Alle Folgen

For the first few weeks, the pilots are concerned with learning the basics of their aircraft, with their cardboard cockpits. The pilots are dragged through water to simulate a parachute being caught in the swell; this is emergency training.

This is the pilots' first experience of 208 squadron and centers around their respective first flights in the Hawk. Dave fulfills his childhood dream and flies his first fast jet. Rich shows us the progress board that every pilot is on.

This episode begins with Lewis talking about his recurrent problem of airsickness, which requires him to leave RAF Valley and attend a clinic to help cure his airsickness.

April 9, 2003, statue of Saddam Hussein is pulled down in Baghdad. Dave is about to take his final navigation test, which he passes and advances onto the last part of the course board.

This episode focuses on the weapons training of the pilots, mainly Rich and Dave. In this episode, we see dog-fighting and other areas of combat, including defense and other aerial maneuvers.

The pilots fire live ammunition, of the pilots we have been following, Dave is the first to go through this level of weapons training, this is not entirely new to him as he has seen combat before as a navigator.