0:00:34 > 0:00:41This film contains very strong language and some violent scenes
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Nice shot, Hamb.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51I drilled a little to the left.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53It's 15 feet from the goddamn hole.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56I miscalculated the wind by a couple knots.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57Give me a break.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Well, you know, it's all a matter of degrees.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03The difference between the big money and not making the cut is razor-thin.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Well, I wasn't thinking about qualifying for the Masters.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Kind of had my sights set on the NBA.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15HELICOPTER WHIRRS OVERHEAD
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Well, your hook shot's working, Scotty.
0:01:40 > 0:01:41Nice shot.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49What do you think I'm doing wrong here?
0:01:51 > 0:01:54I think you're standing too close to the ball.
0:01:54 > 0:01:55Yeah. Pretty bad, huh?
0:01:55 > 0:01:57After you hit it.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58..Yeah?
0:01:58 > 0:02:01They want you at ops right away, sir.
0:04:17 > 0:04:22- MAN:- Russian tanks, 8-inch guns, and APCs.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Seventh Air Force intelligence has been indicating
0:04:25 > 0:04:28the possibility of a North Vietnamese/VC offensive.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Now, these photos confirm it.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35NVA troops moving down the Ho Chi Minh Trail,
0:04:35 > 0:04:39south of the DMZ, near Quang Tri.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Now, they'll combine with Charlie
0:04:41 > 0:04:44and try to hit us hard,
0:04:44 > 0:04:46probably in several places at once.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Glad you could make it, Colonel.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Sorry, sir.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Strategic Air Command's putting everything it's got
0:04:55 > 0:04:58in the air two days from now and will just clobber the hell out of them.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00If we don't stop their movement,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03or at least slow it down to a trickle,
0:05:03 > 0:05:06our ground troops are going to take heavy casualties.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Now, our job remains the same,
0:05:08 > 0:05:11fly alongside the bombers,
0:05:11 > 0:05:13throw down your electronic smoke screens,
0:05:13 > 0:05:15jam the missile radars.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Sir, why don't we put our surveillance aircraft up there first, sir?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Have them fly the same route the big boys are going to fly on their scheduled run.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Missile reaction can be recorded,
0:05:23 > 0:05:26launch sites plotted.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Send the fighter jocks in there to just knock the hell out of them.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48I really appreciate you volunteering us for this flight, Hamb.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Didn't think you had your sights set on being a full bird.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53I've got my sights set on a condo
0:05:53 > 0:05:56on the seventh fairway at Tucson National.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Six months from now, that's where the old lady and me will be.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01That sounds awfully exciting(!)
0:06:01 > 0:06:04You think that's exciting?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06You should see the deck furniture.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Ha!
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Mark. Start your music.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23I've got a solid growl.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25SAM on scope. I confirm a launch.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27I got him.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Goddamn it. I didn't think they had SAMs this far south.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36That's why we're here.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Have to go back and give them the bad news.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40I've got another one.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42SAM on scope. 2, salvo 3.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46They're changing frequencies. I've got one.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Hold it steady. Got two.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- Got one visual. - Break left!
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Break left! LOUD BUZZING
0:06:53 > 0:06:55It's tracking us! It's locked!
0:06:59 > 0:07:03We're hit! Everybody get out!
0:07:03 > 0:07:05We're going down!
0:07:05 > 0:07:06We're burning up!
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Hit by SAM! Mayday! Mayday!
0:07:10 > 0:07:12I've lost it. Crew eject! Crew eject!
0:07:12 > 0:07:14I can't get out!
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Red Scout One hit by SAMs!
0:07:17 > 0:07:18Punch out, Hamb!
0:07:18 > 0:07:19Come on, Scotty! Let's get out!
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Right behind you!
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Mayday! Mayday!
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Punch out, Scotty! Somebody punch out!
0:07:48 > 0:07:52RADIO: 'Recon pilots in quadrant Lima-Charlie-Six,
0:07:52 > 0:07:55'Mayday transmitted by Red Scout EB-66.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57'Look for smoke and chutes.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59'Repeat, look for smoke and chutes.'
0:07:59 > 0:08:00Roger.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07HAMBLETON ON RADIO: 02 FAC! 02, come in!
0:08:07 > 0:08:11This is FAC 02, call sign Birddog.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Identify yourself.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Bat 21. I'm the parachute above you, one o'clock.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18BEEPING
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Have you in sight. Turn off your beeper, Bat 21,
0:08:22 > 0:08:25or Charlie will get to you before the Jolly Greens.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Will advise. Happy landings.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Roger.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Bat 21, get out of that paddy!
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Hooches to the south. Head north to the tree line.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Repeat, head north to the tree line.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Repeat, tree line north. Roger that?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Negative. I want to wait for the choppers.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Negative.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Let's get the basic relationship down here.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36I'm the lifeguard. You're the drowning man.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39If you relax, I can bring you to shore.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41If you fight me, then I'll have to slap you around.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Now, get your ass in gear, mister!
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Bat 21, Charlie's firing mortars from the south.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Advise at tree line. Repeat, advise at tree line.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50PLANE APPROACHES
0:10:51 > 0:10:55Birddog, this is Bat 21. I can't go any further.
0:10:55 > 0:10:56Get the helis from this position.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- Copy, Bat 21. - What about the others?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Anybody else make it out?
0:11:01 > 0:11:03None reported. We're still looking.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Just stay calm.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08I'll try.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Don't worry, Bat 21. We'll get you out.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13But it's not going to happen today.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16All choppers busy evac-ing fire base at Quang Tri.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Company of guns overrun by Charlie.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Jolly Greens will pick you up in the morning.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Say again, your last transmission.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37Repeat, Jolly Greens will pick you up in the morning.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41There will be no pick-up today. Copy, Bat 21?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43EXPLOSIONS IN THE DISTANCE
0:11:45 > 0:11:47I copy, Birddog.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49OK, listen, Bat 21.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53I'm running low on juice. Have to return to base.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Birddog, thanks for your help.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58That's what I'm here for.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Birddog, you going to be back?
0:12:00 > 0:12:01That's the plan.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05Birddog signing off. Keep your head down. See you later.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Bat 21 out.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10PLANE FADES INTO DISTANCE
0:12:36 > 0:12:37THEY SPEAK IN VIETNAMESE
0:13:08 > 0:13:10SITAR MUSIC PLAYS
0:13:13 > 0:13:15HE CHANTS
0:13:40 > 0:13:41How was your flight, sir?
0:13:41 > 0:13:46Same old shit, bad movies and terrible food.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50Don't you, uh... don't you think
0:13:50 > 0:13:52you're pushing it a little, Captain?
0:13:52 > 0:13:55You've almost doubled the base record.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57The base record? Sheesh!
0:13:57 > 0:13:58I'll pin a medal on my chest(!)
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Would you check my right aileron?
0:14:01 > 0:14:03It's sticking a bit, OK?
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Yeah, I got to replace it, sir.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11How long will that take?
0:14:11 > 0:14:15Well, I can borrow one from 453.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19That's Anderson's ship.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21The way he flies, Captain, he'll never miss it, sir.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26Ha-ha-ha! I like your initiative, Sergeant.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Keep it up.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Well, we've pulled our share of pilots out of there,
0:14:32 > 0:14:34but never a 53-year-old Lieutenant Colonel.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38A 53-year-old Lieutenant Colonel?
0:14:38 > 0:14:41That's right. Navigator on that EB.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45They just gave me crew codes
0:14:45 > 0:14:47and no names and ranks.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Well, I am told that Hambleton
0:14:50 > 0:14:51is one of our top people.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53He's an electronics countermeasure expert.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56I am told that the Communists
0:14:56 > 0:14:58will have a dossier on him that thick.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01So, in the morning, when we get our birds back,
0:15:01 > 0:15:02we're going to go in and get him.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Seventh Air Force does not want Charlie
0:15:04 > 0:15:06getting their hands on him.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07We'll get him tomorrow then, sir.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09In the meantime, I want you
0:15:09 > 0:15:10to go back out there tonight.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12But he's not going anywhere, Colonel.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15I know, because I'm going to make damn certain he's secure.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Then why don't you send Anderson?
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Didn't he just get his pilot's licence?
0:15:19 > 0:15:21You'd better watch it, Captain.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Look, sir, I'm tired, I'm two weeks short,
0:15:24 > 0:15:27and that area is pretty hot,
0:15:27 > 0:15:29and I don't want to get shot down
0:15:29 > 0:15:31on some public-relations mission, OK?
0:15:35 > 0:15:38All right, then, I'll make it easy for you, Captain.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41It's an order, and you damn well will carry it out.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Is that clear?
0:15:46 > 0:15:47Yes, sir.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Thank you for the ride, sir.
0:16:52 > 0:16:53TWIG SNAPS
0:17:52 > 0:17:56MEN SPEAK SOFTLY IN VIETNAMESE
0:18:36 > 0:18:38BRANCH SNAPS
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Phew! OK...
0:19:30 > 0:19:3250 piasters.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33THE OTHER MEN GROAN
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Come on! Chickenshits! Chickenshits!
0:19:35 > 0:19:37No way.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39OK. Hey, Clarky, pull up a chair,
0:19:39 > 0:19:40before these pigeons are totally penniless.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Another time. I got to go back up again tonight.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Going back up again?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Damn, putting in the hours.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48Yeah. Tell Walker.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51I got to start carrying my sleeping bag with me.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53OK... I got two pair.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Three sixes.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58I've got two pairs of sevens and your other six.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59Ha-ha-ha!
0:19:59 > 0:20:03Damn! I thought you newspaper boys
0:20:03 > 0:20:05would be a bit sharper than that. What rag do you write for again?
0:20:05 > 0:20:07New York Times.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Oh, yeah, I picked one up once.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12You read, Ross? Probably stole it from some derelict in the park,
0:20:12 > 0:20:13who was using it as a blanket.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14I gave him a nickel!
0:20:14 > 0:20:17I couldn't find the comics, so I returned it.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Did you get your money back?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Yeah. I ended up finishing a pint of radiator fluid with the guy.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23It was about then I figured it was time to enlist,
0:20:23 > 0:20:26and here I am, the best goddamn evac pilot in 'Nam!
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Tell it, Ross.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Flying those choppers every day scrambles up your brains. You get facts confused.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Ross here thinks that it takes some skill
0:20:33 > 0:20:35to keep one of those eggbeaters up in the air.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36Typical FAC pilot.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38He labours under the misapprehension
0:20:38 > 0:20:40that he is the most Sierra-Hotel cowboy in the Air Force.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42The real truth is, he flies
0:20:42 > 0:20:44a fucking VW Microbus with wings.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Well, this VW pilot
0:20:46 > 0:20:48flies ten feet off the deck,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51draws fire from SAMs down to eight-year-olds
0:20:51 > 0:20:52with slingshots and pebbles.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Ha-ha-ha! A confirmation on that.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56A lot of times, I've seen Clark
0:20:56 > 0:20:58return here... You want one?
0:20:58 > 0:20:59..with leaves in his teeth.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00Because...
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Two.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04..us black folks ain't got no depth perception.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06So we gots to fly what we gets.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07MEN LAUGH
0:21:07 > 0:21:10They won't let us fly fast aeroplanes!
0:21:10 > 0:21:13You got to be particular in this man's Air Force.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18Now, right here, you are looking at a perfect flyboy profile.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21The kind of guy you can trust when the shit hits the fan.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Boom. It's hit the fan, man!
0:21:29 > 0:21:30See you later, Clarky.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Later, Clarky.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Don't wait up for me, OK?
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Take care.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46PLANE FLIES OVERHEAD
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Birddog, Bat 21. Is that you?
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Roger, Bat 21. It's me.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00I need a visual reference, so I can stay in range.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02You'll need one.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Got you, Bat 21.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Positive contact.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38I appreciate you dropping by, Birddog.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40That's what I'm here for.
0:22:40 > 0:22:46Charlie walked by my hole about an hour ago.
0:22:46 > 0:22:47How many?
0:22:47 > 0:22:5210 or 12. It seems to be quiet now.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Just stay calm.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57You'll be out of there in the morning.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02Birddog, could you do me a personal favour?
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Shoot.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Get in touch with my wife.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08I was supposed to call her tonight.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10She'll be scared to death.
0:23:10 > 0:23:11Her name is Gwen.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13I know. I pulled your personal file.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15I got her address and number,
0:23:15 > 0:23:18but I think you should let it ride for a day.
0:23:18 > 0:23:19She may not be too excited
0:23:19 > 0:23:21about where you decided to spend the night.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Yeah, we'll do it your way.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29I'm glad somebody's thinking clearly.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32How long you been flying Oscar-Deuces?
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Too long. Due to rotate soon.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38You know, I'm probably the oldest captain in the Air Force.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40How old are you?
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Would you believe, 35 in June?
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Ha-ha-ha! That's not very old.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Shit. Sometimes, it is.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Are you married, Birddog?
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Yeah.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Got a wife and kid back home.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09I've been thinking about my old lady a lot
0:24:09 > 0:24:11since I've been down here.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Funny how that works.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19She keeps bugging me that my mind
0:24:19 > 0:24:22is someplace else when I'm with her.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26Yeah, yeah, I know what you mean.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Any news on the other crew members?
0:24:29 > 0:24:31No. No other chutes were spotted.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33We're still searching for the wreckage.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35The jungle is hot.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Has anyone contacted Scott's wife?
0:24:37 > 0:24:41Yeah. That's been taken care of.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43THEY SPEAK VIETNAMESE
0:24:45 > 0:24:47I feel like a real jerk.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50I'm the big expert on this deal,
0:24:50 > 0:24:52and I get us shot down.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Don't beat yourself up, Bat 21. It happens.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01You OK for the night, Bat 21?
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Yeah. No problem. Thanks for checking in.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Then I'm RTB.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Tuck yourself in.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Carpool will pick you up at first light.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18This is Birddog signing off, Bat 21.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48ENGINES IN DISTANCE
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Birddog, Birddog, this is Bat 21.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Are you in the vicinity?
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Roger, Bat 21.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Just about to give you a wake-up call.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Birddog, take a look at the intersection
0:27:40 > 0:27:42of hollywood and vine. Rush-hour traffic.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Could be a problem for our Jolly Greens.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Roger, Bat 21. Stand by.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Let's put some hits on these guys.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52I got a good visual. I'll call them.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56You sure? You're pretty close to the action. You might get nicked.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57I can see the crossroads from here.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00About half a click south of the rice paddy.
0:28:00 > 0:28:01Mark it.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04You pulling rank on me, Bat 21?
0:28:04 > 0:28:06I'll take my chances.
0:28:06 > 0:28:07You got it.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Here you go. Enjoy the show!
0:28:18 > 0:28:21MEN SHOUTING/MACHINE GUNS FIRING
0:28:25 > 0:28:30Birddog to Crabtree, I marked my targets. What are you hauling?
0:28:30 > 0:28:33Roger, Birddog. This is Crabtree,
0:28:33 > 0:28:35coming in from the south
0:28:35 > 0:28:37with a full load of snake and nape.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Roger, Crabtree. You see my smoke?
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Uh...affirmative, Birddog.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Waste the area, but remember,
0:28:43 > 0:28:45we have a friendly in the vicinity.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Try not to ruin his day with a stray frag.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Don't worry, Birddog.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52We can thread a needle if we have to.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56Thread a needle, my ass. Shit. Ha-ha!
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Birddog, on your next pass,
0:29:46 > 0:29:48move just east of the intersection.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51You got camouflaged tanks.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Roger, Bat 21.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Crabtree, tanks just east of intersection,
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Missed on first pass.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Roger, Birddog.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05MACHINE GUNS FIRE
0:30:31 > 0:30:36We're Winchester, Birddog. Please assess damage.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Additional targets still appear active.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Copy, Crabtree. Return to base. Will advise.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47MAN SHOUTS
0:30:56 > 0:30:57GUNSHOT
0:31:13 > 0:31:17Uh, Bat 21 from Birddog.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20Uh, Bat 21?
0:31:20 > 0:31:24Bat 21 from Birddog.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Do you copy, Bat 21?
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Go, Birddog.
0:31:30 > 0:31:31You intact?
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Affirmative.
0:31:36 > 0:31:37Nice quarterbacking.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Maybe we ought to leave you in for the second half.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Negative. I've seen enough.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45I guess it's different on the ground.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49It's too damn close.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52Bat 21, your pick-up may be delayed.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55The area is still too hot.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Negative! Negative! It's got to be today, goddamn it!
0:31:58 > 0:32:01I repeat, area's still too hot.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04It's a war zone, goddamn it! What do you expect?!
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Relax, Bat 21. We'll get you out at first light.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Jesus Christ!
0:32:09 > 0:32:13Just stay calm. Birddog will deliver.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16Negative, Birddog. Bat 21 has a plan.
0:32:16 > 0:32:17I worked it out last night.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20Birddog would like to RTB, refuel,
0:32:20 > 0:32:22and confirm before you move.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Negative, Birddog. Not enough time.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Bat 21! Bat 21!
0:32:35 > 0:32:38Birddog would like to confirm before you move.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Negative. Bat's on the move.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Heading for the swanee.
0:32:44 > 0:32:45Swanee?
0:32:45 > 0:32:48Repeat, heading for the swanee,
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Like in the song. "Swanee, swanee.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52"How I love you. How I love you."
0:32:52 > 0:32:53Yeah, yeah, I know the song.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56"Swanee, How I Love You."
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Uh-huh. I think I broke the code, Bat 21.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03But still do not advise.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05Route takes you through too many unfriendlies.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Birddog has no way to track you.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09I worked out a front nine to avoid the hazards.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13Copy this. Add zero to yardage.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16Holes three, six and eight at Shaw.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20South one and 17 at Macdill.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24Coming in on two, 12, 14, and 18 at Hickum.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26How do you copy?
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Copy, but I still don't know what the hell you're talking about.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36Contact Colonel Douglass at Kerat Air Base for instructions.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40I'm not sure this is a good idea, Bat 21.
0:33:40 > 0:33:45Bat 21 is teeing off from the blue markers now. Out.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51Uh, Bat 21, from Birddog.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55Uh, Bat 21, Bat 21, from Birddog.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Bat... Oh, shit!
0:34:14 > 0:34:18You want to tell me about it?
0:34:18 > 0:34:19Hambleton's moving on me.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21Where's he going?
0:34:21 > 0:34:25I don't know. He gave me some kind of goddamned code,
0:34:25 > 0:34:27after I decided it was too hot to pick him up.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30- Yeah, I heard you brought in the flyboys. - Mm-mmm...
0:34:30 > 0:34:33That was his idea.
0:34:33 > 0:34:34That's some kind of tough bastard.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Shit!
0:34:36 > 0:34:38I mean, he must realise
0:34:38 > 0:34:40they aren't always that accurate.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43I've seen frags drop 30 feet in front of my windscreen.
0:34:43 > 0:34:44Mm-hmm.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47Wait, wait, wait. Where are you going?
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Sit down and finish your beer. Sit down.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52I got to go up again. I got to find him.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55You're spending more time in the air than on Mother Earth.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57You look like hell.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02Well, I need the overtime.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05You are going for a DFFC, aren't you?
0:35:05 > 0:35:07A Distinguished Fucking Flying Cross.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Man, I must have vapour-locked, or something.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14"FAC pilot saves Colonel!"
0:35:14 > 0:35:16You're gearing up for the ceremony. A full dress parade,
0:35:16 > 0:35:18a nice shiny medal to show the folks back home,
0:35:18 > 0:35:21and a newfound respect in the military community.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Shit! Clarky, stick around. Come on.
0:35:24 > 0:35:25We'll take a chopper up.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28We'll shoot a few cows and have a barbecue. What do you say?
0:35:28 > 0:35:31Ross, not tonight, yeah?
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Don't you think you've got
0:35:33 > 0:35:36a little obsessive behaviour going here?
0:35:36 > 0:35:39Obsessive behaviour? Me, obsessive behaviour?
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Man, I recall some of the crazy, lunatic shit
0:35:41 > 0:35:42that you've done in your machine.
0:35:42 > 0:35:46Maybe I like hauling those sorry dudes out of the bush.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Maybe I like to see their big, sloppy smiles when I drag them into the chopper,
0:35:49 > 0:35:53because you just know they thought they were going to spend the rest of the war dodging punji sticks,
0:35:53 > 0:35:56snakes, and gooks, and I hand them a camel and a candy bar,
0:35:56 > 0:35:59and they smile like when they got laid for the first time.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02I'm not into this death-and-destruction bullshit either,
0:36:02 > 0:36:03or flying fucking medals.
0:36:03 > 0:36:08You know, all I want to do is bring the old man back.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13OK... Go on. Get him through the night.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16I'll haul his ass out in the morning.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18OK, Birddog?
0:37:24 > 0:37:25CLUCKING
0:38:22 > 0:38:24MAN SPEAKS IN VIETNAMESE
0:38:26 > 0:38:28HE REPLIES IN VIETNAMESE
0:38:28 > 0:38:31MAN SPEAKS ANGRILY
0:38:37 > 0:38:40No, no, no, no. Look... Friend.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43HE REPEATS THE SAME WORD IN VIETNAMESE
0:38:45 > 0:38:48< Friend. Friend. MAN SHOUTS ANGRILY
0:39:14 > 0:39:15GUNSHOT
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Pa?
0:39:51 > 0:39:54I'm sorry.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19WOMAN SOBS SOFTLY
0:41:32 > 0:41:34HE GROANS
0:41:53 > 0:41:54HE SOBS
0:42:00 > 0:42:02No, no, no. Number 14 at Hickum.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05Right, Hickum.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Yeah, the par four across the water.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10That's the one. Hold the phone a minute.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Uh, Captain,
0:42:12 > 0:42:15Uh...number 14 at Hickum, 390 yards.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Draw it in.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Don't forget to add the zero.
0:42:19 > 0:42:20Come here, Clark.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Colonel, that puts our puzzle together.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26Now let's hope the damn thing works. ..Right.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29Yeah, I will keep you abreast of everything.
0:42:29 > 0:42:30Right, I will.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33And thank you. Mm-hmm.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37What have we got, sir?
0:42:37 > 0:42:41I got a lot to tell you about your boy.
0:42:41 > 0:42:42Seems like Hambleton was flying
0:42:42 > 0:42:46a pave-penny mission for a major bombing strike, Captain.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48He came up with the idea himself,
0:42:48 > 0:42:50and then he volunteers to go.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52Right man for the job and all that.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Sounds like to me he must have written the damn manuals.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56Wouldn't Charlie like to get
0:42:56 > 0:42:59their hands on him, open him up? Shit.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01It doesn't get any better.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04The strike was scheduled for 07:00 hours tomorrow.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Their objective, carpet-bomb
0:43:06 > 0:43:08this crossroads where Hambleton is
0:43:08 > 0:43:11and everything around it for 8 kilometres.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14HE SIGHS
0:43:16 > 0:43:18That's what he was talking about.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21Exactly.
0:43:24 > 0:43:25He won't make it.
0:43:25 > 0:43:29They're going to blast the whole goddamn area, huh?
0:43:29 > 0:43:31I'm fucking blowing my brains out
0:43:31 > 0:43:32trying to get this motherfucker home,
0:43:32 > 0:43:34and they're talking about carpet-bombing!
0:43:34 > 0:43:36Goddamn it, Captain...
0:43:36 > 0:43:37Now, wait a minute...
0:43:37 > 0:43:39Shut up, goddamn it!
0:43:41 > 0:43:44I bought us 24 hours.
0:43:44 > 0:43:46That's the best I could do.
0:43:46 > 0:43:50Had to put my ass on the line to get that.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53I told Seventh Air we'd get him out of there.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55That's exactly what we're going to do.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03Nice work, Colonel.
0:44:03 > 0:44:05Let's don't start jumping up and down,
0:44:05 > 0:44:08throwing babies in the air yet, Captain.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10We'd better wait and see
0:44:10 > 0:44:12if Hambleton's code works.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14Hmm. You got any ideas?
0:44:14 > 0:44:16Douglass knew what Hambleton
0:44:16 > 0:44:18was talking about right away.
0:44:18 > 0:44:20I mean, they're both golf fanatics.
0:44:20 > 0:44:23They play three times a week. Hambleton's got a four handicap.
0:44:23 > 0:44:26With all that in mind, come here. I want to show you something.
0:44:26 > 0:44:27..Thank you, Howard.
0:44:29 > 0:44:31Now...stay with me, Captain.
0:44:31 > 0:44:33This gets pretty wild.
0:44:33 > 0:44:38Hambleton wants to get here to the river, to the swanee, right?
0:44:38 > 0:44:39Well, how's he going to do that?
0:44:39 > 0:44:42I mean, he's not about to just tear ass out through there
0:44:42 > 0:44:43and lose contact with you.
0:44:43 > 0:44:44Hell, he's dead meat.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47On the other hand, he can't get on the radio
0:44:47 > 0:44:49and tell you where he's going. Charlie's got VHF too.
0:44:49 > 0:44:52So he gives you an imaginary nine holes of golf.
0:44:52 > 0:44:54When you lay those nine holes over our map, Captain...
0:44:54 > 0:44:58there's what they look like.
0:44:58 > 0:45:00Now we can track him,
0:45:00 > 0:45:02now that we know where he is.
0:45:02 > 0:45:04We know exactly where he comes out at the end
0:45:04 > 0:45:06because he didn't pick those holes at random.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08They come off three Air Force golf courses
0:45:08 > 0:45:10he's played a hundred times,
0:45:10 > 0:45:12knows them like the back of his hand.
0:45:12 > 0:45:13Now, let's take these three
0:45:13 > 0:45:15that come off Shaw Air Force base.
0:45:15 > 0:45:18First hole, 410-yard par-four dogleg.
0:45:18 > 0:45:20We add that zero Hambleton's talking about,
0:45:20 > 0:45:22it reads 4,100 yards,
0:45:22 > 0:45:24and the first green puts him right there.
0:45:24 > 0:45:26Next green, here and here.
0:45:26 > 0:45:30These two holes come off the front and back of Macdill.
0:45:30 > 0:45:31These four finishing holes here,
0:45:31 > 0:45:33according to Douglass,
0:45:33 > 0:45:34are the holes Hambleton birdied
0:45:34 > 0:45:36the last time he played Hickum
0:45:36 > 0:45:38to shoot a one-under-par 71.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40Pretty good score, huh? Ha-ha-ha!
0:45:40 > 0:45:43Clever son of a bitch.
0:45:43 > 0:45:44You play golf, Captain?
0:45:44 > 0:45:47No, sir. Golf wasn't big in my neighbourhood.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50All right. Well, all these holes are on these cards,
0:45:50 > 0:45:52and this is a glossary of golf terminology.
0:45:52 > 0:45:55Now, you're going to communicate with Hambleton
0:45:55 > 0:45:57using these terms, because Charlie won't know
0:45:57 > 0:45:59what in the hell you're talking about
0:45:59 > 0:46:01until it's too late, anyway.
0:46:01 > 0:46:03So get busy. Learn this.
0:46:03 > 0:46:06That's the key to Hambleton's code.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11Dogleg.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14Dogleg.
0:46:15 > 0:46:16Hmm.
0:47:22 > 0:47:24Does Anderson know you borrowed his prop?
0:47:24 > 0:47:25No, sir.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27I'd love to be there when he tries to take off.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30He's going to need a hell of a long runway, Captain.
0:47:30 > 0:47:31Yeah.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34Look, at the risk of being out of line, sir,
0:47:34 > 0:47:35I think you look a bit overextended.
0:47:35 > 0:47:39Now, in the best interest of the mission and your personal safety,
0:47:39 > 0:47:40I put together this tape.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42Some serious sounds, Captain.
0:47:42 > 0:47:44They're guaranteed to keep you alert.
0:47:44 > 0:47:48You're quite a man, Rumbaugh.
0:47:48 > 0:47:51You just have a good flight, all right, sir?
0:47:51 > 0:47:53All right.
0:47:56 > 0:47:58ENGINE REVS
0:48:53 > 0:48:54WHISTLING
0:49:08 > 0:49:09Fuck!
0:49:13 > 0:49:15Son of a bitch!
0:49:15 > 0:49:18God. Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!
0:49:19 > 0:49:21Fuck.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26God...
0:49:41 > 0:49:44SITAR MUSIC PLAYS
0:49:44 > 0:49:48Fucked-up Rumbaugh shit.
0:49:48 > 0:49:50MUSIC CONTINUES
0:49:53 > 0:49:55Birddog on radio. Bat 21, this is Birddog.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58Come in, come in. Where the hell are you?
0:50:00 > 0:50:02Birddog, this is Bat 21.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04I read you loud and clear.
0:50:04 > 0:50:05MUSIC STOPS
0:50:05 > 0:50:09Copy, Bat 21. It's good to hear from you. I thought I'd lost you.
0:50:09 > 0:50:13It's good to hear your voice, Birddog.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15I'm at the third fairway,
0:50:15 > 0:50:17trying to get a fix on your position.
0:50:17 > 0:50:18You broke the code.
0:50:18 > 0:50:21I'm working on it. It's not an easy game to play.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23Uh, what is your...
0:50:26 > 0:50:27..lie?
0:50:27 > 0:50:31Birddog, I'm 150 yards northwest of the third green.
0:50:31 > 0:50:35I'll give you a signal, white one.
0:50:44 > 0:50:45Got you marked.
0:50:52 > 0:50:53Any problems?
0:50:53 > 0:50:56I ran into an unfriendly a while back.
0:50:56 > 0:50:58I had to do some backtracking.
0:50:58 > 0:51:00You all right?
0:51:00 > 0:51:02My landing gear's a little damaged,
0:51:02 > 0:51:04but it's still serviceable.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07I'm sorry to hear about that.
0:51:10 > 0:51:12Listen, Birddog...
0:51:12 > 0:51:15you got to get me out of here.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17Affirmative.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19I'm here to tell you the good news.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21We bought 24 hours. Copy that?
0:51:21 > 0:51:24You bet I copy.
0:51:24 > 0:51:26You must have friends in high places
0:51:26 > 0:51:28who want to see your face again.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30That's nice to know.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33Uh, Bat 21...
0:51:33 > 0:51:35stay put and don't transmit.
0:51:35 > 0:51:37I have business to take care of.
0:51:41 > 0:51:43Uh, this is Birddog. This is Birddog.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46Anyone on station? And play it cool.
0:51:46 > 0:51:49PLANE PASSES OVERHEAD
0:51:53 > 0:51:55Copy, Cupcake. If it's not too much trouble,
0:51:55 > 0:51:58I'd enjoy your company at coordinates
0:51:58 > 0:52:01Zulu-Zulu-5, uh, Lima-Hotel-7.
0:52:01 > 0:52:03- MAN:- Cupcake on the way.
0:52:03 > 0:52:05Copy, Cupcake.
0:52:05 > 0:52:07Back to you, Bat 21. This is Birddog.
0:52:10 > 0:52:12Birddog...
0:52:14 > 0:52:17..I killed a man today.
0:52:19 > 0:52:21Uh... Roger that.
0:52:23 > 0:52:26He wasn't even a soldier.
0:52:27 > 0:52:29He just kept coming.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31I couldn't stop him.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37Uh...I understand.
0:52:38 > 0:52:42I didn't want to do it.
0:52:42 > 0:52:45I never had to do anything like that before in my life.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48I've always been sitting in an airplane
0:52:48 > 0:52:52at 30,000 feet with a cup of coffee in front of me.
0:52:54 > 0:52:56Look here, Bat 21, I never met you,
0:52:56 > 0:52:58but you don't sound like a killer.
0:52:58 > 0:53:00I'm sure you couldn't stop it from happening.
0:53:00 > 0:53:04Now, the important thing is to put it behind you.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08EXPLOSION
0:53:09 > 0:53:11What the hell's going on, Birddog?
0:53:11 > 0:53:15There's too many unfriendly foursomes in your vicinity.
0:53:15 > 0:53:17Fireworks courtesy of Wolfpack.
0:53:17 > 0:53:19MORE EXPLOSIONS
0:53:19 > 0:53:20JETS PASS OVERHEAD
0:53:20 > 0:53:25Jesus Christ! Does it ever stop?
0:53:27 > 0:53:29Are you with me, Bat 21?
0:53:29 > 0:53:31Yeah, Birddog, I'm here.
0:53:31 > 0:53:33All right.
0:53:33 > 0:53:35I want you to listen real hard.
0:53:35 > 0:53:38I know you're hurting, but we have to deal with
0:53:38 > 0:53:40getting you back to the clubhouse.
0:53:40 > 0:53:43We're going to pick you up at first light.
0:53:43 > 0:53:44Damn, I'm ready.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46JET PASSES OVERHEAD
0:53:46 > 0:53:49I want you to play the fourth hole tonight.
0:53:49 > 0:53:51The green will be our LZ.
0:53:53 > 0:53:56That's a long goddamn hole.
0:53:56 > 0:53:58Yeah. There's a few hazards,
0:53:58 > 0:54:00but the green is safe.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE
0:54:02 > 0:54:05Think you can make it, Bat 21?
0:54:07 > 0:54:09Yeah, I should be able to play through.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12Looking forward to buying you a drink.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15I'll start the tab.
0:54:15 > 0:54:17Roger that.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19Birddog signing off.
0:54:19 > 0:54:20I'll see you in the morning.
0:56:15 > 0:56:18Uh, Bat 21, this is Birddog. Come in.
0:56:22 > 0:56:25Birddog, Bat 21. Go ahead.
0:56:25 > 0:56:27Are you still on course?
0:56:29 > 0:56:32Birddog, yeah, I'm an easy chip shot
0:56:32 > 0:56:34from the green,
0:56:34 > 0:56:37except that there's a village right here in front of me.
0:56:37 > 0:56:39Reconned yesterday. Area's safe.
0:56:39 > 0:56:41We'll take another look.
0:56:41 > 0:56:44OK, Birddog.
0:56:55 > 0:56:57Shine up your medal, Clarky,
0:56:57 > 0:56:59I'm bringing back your boy.
0:56:59 > 0:57:03I'll personally alert Bat 21.
0:57:03 > 0:57:07Bat 21, this is Birddog again. Come in.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09Yeah, Birddog, I'm still here.
0:57:09 > 0:57:11Not for long. I'm sending in my best man.
0:57:11 > 0:57:13Get your flares ready, and don't pop the smoke
0:57:13 > 0:57:17until you hear from Jolly Greens. Understand?
0:57:17 > 0:57:19Roger, Birddog.
0:57:29 > 0:57:34- WALKER:- Bat 21, Cobra Leader. Do you copy?
0:57:35 > 0:57:37Go ahead.
0:57:37 > 0:57:39We'll come over your position from the north.
0:57:39 > 0:57:42Be ready to pop those flares.
0:57:42 > 0:57:44I've been ready for two days.
0:58:04 > 0:58:06Hold what you got, Big Sky.
0:58:06 > 0:58:09I'm going to send Birddog in to take a look.
0:58:09 > 0:58:11Roger.
0:58:24 > 0:58:27Talk to me, Birddog.
0:58:27 > 0:58:29Looks quiet.
0:58:29 > 0:58:33I'm going in for a closer look.
0:58:33 > 0:58:36Here we go. Be right back.
0:58:55 > 0:58:58It don't look like anybody's home.
0:59:11 > 0:59:14All right, Big Sky, go get him.
0:59:14 > 0:59:17I'll cover your tail.
0:59:27 > 0:59:29Jolly Green from Birddog.
0:59:29 > 0:59:31You're looking good, looking good.
0:59:31 > 0:59:34Coming in on your LZ.
0:59:41 > 0:59:43SHOUTING IN VIETNAMESE
0:59:51 > 0:59:53Shit! We're taking hits.
0:59:55 > 0:59:57The village is hot! The village is hot!
0:59:57 > 1:00:00Birddog, there's at least two machine guns in the village!
1:00:00 > 1:00:04I thought you said that goddamn LZ was secure!
1:00:04 > 1:00:07Get back in the trees, Bat 21. Back in the trees!
1:00:17 > 1:00:19Stevie, open up.
1:00:37 > 1:00:39Get those mines ready.
1:00:39 > 1:00:41We're going to drop them right here in this paddy.
1:00:41 > 1:00:43Keep them away from Bat 21.
1:00:59 > 1:01:02Drop those mines!
1:01:10 > 1:01:12Son of a bitch!
1:01:16 > 1:01:19Big Sky, get the hell out of there.
1:01:19 > 1:01:21I'm coming back. Open up, Steven.
1:01:23 > 1:01:26Get on those guns and give them hell.
1:01:37 > 1:01:38Agh!
1:01:38 > 1:01:40Son of a bitch! He's hit!
1:01:40 > 1:01:43Take care of him. Hendricks, get on the gun!
1:01:43 > 1:01:44We're going to fix you up.
1:01:44 > 1:01:47Big Sky, abort mission.
1:01:47 > 1:01:50Repeat, abort! Abort!
1:01:51 > 1:01:54Boys, they're not going to stick a fork in me till I'm done.
1:01:54 > 1:01:55We're going to get that boy.
1:01:55 > 1:01:58Abort mission, Big Sky! Get the hell out of there, Ross!
1:01:58 > 1:02:00Sorry. Transmission is breaking up.
1:02:00 > 1:02:02Repeat, abort!
1:02:02 > 1:02:05Sorry. Transmission is breaking up.
1:02:05 > 1:02:07That's bullshit! You heard me!
1:02:07 > 1:02:09I said abort!
1:02:16 > 1:02:19Fuck it. Let's go in.
1:02:23 > 1:02:26Come on, you...
1:02:34 > 1:02:36Ross, get out of there!
1:02:40 > 1:02:42Son of a bitch!
1:02:42 > 1:02:46He's hit! Birddog, he's hit!
1:02:46 > 1:02:48Shit!
1:02:50 > 1:02:53Shit! I'm losing it!
1:03:04 > 1:03:07Up, Big Sky! Big Rocks! Pull out!
1:03:07 > 1:03:09Shit. We're going down.
1:03:09 > 1:03:11We're going down. Mayday! Mayday!
1:03:18 > 1:03:21I can't see a goddamn thing, goddamn it!
1:03:21 > 1:03:24We're going down. Mayday.
1:03:48 > 1:03:50HE COUGHS
1:03:50 > 1:03:52Start, motherfucker!
1:03:52 > 1:03:53MEN SHOUT
1:03:53 > 1:03:54Start!
1:03:54 > 1:03:56Let's get out of here, Ross!
1:03:56 > 1:03:59Fuck! They're coming!
1:03:59 > 1:04:02The gun jammed! Let's go, Ross! Come on!
1:04:02 > 1:04:05Goddamn it! Let's fucking go!
1:04:05 > 1:04:08Start! Shit.
1:04:08 > 1:04:10Start!
1:04:10 > 1:04:12Shit.
1:04:12 > 1:04:15Come on, Pearson. We got to get out of here.
1:04:15 > 1:04:16Come on, Ross! Jesus! The gun!
1:04:16 > 1:04:19Come on! We got to get out of here!
1:04:19 > 1:04:21Goddamn it, come on!
1:04:21 > 1:04:22GUNFIRE
1:04:22 > 1:04:24Agh!
1:04:24 > 1:04:26Get up, man! We got to go!
1:04:26 > 1:04:28Aah!
1:04:34 > 1:04:38Finley, goddamn it! Give me the gun!
1:04:38 > 1:04:40Shit! Come on, give me the gun, Finley!
1:04:40 > 1:04:43Give me the goddamn gun, goddamn it!
1:04:43 > 1:04:47Jesus Christ! Don't shoot!
1:04:47 > 1:04:49Don't shoot!
1:04:49 > 1:04:52Don't shoot! Holy shit!
1:04:52 > 1:04:55I'm fuckin' hit, man!
1:04:55 > 1:04:57Jesus Christ!
1:04:57 > 1:04:59Oh, God!
1:04:59 > 1:05:04Steve, stay alive! Someone will be back.
1:05:04 > 1:05:06Don't fuckin' leave us, Ross!
1:05:06 > 1:05:09Just stay alive, goddamn it!
1:05:09 > 1:05:12SHOUTING IN VIETNAMESE
1:05:16 > 1:05:18Don't leave us, Ross!
1:05:18 > 1:05:20Don't worry. I'll be back.
1:05:20 > 1:05:23All right!
1:05:23 > 1:05:25SHOUTING CONTINUES
1:05:28 > 1:05:30Ross! Ross!
1:05:30 > 1:05:32GUNFIRE
1:05:32 > 1:05:35Goddamn you!
1:06:24 > 1:06:27Birddog, they've got two of our men.
1:06:27 > 1:06:30I think the rest of the crew is dead.
1:06:30 > 1:06:32Uh, copy, Bat 21. Stand by.
1:06:32 > 1:06:34Cobra Leader, Charlie has two of our airmen.
1:06:34 > 1:06:35Can you identify?
1:06:35 > 1:06:39Negative, Birddog. Can't make out from here.
1:06:39 > 1:06:41We're holding our fire.
1:06:41 > 1:06:45They shot my damn hydraulics out.
1:06:45 > 1:06:48I'm not going to be able to put this thing down here.
1:06:48 > 1:06:50I'm going down for a closer look.
1:06:50 > 1:06:52Not advisable, Birddog.
1:06:52 > 1:06:54It will be a quick pass.
1:06:59 > 1:07:02GUNFIRE
1:07:05 > 1:07:06Confirmed, two airmen.
1:07:06 > 1:07:09One is pilot.
1:07:19 > 1:07:21THEY SPEAK IN VIETNAMESE
1:07:23 > 1:07:25You know what, Charlie? I don't follow your fucking drift.
1:07:25 > 1:07:28I took Spanish in school. No comprendo.
1:07:28 > 1:07:30HE SHOUTS IN VIETNAMESE
1:07:30 > 1:07:34Get your fucking slimy fucking hands off me!
1:07:36 > 1:07:40I don't know what the fuck you're talking about!
1:07:40 > 1:07:43I don't understand you.
1:07:43 > 1:07:47Birddog, they're trying to get him to tell where I am.
1:07:47 > 1:07:49Copy, Bat 21. Just stay low.
1:08:01 > 1:08:03GUNSHOT
1:08:03 > 1:08:05Bastard! Motherfucker!
1:08:19 > 1:08:21They just killed one of our men.
1:08:21 > 1:08:24Was it the pilot, Bat 21?
1:08:24 > 1:08:26I don't think so. It's me they want.
1:08:26 > 1:08:28I'm going to give myself up.
1:08:28 > 1:08:31Keep your ass down, Bat 21! Charlie doesn't bargain.
1:08:31 > 1:08:33Nothing you can do about it.
1:08:33 > 1:08:36Now, retreat double-time back into the trees.
1:09:00 > 1:09:01Come on, fella. Come closer.
1:09:01 > 1:09:03Come on. Come on, you motherfucker.
1:09:03 > 1:09:05Come on.
1:09:05 > 1:09:07Oh!
1:09:07 > 1:09:09HE IMITATES AN EXPLOSION
1:09:10 > 1:09:11Come on.
1:09:11 > 1:09:14They're walking him out into the minefield.
1:09:14 > 1:09:16Ah, Jesus!
1:09:19 > 1:09:21Come on!
1:09:59 > 1:10:02Hey, come on!
1:10:02 > 1:10:03Agh!
1:10:05 > 1:10:07ROSS SCREAMS
1:10:07 > 1:10:10Aah! Aah!
1:10:12 > 1:10:14Goddamn it!
1:10:23 > 1:10:26Aah!
1:10:40 > 1:10:41Motherfucker!
1:10:43 > 1:10:47You lowlife...
1:11:02 > 1:11:06I've got enough dead heroes for one day, Clark!
1:11:06 > 1:11:09Get your ass out of there!
1:11:09 > 1:11:11Oh, fuck.
1:11:17 > 1:11:19You'll get Bat 21 back on the course!
1:11:19 > 1:11:24Then rendezvous with me at Hilo-1-8-5.
1:11:24 > 1:11:27I'm going to waste this whole goddamned area!
1:11:37 > 1:11:42Four-square leader, hustle your ass over here.
1:11:42 > 1:11:45One click north of Hilo-1-niner-6.
1:11:45 > 1:11:48Gun emplacement in village.
1:11:48 > 1:11:52Jolly Green down. Crew is dead.
1:11:52 > 1:11:55Look for the smoke.
1:11:59 > 1:12:01People are still in the village.
1:12:01 > 1:12:03Charlie is using them for cover.
1:12:03 > 1:12:05Stay off frequency, Bat 21.
1:12:05 > 1:12:08Await instructions from Birddog.
1:12:14 > 1:12:18Birddog. Birddog, people are in the village.
1:12:18 > 1:12:22Repeat, civilians, women and children, in the village.
1:12:22 > 1:12:24That's a confirmation. Will advise.
1:12:26 > 1:12:29Cobra Leader, this is Birddog.
1:12:29 > 1:12:30Village is still not clear.
1:12:30 > 1:12:32Civilians still in area.
1:12:32 > 1:12:34Stay off frequency.
1:12:34 > 1:12:37Delay the strike. Repeat, delay strike.
1:12:37 > 1:12:40Bat 21, get back on course.
1:12:40 > 1:12:42Will connect with you at swanee.
1:12:42 > 1:12:44Fuck the goddamn swanee. Delay the strike!
1:12:44 > 1:12:46That was my friend laying in the mud
1:12:46 > 1:12:48with his fucking head blown off!
1:12:48 > 1:12:49Now, get back on course!
1:12:49 > 1:12:52Now, do as I say! Back on course!
1:13:52 > 1:13:55People keep dying all around me.
1:14:00 > 1:14:02I'm through killing.
1:14:03 > 1:14:06I'm through, goddamn it.
1:14:51 > 1:14:53HE SIGHS
1:14:56 > 1:14:58You called for me, sir?
1:15:01 > 1:15:03Ahem...
1:15:03 > 1:15:05Lost six people today, Clark.
1:15:05 > 1:15:08Kids, all of them, just kids.
1:15:10 > 1:15:12And I couldn't guarantee
1:15:12 > 1:15:13we'd get him out of there
1:15:13 > 1:15:15if we had another week. Damn it, it's too hot.
1:15:15 > 1:15:18HE SIGHS
1:15:18 > 1:15:21So, the strike is a go...
1:15:21 > 1:15:2407:00 hours tomorrow.
1:15:24 > 1:15:27They're going to level the whole area.
1:15:27 > 1:15:29All we can do is hope and pray to God
1:15:29 > 1:15:32Hambleton makes it to the river.
1:15:32 > 1:15:34I, uh...
1:15:34 > 1:15:37Did I ever call the Navy,
1:15:37 > 1:15:39and, uh, they're going to send
1:15:39 > 1:15:41a patrol boat up there.
1:15:43 > 1:15:45Where are you headed?
1:15:46 > 1:15:49I'm going to help him make it to the river, sir.
1:15:51 > 1:15:53Planes are grounded, Clark.
1:15:53 > 1:15:55We are not to go back in there
1:15:55 > 1:15:57until the strike is over.
1:15:59 > 1:16:01Our hands are tied.
1:16:01 > 1:16:03Yes, sir.
1:16:16 > 1:16:17HE SIGHS
1:17:02 > 1:17:05Birddog, Bat 21. Over.
1:17:06 > 1:17:10Birddog, Bat 21. How do you read? Over.
1:17:10 > 1:17:13'Birddog, this is Bat 21. Come in.
1:17:13 > 1:17:16'I'm on the sixth hole, Birddog. Do you copy?
1:17:16 > 1:17:19'Birddog, this is Bat 21.
1:17:20 > 1:17:22'Come in, Birddog.'
1:18:25 > 1:18:27Thank you.
1:18:42 > 1:18:44For me?
1:18:47 > 1:18:49BOY SPEAKS IN VIETNAMESE
1:21:02 > 1:21:06Definitely not a good idea, sir. It's a bad idea.
1:21:06 > 1:21:08I trained in one of these things 15 years ago.
1:21:08 > 1:21:10So, just refresh my memory.
1:21:10 > 1:21:11You got three minutes.
1:21:14 > 1:21:16Let's go, Rumbaugh.
1:21:16 > 1:21:18All right.
1:21:18 > 1:21:19OK.
1:21:19 > 1:21:21This is your rotor speed. Keep it in the green.
1:21:21 > 1:21:23This is your engine speed.
1:21:23 > 1:21:24Keep it also in the green.
1:21:24 > 1:21:26Red-line and you crash and burn.
1:21:26 > 1:21:28All right, pedals. Pedals work the same as your ship.
1:21:28 > 1:21:30The stick does not. It's cyclic.
1:21:30 > 1:21:32It controls the angles of your blades, all right?
1:21:32 > 1:21:35I can't believe you're taking the old man's ship.
1:21:35 > 1:21:38All right, power. Power's controlled by your collective.
1:21:38 > 1:21:39One thing you may have forgotten is,
1:21:39 > 1:21:42when you increase power, you increase left pedal
1:21:42 > 1:21:45to compensate for increased torque. Got it?
1:21:45 > 1:21:49Yeah, um...yeah, it's coming back to me.
1:21:49 > 1:21:52And what about autorotation?
1:21:52 > 1:21:53Why? You planning on not coming back, sir?
1:21:53 > 1:21:56Tell me anyway.
1:21:56 > 1:22:00All right. Your engine quits.
1:22:00 > 1:22:01You're falling out of the sky.
1:22:01 > 1:22:05Now, all you've got left is the energy stored in your blades, OK?
1:22:05 > 1:22:06Push the left...
1:22:06 > 1:22:10No, push the right, the right pedal to the floor,
1:22:10 > 1:22:11collective down,
1:22:11 > 1:22:13keep your rotor speed in the green.
1:22:13 > 1:22:17Keep it at about 80 knots and about 100 feet off the deck.
1:22:17 > 1:22:20Begin to flare and then cushion it on down with the collective.
1:22:20 > 1:22:23Now, you may start to spin,
1:22:23 > 1:22:25but that's cool. Don't panic.
1:22:25 > 1:22:27Key point being, he who hesitates...
1:22:27 > 1:22:29You don't want to hesitate, all right?
1:22:29 > 1:22:30All right.
1:22:30 > 1:22:33Here's your checklist, your maps, all your golf shit.
1:22:33 > 1:22:35All right.
1:22:35 > 1:22:36Now, you got everything, right?
1:22:36 > 1:22:38You understand all this?
1:22:38 > 1:22:39Yeah.
1:22:39 > 1:22:40All right.
1:22:40 > 1:22:41Thanks for the lesson.
1:22:41 > 1:22:42Just come back, all right?
1:22:58 > 1:23:01Pedals! Pedals!
1:23:03 > 1:23:05Collective!
1:23:05 > 1:23:07Shit!
1:23:07 > 1:23:09Up! Up! Up!
1:23:11 > 1:23:15OK, all right. Torque, torque, torque.
1:23:18 > 1:23:20Get it up!
1:23:20 > 1:23:23You got it! You got it! Up!
1:23:35 > 1:23:38Who's that crazy son of a bitch?! Is that Clark?!
1:23:38 > 1:23:41I believe it is, sir.
1:23:41 > 1:23:44All right, Captain!
1:23:44 > 1:23:46We're looking at a court-martial now!
1:23:46 > 1:23:48Rotor speed up.
1:23:48 > 1:23:50Throttle friction.
1:23:53 > 1:23:56Jesus Christ!
1:23:56 > 1:23:58When he gets back here, Sergeant,
1:23:58 > 1:24:00I'm throwing his ass in the stockade!
1:24:00 > 1:24:02We don't have a stockade, sir.
1:24:02 > 1:24:04I'll build one!
1:24:04 > 1:24:06Son of a bitch!
1:24:15 > 1:24:16Good luck, Captain.
1:24:31 > 1:24:35All right, all right, all right, here I come.
1:25:14 > 1:25:16Chopper Pilot, this is Bat 21.
1:25:16 > 1:25:18This is Chopper Pilot,
1:25:18 > 1:25:20above your signal on the ninth hole.
1:25:20 > 1:25:21Is that you, Birddog?
1:25:21 > 1:25:23Yeah, it's me.
1:25:23 > 1:25:25Now, let's get you out of here.
1:25:25 > 1:25:2750 metres east of you, there's a small field.
1:25:27 > 1:25:30If I can get into it, I can make it happen.
1:25:30 > 1:25:32Copy that, Bat 21?
1:25:32 > 1:25:34I'm on my way, Birddog.
1:26:21 > 1:26:25THEY SPEAK IN VIETNAMESE
1:26:52 > 1:26:53Down!
1:27:10 > 1:27:11- Let's go! - OK!
1:27:22 > 1:27:23Hey!
1:27:23 > 1:27:25Hang on!
1:27:38 > 1:27:39Hurry up.
1:27:47 > 1:27:49All right!
1:27:54 > 1:27:56I'm glad to see you, Birddog.
1:27:59 > 1:28:02Have a seat, Bat 21.
1:28:07 > 1:28:10You'd better check the charts.
1:28:10 > 1:28:13I had a hell of a time navigating here.
1:28:15 > 1:28:18GUNFIRE
1:28:18 > 1:28:19Jesus!
1:28:23 > 1:28:25Shit!
1:28:30 > 1:28:33You're losing oil pressure.
1:28:33 > 1:28:35Jesus.
1:28:39 > 1:28:41There's the river.
1:28:41 > 1:28:42We got to make it from here.
1:28:42 > 1:28:45I'm going to have to put this baby down, OK?
1:28:48 > 1:28:50There's a clearing at 9 o'clock.
1:29:25 > 1:29:27Cut into the woods!
1:29:29 > 1:29:31GUNFIRE
1:29:38 > 1:29:40Let's go!
1:29:58 > 1:30:01It's the air strike.
1:30:01 > 1:30:04It's right on time.
1:30:04 > 1:30:05Jesus!
1:30:06 > 1:30:08SHOUTING IN VIETNAMESE
1:30:14 > 1:30:17Go! Move!
1:31:26 > 1:31:28Oh, shit! Goddamn!
1:33:16 > 1:33:17COUGHING
1:34:11 > 1:34:15You know, I've been in the service...
1:34:15 > 1:34:18most of my adult life.
1:34:20 > 1:34:23It's the first time I ever saw any war.
1:34:24 > 1:34:28Guess I was a little closer to the action.
1:34:28 > 1:34:30Aah...
1:34:30 > 1:34:34I've wanted to be a fighter pilot since I was a kid.
1:34:34 > 1:34:37But they wouldn't let me out of the O-2.
1:34:39 > 1:34:40Lucky for me.
1:34:46 > 1:34:49You could have quit anytime.
1:34:50 > 1:34:52Why'd you keep coming back?
1:34:54 > 1:34:56Guess it's the stubborn side of me.
1:34:56 > 1:34:59I started out just doing my job,
1:34:59 > 1:35:01no different from you.
1:35:03 > 1:35:05I hate being told I can't do something.
1:35:05 > 1:35:09I guess that's why I'm still a captain.
1:35:11 > 1:35:13Besides...
1:35:13 > 1:35:16I started feeling what you were going through.
1:35:18 > 1:35:20I heard it in your voice.
1:35:27 > 1:35:29DISTANT RUMBLING
1:35:42 > 1:35:45We're home free, Colonel.
1:35:47 > 1:35:49Yeah.
1:35:49 > 1:35:50HE SIGHS
1:35:52 > 1:35:54Cut the Colonel crap, OK, Birddog?
1:35:54 > 1:35:57It's Iceal Hambleton.
1:35:57 > 1:35:59Iceal?
1:35:59 > 1:36:00Ha-ha-ha!
1:36:00 > 1:36:02Ha-ha-ha!
1:36:02 > 1:36:04It's Hamb.
1:36:04 > 1:36:07Yeah. Hey... Clark Bartholomew.
1:36:07 > 1:36:09Bartholomew?
1:36:09 > 1:36:10Clarky.
1:36:10 > 1:36:12OK.
1:36:28 > 1:36:32- MAN ON RADIO: - This is USPB-Niner-6.
1:36:32 > 1:36:34We have your boys aboard. Injuries have been treated.
1:36:34 > 1:36:36Will rendezvous with you at base Victor-4.
1:36:36 > 1:36:39This is Niner-6 out.
1:36:39 > 1:36:41- WALKER: - Welcome home, Bat 21.
1:36:41 > 1:36:44Why don't you and the Captain meet me at the 19th hole?
1:36:44 > 1:36:46The drinks are on me.
1:36:46 > 1:36:49Cobra Leader, over and out.