DC Wings - Beyond the Wild Blue A History of the USAF (1997) Part 4 Rebuilding for Space

Beyond the Wild Blue is the most accurate rendition of the history of the United States Air Force that has ever been seen on the television or video. By a brilliant combination of archival film research and intensely personal interviews with many of the most important figures in the history of the Air Force, John Honey and Walter Boyne have produced a vivid and fast moving portrait of service which went from the ruins of World War II demobilization to become the principal weapon of the world's only Superpower. 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. The quality of their effort was underlined by the powerful air war plan executed against Iraq by the United States Air Force and its coalition allies. Even as the entire world watched in real time as Air Force Lockheed F-117s Stealth Fighters streaked through the flak filled skies of Baghdad to destroy Iraq's command system, the Strategic Air Command was poised to combat any threat of intervention by the still powerful Soviet Union. Beyond the Wild Blue tells the exciting almost unbelievable story of how the USAF reached the pinnacle of power through the bravery of its air crews and merit of its research and development programs.

Part 4 Rebuilding for Space

In the 1970s and '80s, space becomes the new military frontier, and advances in electronics lead to a new generation of fighters and bombers. Also Air Force personnel see an improvement in their quality of life as a result of improved training.

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