Dogfights - Season 1 - Eps 5: Hell over Hanoi
The skies over Vietnam. They fight in a supersonic world, where split second decisions determine if they live - or die. American F4 Phantom pilots Fred Olmsted and Dan Cherry take on the famed MiG-21 - the most feared threat in the sky. And one American, Steve Ritchie, becomes a dog fighting legend as an Air Force Ace. You're in the cockpit with some of the fiercest dogfighting ever seen in Vietnam!
About Dogfights
Title: Dogfights
First Air Date: 2006-11-03
Last Air Date: 2008-05-10
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.8/10 (from 6 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 3
Total Episodes: 30
Network: History
Genres: Documentary, News, Action & Adventure, War & Politics
Production Companies: Digital Ranch
Synopsis
Dogfights is a military aviation themed TV series depicting historical re-enactments of air-to-air combat that took place in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, as well as smaller conflicts such as the Gulf War and the Six-Day War. The program, which airs on the History Channel, consists of former fighter pilots sharing their stories of actual dogfights in which they took part, and uses computer-generated imagery to give the viewer a better perspective of what it is like to partake in aerial combat The series premiered on November 3, 2006.
Cast
Phil Crowley
