This legendary flying behemoth is made of old aircraft parts and carries NASA's bulkiest and most cutting edge aerospace components.

On Europe's high-speed rail network, between Barcelona and Madrid, crews work to expand the infrastructure for a new train.

The Paul Gauguin offers five-star luxury while sailing near the coral reefs, mountainous islands and tropical playgrounds of French Polynesia.

New luxury liner Le Soleal navigates the uncharted waters of Indonesia to give her passengers one-of-a-kind encounters at exotic destinations.

The Glacier Express features cutting-edge technology to pull the train up the steepest slopes on its route across the Swiss Alps.

The White Pass and Yukon route was built in 1869 to take miners and supplies to the Klondike gold fields.

Take a cruise where the guests choose the ports to visit and the captain and crew work overtime to make it happen.

The Carnival Vista is the new flagship for one of the world's largest cruise lines, carrying more than 4,600 passengers and boasting 10 restaurants, nearly 2,000 staterooms and a crew of 1,400.

Azamara Journey travels the rivers of Southeast Asia, delivering passengers to exotic cities and hidden treasures that larger cruise ships cannot reach.

Experience romance on a mega cruiser that pampers its guests with the best of Italian design and American convenience.

Trans-Air Service Flight 671 suffers an in-flight separation of its two right engines while en route to Kano, Nigeria, forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing at Istres-Le Tubé Air Base in France.

When a DC-8 cargo jet crashes on approach to a U.S. naval base in Guantanamo, investigators wonder if Cuba played a role.

Air accident survival stories; keeping passengers and crews alive when disaster strikes.

When a turboprop loses engine power and crashes in Papua New Guinea, investigators discover a fatal defect existing in Dash 8s around the world.

History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.

The crew of a commuter flight over France makes a sight-seeing detour that sets off a deadly chain of events.

After experiencing icing conditions, a turboprop slams into an Argentine desert; investigators are mystified by what they uncover.

A dazzling new 1400 foot tapering skyscraper is built right next to New York's Grand Central. A curving wine museum requires ingenious engineering in Bordeaux, France. And possibly the world's most glamorous parking garage.

Challenges beset a sculptural new transportation hub for New York's World Trade Center; Amsterdam gains a building inspired by a mountain valley; a new launchpad for space travel prepares for liftoff in the New Mexico desert.

Visiting Australia's One Central Park, the Oslo Opera House and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco to reveal their architectural secrets.

Exploring behind-the-scenes of design and construction of revolutionary buildings in Spain, New York and a university campus in Florida.

The American Museum of Natural History in NYC gets a cave-like extension; an arts center inspired by migrating birds is built on a lake in China; Boston University gains a fossil-free, Jenga-like tower.

A sculptural high-rise with rippling balconies breaks the mold in Chicago; Mammoth machines bore 26 miles of tunnels for an underground railroad beneath London's city streets.

Mike Davidson goes on a cross-country road trip to help the Well Done Foundation; they work to find and cap some of the estimated 2 million leaking, toxic abandoned oil and gas wells scattered throughout the U.S.

Mike works with the U.S. Army in Germany inside the massive fix facility The MAK, Maintenance Activity Kaiserslautern, as teams repair over one hundred Bradley fighting vehicles, then embeds with troops in a massive two week long battle exercise.

Nevada has over 40,000 abandoned mines posing dangers. Mike joins contractors for a week to secure five sites. Alongside biologists, they explore and document wildlife. Reaching these isolated mines requires barges, helicopters, and bulldozers.

Mike joins the Assault Craft Unit 5, the U.S. Navy's team for Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs); LCACs carry heavy vehicles and troops onto beaches; Mike helps fly & fix an overhauled LCAC during a U.S. Marines beach assault training mission.

An in-depth look at how things are repaired.

Mike Davidson heads to Brazil, where an offshore crew is racing the clock to set up giant power ships to deliver electricity to a country in desperate need.

From delusional hijackers to suicidal pilots, three flights fall victim to astonishing acts of sabotage.

A commercial airliner crashes minutes after taking off from an airport in Bucharest causing suspicions to rise.

When a modified WWII fighter plane crashes into the crowd at a Nevada air show, investigators struggle to find the cause.

A large cargo jet slices into an apartment complex in Amsterdam and reveals a potentially lethal problem threatening every 747 in the sky.

Investigators try to solve the mystery of a plane whose captain and co-pilot are missing.

Stories of espionage at sea, including deadly U-boat cat-and-mouse games during WWI, the sinking of the Lusitania, a gun-smuggling private yacht that made history, and liners turned troopships.

The legendary Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, which pitted Napoleon's French ships against a British armada under the command of Admiral Horatio Nelson.

A comprehensive look at the naval battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942 and the heroic efforts of U.S. sailors who held off powerful Imperial Navy.

A look at how maritime task forces and the Coast Guard are keeping commercial vessels and US shores safe from pirates and drug smugglers.

It is considered the largest sea battle in history: the Battle of Leyte Gulf in WWII was three days of ingenious strategy and white-knuckle combat between warships, aircraft and kamikazes.

A portrayal of a crucial September 1950 military operation that helped the UN and ROK gain the upper hand over North Korea in the Korean War.

Examining some of maritime history's most effective lightning strikes; how the French frigate Nivôse set a trap to lure Somali pirates; how the HMS Illustrious captured a well-defended Mediterranean harbor in WWII; a surprise attack on Tokyo in 1942.

A look at how the art of deception was used by naval forces in the first half of the 20th century; in 1939, the German raider Atlantis is equipped with fake funnels, while its sailors dressed as women pushing prams to fool Allied merchant ships.

Revolutionary ship design helped Sir John Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake lead England to defeat the Spanish Armada and become a world power.

A look at Naval warfare's fastest combat ships and how the advantage of speed determined the outcome of some of the great seas battles of the last 150 years.

Bad design, human error and the enemy sent great ships to tragic ends, like Britain's K13 submarine and HMS Hood, Sweden's 17th century Vasa, and Kublai Khan's fleet, sunk by the original kamikaze.

The evolution from wooden ships to metal ones in the second half of the 19th century is examined.

A look at how the role of battleships changed over the course of the First and Second World Wars.

Rare archive footage charts the German Army in 1940 as it unleashes a new Blitzkrieg tactic.

Cameras roll as Nazi Germany launches an all-out assault on the Soviet Union.

Footage of life and death on the battlefield of El Alamein and behind the lines in the African desert.

The story of the greatest tank battle the world has ever seen.

Eye-witness accounts from those who fought in the US military's bloodiest battle on the European front in World War II.

Incredible footage, colourised for the first time, chronicles the final days of the Third Reich and the brutal battle for Berlin, though German defeat looked certain. Nazi soldiers persisted fighting despite the inevitability of their downfall.

The history of the F-111 and how the fighter-bomber no one wanted went on to dominate both air and battlefields in the late 20th century.

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is one of the most lethal bombers of the U.S. Air Force in WWII's European and Pacific campaigns; among other things, the plane delivered food to the German-occupied Netherlands.

The history of the mean and ugly jet aircraft, the A-10 Warthog.

A look at how the C-47 evolved from passenger plane to a transport aircraft and flying hospital in WWII and years later as a gunship in Vietnam.

The fighter plane that helped turn the tide of World War II; the P-51 Mustang.

A new investigation sheds light on the controversial 1961 plane crash that killed U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld.

Leading aviation experts are confronted with a shocking theory as they investigate one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time.

When an African airliner mysteriously crashes, Namibian investigators have to rule out a host of possible causes before reaching a conclusion.

A Northwest Airlines flight cruises above the Bering Sea before problems develop and pilots must make an emergency landing in Anchorage.

An air traffic controller's mistake causes a Boeing 737 to land on a runway already occupied by another aircraft.

History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.

Three planes fatally out of balance force investigators to question every calculation; it's a flight risk that's entirely preventable, and yet repeated disasters reconfirm the need for critical backup systems.

The crash of a commuter flight to Detroit leads investigators to a cause the industry has known about for years.

Atlantic Airways Flight 670 careened off the runway and became engulfed in flames.

If pilots aren't prepared when the runway is in sight, a landing can quickly become a tragedy.

Flydubai Flight 981 enters a rapid descent and crashes nose-first at Rostov-on-Don Airport in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, after aborting its second landing attempt in poor weather conditions.

Devastating failures in the air put pilots to the test and shine a light on three feats of flying.

Five aviation disasters and the changes they have forced air-traffic controllers to make.

On 13 January 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 stalls at 300 feet altitude, strikes a road bridge and crashes into the Potomac River, killing 78 people.

After touching down, a Taiwanese commuter plane is rocked by a massive explosion, but investigators find no evidence of a bomb on board.

A mechanical problem aboard an Air Canada plane turns into an all-out emergency six miles in the air.

A freight train carrying an excess of cargo loses its brakes while descending a mountain causing it to gain speed and derail into a neighborhood killing several people.

On 4 November 2010, shortly after takeoff from Singapore, the number-two engine on Qantas Flight 32 partially disintegrates, causing serious damage to its left wing.

A British Airways flight to Australia in 1982 crashes into the Indian Ocean.

A design fault leads to an explosion on a DC-10 and two years later the same design fault causes another tragedy.

Air France Flight 296 fails to regain altitude after performing a fly-by during an air show at Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport.

A bomb explodes on Air India Flight 182 en route from Canada to India causing it to disintegrate over the coast of Ireland.

United Airlines Flight 718 and Trans World Airlines Flight 2 collide midair over the Grand Canyon in Arizona, killing all 128 people on both aircraft in 1956.

Polish Air Force Flight 101, carrying the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria Kaczynska and other top officials, crashes in a wooded area while on final approach to Smolensk North Airport in heavy fog and low visibility.

America's most remarkable natural wonders are explored including the Grand Canyon, the Great Lakes and more.

A view of Idaho from the air reveals a state filled with agricultural fields, lands untouched by human hands, and riches in the form of gold, ski resorts and spuds.

A soaring tour over Southern California explores the stunning beaches, vast deserts, sprawling city and unique culture.

An aerial tour over Kentucky reveals a state of racetracks, country music highways, bourbon distilleries and a history of feuds and traditions.

Great mountain ranges; coal-based economy.

A flight over Northern California explores ancient forests, timeless coasts, golden cities and the region's pioneering spirit.

A flying tour of Michigan's cultural landmarks, including Motown, the Great Lakes, the automobile industry and more.

The Wright Brothers gave the state its slogan.

A look at America's landmarks, including a view of bears catching clams in Alaska's rivers; a high-flying tour reveals Alaska's call of the wild spirit that has lured adventurers and dreamers north for centuries.

An aerial tour of Kansas shows a state with varied landscapes, scenic areas and historical conflict sites.

A coast-to-coast aerial tour celebrates the best small towns in the United States and tells stories about the men and women who called them home.

The Empire State of the South; ancient Moundbuilders to the Cherokee Indians.

An aerial journey across Montana celebrates the Treasure State's adventure-filled history while showcasing its sprawling farms and rugged terrain.

Alpine valleys; Rocky Mountains; Denver's towering skyscrapers.

Mike Davidson embarks with the team to one of the most extreme, avalanche-prone ski mountains in the world: Snowbird; they battle to keep the steep and deep slopes safe with shovels, snowcats and even a WWII Howitzer.

At Cirque Du Soileil in Las Vegas, Mike embeds with the talented teams that maintain the amazing machines behind Cirque Du Soleil's stage shows.

With wildfire season ahead, Mike works with an aerial firefighting company as they fix and convert aircraft into firefighting machines, including the transformation of a 1960's C130 plane from aged military aircraft into a stateofthe art waterbomber.

In Philadelphia, Mike Davidson is on streets, in tunnels, on tracks & in trolley restoration garages - working shoulder-to-shoulder with the team that keeps one of America's largest & oldest mass transit systems running smoothly and on time.

Mike works with the U.S. Army in Germany inside the massive fix facility The MAK, Maintenance Activity Kaiserslautern, as teams repair over one hundred Bradley fighting vehicles, then embeds with troops in a massive two week long battle exercise.

Host Mike Davidson goes to the remote Atacama desert in Chile; at observatory ALMA he works alongside the expert team as they repair some of the world's biggest antennas.

Moments before Pacific Southwest Flight 1771 crashes on a cattle ranch in California, gunshots are heard in the cabin.

When a twin-engine jet careens off the runway in Kentucky, investigators must determine why the plane failed to take off.

A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 103, causing the aircraft to disintegrate in mid-air and the wreckage of the aircraft to crash into the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing all 259 people on board and 11 people on the ground.

On 26 May 1991, the thrust reverser on the number one engine of Lauda Air Flight 004 deploys in flight without being commanded, causing the aircraft to spiral out of control, disintegrate, and crash about 100 miles northwest of Bangkok.

An aerial tour of Nevada; the state's deserts, ghost towns, neon cities and Hoover Dam; its history built on epic booms and busts.

Viewing Oklahoma from the sky reveals a state filled with tall-grass prairies and man-made wonders; the Dust Bowl, Tornado Alley and buffalo-filled plains; it also shows a history steeped in tragedy and devastation.

An aerial tour over America's Great Plains tracks the prairies, farms, oilfields and wildlife.

An aerial tour of the world's first national park showcases Yellowstone's diverse wildlife and rich history.

The Lone Star's rugged canyons, historic ranches and modern cities.

Beauty of the Empire State; Central Park; tallest skyscrapers; mighty rivers; 17th century explorer Henry Hudson.

Taking an aerial tour of Virginia.

White sand beaches; Blue Ridge Mountains; Charleston's Rainbow Row.

A flight over Arizona explores the state's storied past, architectural achievements and landscapes, including America's natural wonder, the Grand Canyon.

The world's largest volcanic island; Iceland's landscapes, forged by fire and ice; a tour over Alaska, the residents it attracts and the wildlife that thrives in these unique surroundings.

Vast cotton fields, Gulf coast beaches; famous Civil Rights marches; NASCAR's most dangerous track; steel factories.

A tour over two U.S. territories, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

In a rush to complete their flights, three different flight crews skip key procedures, ignore signs of danger and make deadly decisions.

Mistaken identity and hostile fire over enemy territory are among the many risks that pilots face in war zones around the world.

From pilot error to meltdowns within air traffic control, investigators dig deep into three mid-air collisions that seem to defy logic.

At Monster Jam, custom-built monster trucks roll, flip, and fly through the air. With the metal-bending beating these trucks endure, teams of specialized mechanics race against the clock to repair these engineering marvels in time for the next event.

From pilot error to meltdowns within air traffic control, investigators dig deep into three mid-air collisions that seem to defy logic.

At Monster Jam, custom-built monster trucks roll, flip, and fly through the air. With the metal-bending beating these trucks endure, teams of specialized mechanics race against the clock to repair these engineering marvels in time for the next event.

From pilot error to meltdowns within air traffic control, investigators dig deep into three mid-air collisions that seem to defy logic.

At Monster Jam, custom-built monster trucks roll, flip, and fly through the air. With the metal-bending beating these trucks endure, teams of specialized mechanics race against the clock to repair these engineering marvels in time for the next event.

From corrosion and metal fatigue to faulty repairs, three doomed airlines are brought down by gradually deteriorating parts.

A look at the fate of United Airlines Flight 232 which crashed into Sioux City's runway in 1989; it caused a subsequent explosion that left 111 people dead.

Pilots are prepared to cope with a range of emergency scenarios, but failures in training can lead to catastrophe in the cockpit.

With hidden flaws buried in their navigation systems, three planes suffer catastrophic computer errors that force investigators to dig deep for clues.

On August 22nd, 1985, 55 people died aboard British Airtours flight 28M when its engine catches fire as it accelerates.

Investigators struggle to understand the unusual flight path and Himalayan crash site of Thai Airways Flight 311.

On 1 June 2009, Air France Flight 447 stalls and crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while flying through a thunderstorm, killing all 228 people on board.

The captain of a Navy cruiser must quickly determine if an approaching plane is friendly.

A helicopter carrying oil workers to an offshore drilling platform crashes.

The two-man crew of a UPS cargo jet must attempt an emergency landing when a fire in the cargo hold fills their cockpit with smoke.

After taking off from Taiwan, a China Airlines 747 suddenly disappears from radar and crashes, killing 225 people.

A 747's cargo door opens at 23,000 feet, causing an explosive decompression that ejects nine passengers from the plane.

In 1991, a Boeing 737 operating as United Airlines Flight 585 suddenly rolls into a dive and crashes within eight seconds, killing all 25 people on board.

History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.

When Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps, investigators discover shocking truths about the co-pilot's mental health.

Investigators try to find the cause of two similar air crashes that happened nearly 12 years apart.

Facing a cascade of failures and a fire on board, a turboprop is just seconds from landing when it flips over and crashes.

The investigation into the 2014 crash of a TransAsia flight uncovers a systemic problem with the airline.

Three last-resort water landings, all handled differently yet each one crucial to improving the outcomes of ditching on open water.

From pilot error to meltdowns within air traffic control, investigators dig deep into three mid-air collisions that seem to defy logic.

An in-depth look at how things are repaired.

A quick trip from Washington D.C. to Ohio in 1994 turns deadly when pilots of a twin-engine turboprop attempt a risky landing.

The pairing of a domineering pilot and an inexperienced first officer has deadly consequences in northern Minnesota.

When an A300 stalls and crashes just before landing in Japan, fears arise about the plane's complex automated systems.

Three flights end in tragedy after miscommunication mix-ups and personality clases; Investigators try to unravel what went wrong.

A helicopter carrying offshore drilling workers crashes into the ocean, leading to an investigation that reveals a fatal flaw in the chopper's design.

A cleaning crew makes a careless error while cleaning a Boeing 757, affecting the plane's computer system and causing it to crash into the Pacific Ocean.

When a USAF stealth bomber crashes after takeoff, investigators search for a reason.

The world's latest, most-advanced expedition cruise ship Roald Amundsen whisks passengers on an adventurous voyage to Antarctica.

The Sky Princess carries passengers from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to three Central American stops.

The new Viking Sea cruise ship whisks guests away on a journey across the Arctic Circle and into the heart of Norway.

Visit Stonehenge, kiss the Blarney Stone and hunt for Nessie on a magical tour of the British Isles, aboard Marina.

Facing Australia's fierce heat, Celebrity Solstice provides guests with views of waterfalls, jumping crocodiles, koalas and the Great Barrier Reef.

Follow mega cruiser Regal Princess as she whisks guests to Germany, Russia, and Scandinavia in style.

Japan's Tokaido Shinkansen, known as the bullet train, operates on a dedicated railway line at up to 177 mph.

A trip aboard the luxury tourist train, Transcantábrico Clásico through Northern Spain along a historic 19th century rail line.

A trip aboard one of the world's most expensive and sought-after train rides details the journey for both passengers and crew.

The world's most adventurous cruise ship, MS Fram, battles ice-choked fjords of Greenland to visit wildlife and icebergs.

MSC's biggest cruise ship navigates tight Mediterranean harbors, offering a brand new water park, classic excursions and Cirque du Soleil at Sea.

The maiden voyage of the Oasis of the Seas, the largest, most revolutionary cruise ship in the world.

Take a river tour through some of Europe's greatest cities--Budapest, Vienna, and Amsterdam--on Viking Longship Gefjon.

We follow passengers and crew aboard Viking Star during its two-week tour from Barcelona to its home port in Bergen, Norway.

The Stargazer launches Pegasus rockets, delivering specialized weather satellites designed to detect the magnitude and intensity of hurricanes.

The Ghan takes passengers on a 3-day, 2-night journey through Australia; the Pichi Pichi Railway offers passengers a trip on an original steam locomotive train.

The only cruise ship designed specifically to navigate the treasures and dangers at the southern tip of South America.

Royal Clipper is the largest sailing cruise ship in the world, celebrating tall ships of the 19th century while offering modern-day service for its guests.

Switzerland's Bernina Express is one of the most beautiful train journeys on Earth, especially in winter; one of three railway lines on the UNESCO World Heritage list, it navigates 55 tunnels and nearly 200 viaducts and bridges.

Norway's Bergen Line stretches from Oslo to Bergen, passing through 182 tunnels; Nordland Line transports passengers and freight; Flam Railway boasts one of the steepest railway climbs on Earth.

Norwegian Joy sails amid icebergs in Alaska's Inside Passage, treating guests to glaciers, humpback whales, and the largest zip line in the world.

The Paul Gauguin offers five-star luxury while sailing near the coral reefs, mountainous islands and tropical playgrounds of French Polynesia.

New luxury liner Le Soleal navigates the uncharted waters of Indonesia to give her passengers one-of-a-kind encounters at exotic destinations.

Take a cruise where the guests choose the ports to visit and the captain and crew work overtime to make it happen.

In 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while flying from New York City to Cairo, killing all 217 people on board; the cause of the crash is disputed.

Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes shortly after take-off in Detroit in 1987; a fatal preflight error caused the second-deadliest plane crash in the U.S. history.

When Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic, its pilots desperately try to keep their Airbus A330 in the air until they reach land.

Three devastating crashes make front-page news around the globe; the media frenzy puts intense pressure on investigators to uncover the causes.

The U.S. Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City, Miss.; the importance of accurate weather forecasting to the aviation industry.

How routine flights can turn catastrophic in mere seconds when the pilots become momentarily distracted; three flights end in a disaster.

Almost immediately after taking off from Madrid International Airport, Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.

A 1.2 million square foot office building balances precariously on a 39 foot wide base in Chicago. A building named Pterodactyl lands on top of a Los Angeles parking garage. And the world's longest suspension footbridge.

Visiting the Hearst Tower in Manhattan and Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore to understand how they were built; covering how designers and engineers attempt to create a museum worthy of Salvador Dali in Florida.

A towering bridge in France; upside-down hotel in China; Italy's forest into the sky.

Exploring the design and engineering stories behind D.C.'s Museum of African American History, the Montreal Tower and the Equinor building in Oslo.

Traveling from Canada to Belgium to the Southern U.S. to examine an eye-popping school, museum and railway station and reveal how they were built.

Visiting the Vancouver House, Norway's Under restaurant and the Seattle Central Library to discover how these visionary buildings were created.

An unstable high rise, an otherworldly museum, and a towering cliffside elevator.

An in-depth look at how things are repaired.

Mike Davidson goes to the biggest automated package sorting facility in the world - UPS Worldport in Louisville, Kentucky. Two million packages go through here every day.

A crew and its massive air crane helicopter haul millions of pounds of timber while battling the elements and handling emergency repairs.

An in-depth look at how things are repaired.

From pilot error to meltdowns within air traffic control, investigators dig deep into three mid-air collisions that seem to defy logic.

A private jet attempting to compensate for a late approach to the airport, slams into an Ohio apartment building just a couple of miles from the runway.

A high-stakes demonstration flight in Indonesia turns catastrophic when a Russian jet slams into a mountain.

A complex recovery operation is launched to find out if a 747 which disappeared into the Indian Ocean was carrying illegal weapons.

A Boeing 737 leaving Panama City crashes into one of the most remote and treacherous jungles on the planet.

On 27 November 2008, an aircraft on a post-maintenance test flight operating as XL Airways Germany Flight 888T stalls and crashes into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of France, killing all seven people on board.

The 200-year evolution of the submarine in wartime is examined, told by the designers and engineers behind the machines.

An up-close look at the naval carriers, destroyers, and nuclear submarines of the Cold War.

From tests in the River Thames, to the German's deadly U-boat attacks in World War II, this episode explores the silent threat of submarines.

Stories of historic Black struggle for equality in maritime combat; an enslaved powder boy who served during the French and Indian War; a Civil War gunner; the first African American to command a vessel with a fully integrated crew: Hugh Mulzac.

[EPG Series] A look at how technological advances over the centuries have led to bigger and faster combat ships and transformed maritime warfare.

A look at key naval battles that have taken place in the Persian Gulf over the last 50 years and the warships involved, from both sides of the conflicts.

A look at the smallest ships of war and the major roles they've played over the centuries, including the 1776 gunboat built to stop a British invasion and the HA-19 sub.

New high-tech investigations uncover what sunk a World War I cruiser, a World War II submarine, a British destroyer from the Falklands War, and more.

A look at how navy weapons have evolved over the centuries, from cannons to gun turrets to nuclear missiles and beyond.

Exploring maritime heroes who left their mark on history through their bravery and skill, including Larry Chambers, Ernest Evans, and Robert Smalls.

A look at riverine warfare from the Civil War to Vietnam and small but powerful combat ships.

Recounting some of maritime warfare's explosions, from world wars and Vietnam to the nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll.

The massive AC-130 provides unparalleled close air support to U.S. and allied ground troops.

The inside story of how the AH/MH-6 evolved over the decades to become an irreplacable aircraft for the U.S. Military.

The inside story of Britain's flagship super jet of the Cold War era, the Hawker Hunter, and its most thrilling flights during the late 20th century.

During the Vietnam War, the United States needed a helicopter that could defend itself; the AH-1 Cobra, the world's first pure attack helicopter.

Electronic warfare aircraft; the EA-6B Prowler; the EA-18G Growler.

The history of the longest serving bomber in the U.S. military: the B-52 Stratofortress.

The 50-year evolution of the Army's top transport helicopter, the CH-47 Chinook.

Exploring the world's top close air support aircraft, which enter battles at a minute's notice.

A look at the British multi-role fighter aircraft; the de Havilland Mosquito was used in the Second World War as a bomber, fighter and reconnaissance aircraft.

The history of the KC-135 Stratotanker, the 60-year-old aerial refueler that keeps fighter jets flying.

The Marine Corps' V-22 Osprey.

The F-15 Eagle's conquests in Iraq, Yugoslavia and even space.