Duel in the Desert
Helicopter Wars - S1 - E4
In the Iraq War, flying in the desert poses unique difficulties - there’s nowhere to hide, and a dust storm accompanies every landing and take-off.
Helicopter Wars: Season 1 - 4 Episode s
1x1 - The Falklands
May 12, 2009
AKA: "White Out: SAS Falklands Rescue" 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.
1x2 - Vietnam
May 19, 2009
AKA: "Vietnam Firefight" In the Vietnam War, flying into jungle produces a different kind of hazard. In a daring rescue mission a desperate pilot cuts his own landing zone in forty foot tall bamboo.
1x3 - Afghanistan
May 26, 2009
AKA: "Taliban Gambit: Trapped By The Taliban" In Afghanistan, the combination of high altitude and dusty conditions make combat flying particularly challenging.
1x4 - Duel in the Desert
June 2, 2009
In the Iraq War, flying in the desert poses unique difficulties - there’s nowhere to hide, and a dust storm accompanies every landing and take-off.