Plot

It presents a comprehensive survey of all the great aircraft and missiles of the US, as led into battle by a series of first-rate leaders, and the story of how the USAF reached the pinnacle of power through the merit of its R&D programs.

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. 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. Based on book "Beyond the Wild Blue" by Walter Boyne ; Networks USA Production.