION FIGHTERS 811 00:48:51,562 --> 00:48:54,965 {\an7}ARE UNABLE TO PENETRATE. 812 00:48:54,999 --> 00:48:56,801 {\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: THIS FUTURISTIC BAD BOY 813 00:48:56,834 --> 00:49:01,839 {\an7}BOASTS NUMEROUS SUPERLATIVES, \h\h\hINCLUDING ITS PRICE TAG. 814 00:49:01,872 --> 00:49:06,610 {\an7}THE F-35C IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE MILITARY WEAPONS SYSTEM 815 00:49:06,644 --> 00:49:10,615 {\an7}IN HISTORY. 816 00:49:10,648 --> 00:49:17,021 {\an7}NAVY BRASS EXPECT THE F-35 WILL MAKE ITS COMBAT DEBUT IN 2019. 817 00:49:17,054 --> 00:49:19,390 {\an7}WHEN IT DOES, THEY HAVE NO DOUBT 818 00:49:19,423 --> 00:49:22,726 {\an7}IT WILL CHANGE THE GAME OF THE CARRIER AIR WING. 819 00:49:24,528 --> 00:49:28,432 {\an7}JUST DON’T ASK FOR SPECIFICS. 820 00:49:28,466 --> 00:49:32,103 {\an7}MOST DATES AND DETAILS \h\hREMAIN CLASSIFIED. 821 00:49:32,136 --> 00:49:33,804 {\an7}\hTeer: THE F-35 HAS UNIQUE CAPABILITIES 822 00:49:33,838 --> 00:49:35,073 {\an7}THAT WE LIKE TO PROTECT. 823 00:49:35,105 --> 00:49:40,877 {\an7}[ROARING] 824 00:49:48,686 --> 00:49:53,090 {\an7}Narrator: PRESENCE, INFLUENCE, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND OPTIONS: 825 00:49:53,123 --> 00:49:56,259 {\an7}\h\h\hTHE CARRIER AIR WING IS THE ULTIMATE PROJECTION 826 00:49:56,293 --> 00:49:58,929 {\an7}OF U.S. MILITARY MIGHT. 827 00:49:58,963 --> 00:50:00,631 {\an7}Fox: WHETHER YOU’RE \h\h\hIN THE RED SEA 828 00:50:00,664 --> 00:50:02,332 {\an7}\hOR WHETHER YOU’RE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN 829 00:50:02,366 --> 00:50:04,201 {\an7}OR IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, 830 00:50:04,235 --> 00:50:07,538 {\an7}THE AIR WING FLIES AND THRIVES. 831 00:50:07,571 --> 00:50:09,373 {\an7}\hTHAT’S WHAT MAKES THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER 832 00:50:09,406 --> 00:50:12,409 {\an7}\h\hSUCH A FLEXIBLE AND RESPONSIVE TOOL 833 00:50:12,443 --> 00:50:14,512 {\an7}IN THE NATION’S TOOLBOX. 834 00:50:18,282 --> 00:50:21,118 {\an7}\h\hNarrator: THE AIR WING AND ITS F-18 STRIKE FORCE 835 00:50:21,151 --> 00:50:23,453 {\an7}ARE WHAT GIVE AMERICA \h\h\h\hSTAYING POWER 836 00:50:23,487 --> 00:50:26,457 {\an7}IN ITS MOST CHALLENGING BATTLES. 837 00:50:26,490 --> 00:50:29,760 {\an7}[ROARING] 838 00:50:29,793 --> 00:50:32,462 {\an7}Rentfrow: THE NEED TO CONTROL \h\h\h\h\h\hTHE BATTLE SPACE, 839 00:50:32,496 --> 00:50:35,866 {\an7}THE AIRSPACE OVER THE OCEANS \h\hAND OVER A BODY OF WATER 840 00:50:35,900 --> 00:50:37,902 {\an7}IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEVER \h\h\h\hGOING TO GO AWAY. 841 00:50:40,971 --> 00:50:44,708 {\an7}Narrator: LETHAL AND RESPONSIVE, 842 00:50:44,742 --> 00:50:47,411 {\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE AIR WING CONTINUES TO EVOLVE, 843 00:50:47,444 --> 00:50:50,314 {\an7}\h\hREMAINING A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH... 844 00:50:50,347 --> 00:50:53,550 {\an7}NOW AND IN YEARS TO COME. 845 00:50:53,584 --> 00:50:56,987 {\an7}♪