When the Wright Brothers made their historic flight at Kitty Hawk, few people imagined the role aviation would play in future wars. The first aerial combat in the skies over France in WW I gave a dream to aviators everywhere of projecting ever-greater power through the air.
"Wings of Glory" chronicles American airpower from its early beginnings, The United States Army Air Corps of WW II, to the birth of the Air Force in the first jet air-to-air combat in the crimson skies over Korea. original archival images are filmed by the combat cameramen of America's air services.
In this two DVD presentation, you will discover how the Air Force grew from a few daring young men to a force with capabilities beyond the wildest dreams of the early aviation visionaries. This is the official story of the Air Force, the story of "Wings of glory."