Death From Above - Air War Against Terror

Operation El Dorado Canyon in 1986 was President Reagan's response to Libya's challenge of US warships and the bombing of a German night club. The same year the French Air Force carried out the Ouadi Doum air raid during the Chadian-Libyan conflict.

Operation Deliberate Force was a sustained air campaign conducted by NATO, in concert with the United Nations Protective Force ground operations against the Bosnian Serb Army (VRS), which attacked UN-designated "safe areas" during the Bosnian War.

Operation Instant Thunder the name given to planned air strikes by the United States during the Gulf War. It was planned and executed in three phases to be an overwhelming strike which would devastate the Iraqi military and began on August 5, 1990.

The Marines ground war begins. Marine Task Force Papa Bear meets the enemy at point blank range at the battle for the Burquan Oil Fields.

U.S. air operations in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

Operation Active Endeavour is a NATO plan in the Mediterranean Sea designed to prevent the movement of terrorists or weapons. It aims to demonstrate NATO's resolve in the fight against terrorism and to help deter terrorist activity in the Mediterranean.

Operation Iraqi Freedom began in March 2003 with the initial phase constructed around the military doctrine of rapid dominance that includes the concept of imposing a level of Shock and Awe against an adversary. Initial large scale air operations against Iraq began on March 21st with Coalition Air Forces flying over 1,700 sorties in one day.

The main combat during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 began March 19th and ended with the capture of Baghdad in early April. Iraqi insurgency operations began shortly thereafter and this episode covers the air war during the Iraqi insurgency.

Operation Odyssey Dawn details the U.S. role in Libya implementing a no-fly zone during the Libyan Civil War.

The air war against the Taliban and the SEAL and Night Stalker "kill-or-capture mission" against Osama bin Laden. The official code name for the operation against bin Laden was Operation Neptune Spear, a reference to the trident in the SEAL insignia.