Warbirds Over the Trenches

The beginnings of aerial combat, pioneers of military aviation and their aircraft.

Pilots who became "eyes in the skies" engage in the earliest clashes of World War I.

Examining aces and engineers' achievements as aviation evolves rapidly during the Great War.

Interviews with some of the courageous men who flew combat missions during the Great War.

Struggles for mastery of the skies over World War I's Western Front become fiercely competitive.