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The series was created after the airing of a one-time special called Dogfights: The Greatest Air Battles in September 2005. That program's combination of realistic-looking CGI dogfights, interviews, period documentary footage, and voice-over narration proved so successful, that the History Channel requested the production of an entire TV series, which became Dogfights. [2]
Lieutenant James E. Swett and other members of VMF-221. James Elms Swett (June 15, 1920 – January 18, 2009) was a United States Marine Corps fighter pilot and flying ace during World War II. [1] He was awarded the United States' highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for actions while a division flight leader in VMF-221 over ...
The Proof Is Out There: The Alien Edition. The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. Swamp Mysteries With Troy Landry. Swamp People. Swamp People: Serpent Invasion. The Toys That Built America. The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd. The UnXplained. The UnXplained: Mysteries of the Universe.
Clarence Emil " Bud " Anderson (January 13, 1922 – May 17, 2024) was an officer in the United States Air Force and a triple ace of World War II. During the war he was the highest scoring flying ace in his P-51 Mustang squadron. Toward the end of Anderson's two combat tours in Europe in 1944 he was promoted to major at 22, a young age even for ...
Colonel Tomb. The MIG-21 N. 4324 of the Vietnam People's Air Force. This fighter aircraft, flown by various pilots, was credited with 14 kills during the Vietnam War. Colonel Tomb, also Nguyen Toon (Nguyễn Tuân) or Colonel Toon was a mythical North Vietnam Air Force fighter ace loosely based on a North Vietnamese pilot from the 921st Fighter ...
Henry Hardin Cherry (grandfather) Edward Daniel Cherry (born March 4, 1939) is an American retired military officer who served as a brigadier general and a career fighter pilot in the United States Air Force. Cherry flew a combined total of 285 combat missions in F-105 Thunderchiefs and F-4 Phantoms during the Vietnam War, and was credited with ...
Robin Olds. Robin Olds[ 1 ] (born Robert Oldys Jr.; July 14, 1922 – June 14, 2007) was an American fighter pilot and general officer in the United States Air Force (USAF). He was a " triple ace ", with a combined total of 17 victories in World War II and the Vietnam War. [ 2 ] He retired in 1973 as a brigadier general, after 30 years of service.
The "Gruesome Twosome" are featured in a History Channel show entitled Dogfights: Tuskegee Airmen. [7] Pruitt flew seventy combat missions, was credited with three enemy kills, and reached the rank of captain. [8] Overall, Pruitt was one of the Tuskegee Airmen pilots with at least three confirmed kills during World War II. [9]