Heroes Of The Skies: Season 1, Episode 5

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Lord Ashcroft takes a look back at the events of July 1966. With North Vietnam's fleet of MiG-21s battling with the US Air Force, the men of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing needed a hero to help get them into shape. Colonel Robin Olds, a WWII veteran airman, came up with a tactic to beat North Vietnam in the air that would not come easily