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Hi.

Ohh.

Ohh.

Ohh.

You know you.

We are the Champions.

Together

now.

Never.

Yah.

hello

Front.

We are together.

Back.

One egg.

You want me to shoot?

You are talking.

You better run.

I run.

Have you don't care over there?

Either transfer.

Lieutenant Tom hudner.

Joseph Brown.

It's good to meet you.

Where do you come in from?

Pearl harbour.

Find BearCat Sky Raiders out of profile flights

tracking torpedoes.

Post war busy work you.

You flying the big show?

I did not.

Then you'll fit right in.

What are you talking?

Should be grateful.

The room seeing any action at all.

Just don't want clean sheets, Carol.

Hey, you must be the new guy.

Already good with the knee.

You mean GE at the end?

Jesus, don't tell me another one of these country boys.

Bolavay and this is Jerry will crowd Fritz Hiney.

They all work.

Nice to meet you.

And regardless of what you hear, the name's Carol Morey.

Pleasure to meet you.

And there's a site.

Good to see you.

Will get to see you.

Yes, it's Tom hudner.

We were in Pensacola together.

11 stick.

Pretty face too.

Almost too pretty.

You boys sound lonely.

Welcome to VF32.

Stalin and the Soviets field tested their own bomb.

Wouldn't you know it?

It's the same design as ours.

I'd say that they're hot on our heels with this footage

is already six months old.

Won't be long before they strap that thing to a bomber.

Ohh.

Get that for me, would you?

So

now you know.

Fellas are not just here to fly and screw.

Because they're not sitting idle.

But with practise, there is not a pilot

on this planet who can wipe the ass of the United States naval aviator,

and I truly believe that that's right.

Now pops canning, you got mooring.

Lavery, you got good and some brown.

You've got Lieutenant Hudner today.

Yes, Sir.

Have fun.

Matt's can take Callaway.

All right, maps out, lights on.

Let's go.

Ohh.

Really warm out for a walk app.

It's part of my kit, never know when you need it.

I'll try to keep our showing of Canada, Lieutenant.

Much of prop.

Try not to cut off my wing.

We're taking a slight detour on the way home,

trying to keep up, say again.

What the hell are you doing?

You still with me?

Coming on on Michael.

Greg sat.

Any detours you want to make?

Pretty slick flying for NAV hop.

That's another plane.

You can't learn everything from a book.

Or at the Academy.

There's no one in the plane

and his flat headed legally.

Find out about your wingman cruising at 10,000 feet, Lieutenant.

Put them in a little bit of trouble.

Who knows, you might get a peek at who he really is.

How about I buy you beer?

Plan to talk about between who I am and not getting each other killed on that box.

Sounds nice, Lieutenant.

I don't drink.

You can see lighthouse.

I did.

Ohh.

Ohh.

Shower time, boys.

What about tea boys?

Yeah.

So the gulfstreams are right.

It tends to be a little busy,

a lot of locals,

but a lot of college girls like to go out on school nights,

so now this is good on Thursdays.

Denver's is the move to make on Saturdays

and Sundays, if you don't mind the coming.

Just think of that as an investment though.

But I gotta warn you, no matter where you go,

it is rough these days, alright?

Girls around here do not go for participation medals,

despite what they say, they are looking for that war 10.

That he wrote him.

Here, that's only symbolic.

Got native cross and he's got a white.

Might be connected.

Were you married?

Are you?

I'll start with the Navy.

Figure out the rest later.

Come on, man.

How did you come in play the Academy right after Pearl Harbour?

I wanted to help.

Yes, we all did.

But yeah,

show up to find the heroes were made, the fleets mothballed.

Hmm.

Or ended a month before I graduated.

I suppose we were born a few years too late.

Or too early.

The whole world is looking different.

How did you even think that you'd be in the squadron with a coloured aviator?

Well, I didn't come here naughty.

It's usually that.

How are clams?

Got a little?

How he.

The man.

Andy.

Hi.

You are just in time to get dinner together.

Yes, right.

But.

May I have a dance first?

Ohh.

Probably.

We.

Battle.

I saw a neighbour on my way in.

As on this morning, she looked like a nice woman.

Someone can look nice, didn't I?

I thought you didn't like.

Mean old him.

Please.

Ohh.

Come on.

That's cheap strength in numbers, darling.

You going to get your baby?

I'm going to pay you one of my babies.

for

Incoming.

No pilot can fly at night.

Where you got that from?

There you go.

you

Okay.

We surrender.

Well, it was well fought, soldier, but sadly you wouldn okay.

Officers.

I'll be loud in here.

Neighbours made a noise complaint.

Must have been a nice building 1.

Morning, boys.

Seems one of our reconnaissance planes went down over the Baltic a few days ago.

Now what you won't see here in the newspaper is the photos the Pentagon has.

Maybe quite.

Uniforms washed up on the shore.

And the landing gear,

which is absolutely riddled with bullets,

that is more than a quiet act of aggression.

Washington wants us ready to respond to the Russians,

and this is what we're going to get ready with.

Say hello to the F4U Corsair

who the hog a little after the war.

The Navy's gone and made him fatter and meaner.

Now, I know that the Corsair will be new for a lot of you,

but don't worry, just like yours truly, she under stripes in the big show.

Now this is a plane that will get your hands dirty.

You're going to be so close to the action,

you start to think that you made the mistake of joining the army.

I got to mention,

she's got a rather unfortunate nickname.

The widow maker.

Good thing I ain't pitched well.

They also call it the ancient Eliminator.

This engine is one of the most powerful things you'll ever fly behind you.

Throttle her too hard, she'll spin you over.

She's got enough torque to flip a house,

so go easy on the power.

Fast, so manuals are getting dropped off in the ready room.

Any other questions?

God help you, take him up with the good professor cannon here.

All right.

Ooh, she looks pretty mean, huh?

She's a beauty, professor Kay.

She's off the party.

You don't know what you're doing with this thing.

Little left.

Guy said you had family member.

Across the Bay and Fall River.

They must be happy.

Have your back.

I think they'd be a little happier

if I were coming back to work for the family.

Supposed to take over my woman's grocery stores.

But I was called to adventure.

What about you?

What brought you here?

Always wanted to fly?

Want to fly with the best pilots flew.

That'd be animated.

Thanks for the lift, of course.

Mam.

I'm hoping.

Daisy.

Can I get you something to drink?

I'm sure Lieutenant Hudner has plans.

Better be getting back, man.

Beautiful house, by the way.

Nice to see you from the ground.

Thank you.

Play nice.

Play nice.

I don't know about him.

Yeah.

Where's our car?

Was our baby.

Sleeping.

Call her father over.

Ben.

Tyler, probably go.

Cheque time.

I liked it.

I think she likes me.

Famous last words.

She's not going to bite.

You know it's on the manual.

How big this damn nose is.

How the hell you supposed to land on a carrier

if you can't see it but everything from the same place, Carol,

but everything's the same.

Just in different places.

Hey, you know I crashed the BearCat

when I was learning to fly.

You're like a bad not let good here.

You say that too late.

Many outstanding fighter pilot achievements may seem almost unbelievable.

But once you have learned how they accomplished these victories

and the system they use, you realise it's

just a trick of the trade carried out by fighting man

with the ability and know

how that it takes to win aerial battles.

The keynote of fighter tactics in the United States Navy today is teamwork.

Teamwork, coordination, cooperation.

Call it what you will.

Use the fighter its greatest failure in escorting bombers and torpedo planes

on their missions.

In enabling fighters to protect other fighters

in winning engagements,

that may mean the losing or the saving of the carrier.

You have to fight them with your head.

Using your judge.

They're stealing plain Haley.

And your superior gallery to turn the odds in your favour.

It's a matter of life insurance to make every split second count.

That's Monday.

As you were a gentleman as you were.

I'm captain Thomas sisson.

And I command the US-led to now we have learned

that the Soviets are jockeying for a warm water port

in the Mediterranean.

Now they think they can bully their way into Europe

and spook our new NATO allies.

Well, DC thinks it's best that we prevent them from doing so.

And we are crewing up to keep the Cold War from turning hot.

And slowly here tells me this is the best place to do so.

We ship out next week.

the

Forward to having you on board.

All right, all right.

You remember when I told you to get up to speed and fast?

I meant speedier and faster.

Carrier calls are at the end of the week.

You can't land a Corsair on the lazy.

You get yourself a nice dry land job in Topeka or someplace even shittier.

God help you.

Either way.

Start setting up your bar tab boys.

We are leaving Rhode Island.

Just because I'm going doesn't mean I'm fighting.

Daisy.

This is the deal, darling.

Remember.

We knew this day might come.

Yeah, it doesn't make it any easier.

But we'll be okay.

Man.

Okay.

Okay.

Jesse, what's going on?

Honestly.

Amazon light in a corset.

You've never been a plane couldn't land, Jesse.

Display.

Beautifully.

I can't see like I cannot the bad guy.

Folks, my instincts.

United States.

I'm one of the few things in this world that I trust.

And if you can't trust that plane,

you got to put it in whatever get you down safe.

Yes, Madam.

You ready Carol?

Keep Bob Martin's.

Great night, boys.

I'll be right, cash.

Then you will be spending yours.

You ain't shit.

You would never land in that plane.

Boy.

Your monkey ass shouldn't even be flying.

Ohh.

E-mail.

Ohh.

Station.

Stations.

That's hudner.

You're a good approach up now.

Just keep an eye on the list.

All right, pretty boy.

Hi.

Three to one in Mississippi.

Take the action.

Honest if he splashes Christ.

But we don't want him dead.

It's like they want to see Jackie Robinson steal now.

Brown you're.

It's a shit approach.

Come on, get your nose up.

Why is he listening to the other song?

That was.

I'm.

star

You're still too high, brow.

you

ohh

Hello.

All right, Jesse.

Play operations command.

15 minutes.

In 50.

Doesn't matter how you did, it just matters that you got down.

You know this?

You all passed your carrier class.

talk

Top marks go to Lieutenant Hudner with the only perfect grade,

which brings us to Jenson Brown, dnk UA.

Enjoy tonight, boys.

We ship out in the morning and now is the time.

If you haven't already, get all your affairs in order.

All right.

Miss you.

There was some landing.

Just trying to keep it interesting.

Get your car fixed yet.

You heading to the bar with the guys?

I don't think so.

Want to come in?

Hey, Daisy.

Yes.

What did I tell you?

Yes, mam.

Lego.

Nice to see you as well.

Ohh.

Which one do you like?

The blue one.

The great one.

The group.

A good day.

Yeah.

What'd you do?

You don't remember?

There you are.

Thought Jesse didn't drink?

He does.

You know, husband's quite the aviator.

He must feel the same way about you.

Because you and Carol Moring are the only boys in 532

that he has ever invited over.

It's good to know the man you're flying with.

See what they're fighting for?

I like that.

And what about you, Tom?

What do you fight for?

God, country and honest.

You know Miss Brown.

Hoping to find that out.

Come on.

Don't be fooled by his strong, silent night, by the way he trusts you.

That's always the funniest man you'll ever know.

I can't say you show me that side yet.

Something to look forward to.

Well, you know that.

Spend a lot of time again.

Lot of time in very small spaces.

May I ask you a favour?

Of course.

Second, he sucks on her shirt and Internet playing.

I can't protect him anymore.

So I need you to be there for my Jesse.

Okay.

Okay.

Good.

That was good.

Hmm.

Who is this?

This is Pam.

Hi, Pam.

Ohh.

I don't think she wants to embarrass you later.

It's too late.

See my old stick?

Better than you, okay.

Well, I know it's our last night here, so I'll let you all enjoy it together.

Thank you again for the drink.

You're very welcome.

Just be careful.

First thing that can happen to me is a bad sunburn.

You come back-to-back.

You like lunch?

Come home.

Did you take me to the Bahamas when you get back?

If I get some short time,

I'll get you one of those European swimsuits.

One of those two piece things.

2.

You know you can always come back here and wave to him.

I'm only 5000 miles that way.

I'll wave back.

The only person I ever met.

Allowing this guy.

Just remember, you belong down here with us too, okay.

I'll write you every week.

I know you will.

Secure for general quarters.

All hands secure for general quarters.

Maybe be faster if we did this in the middle of the night.

Well, you don't seem to understand is that someday soon this is going to be real,

and you have to do a hell of a lot better than that.

Yes, Sir.

Sir.

All right.

I am getting tired of getting ready.

Tired of living in this floating sardine can find you smelling like one.

Men smell like something to look forward to one day, Fritz.

Most excited receiving days instant Brown.

Could speak to you for a moment.

Devilish wishbone.

Hi, Sir.

Do we have to do this about that?

Yeah.

It's great having you right in front of your plane.

Relax.

You look great.

What's going on?

Life magazine is here.

I guess the Pentagon wanted something positive for the folks back home,

helping swallow the pill of another potentially war.

What better way than black men makes good doesn't make a nice trophy.

Boy, you ought to be proud yet.

Shut up though.

Commanding officer called you one of the best pilots he's ever seen.

Regardless of college.

Document.

That that's kind of him to say, but I I can't say I'm special.

But it must be hard, right?

It must be hard being the unable aviator, absolutely.

Landing planes on carriers it's the.

It's the toughest job there is, friend one wearing wings.

Visit.

Come on, handsome brown.

You know what I guess is fine.

OK, Jesse.

There's a lot of guys from different backgrounds.

There's only one youth.

There's only one.

You 2.

Sorry.

Look, I I mean no disrespect, but.

I don't think I'm going to say what you're looking for me to say.

All right, now we're taught to fight these playing solid.

Ever want to do harder than I can put into words, Jessie.

Or if you want pictures of Jesse this plane.

Ohh no.

I gotta get my pilots back to work.

I'll just take a minute.

Lieutenant General commander.

Have a nice day.

Then Jesse, you just put a letter in them.

That's what I told him.

Just trying to slow down.

Ohh, caught you little circus act upon that.

Your boy jungle, too.

Guess not.

We should have said up to that asshole.

Good, Tom.

I'm just saying we shouldn't let him run his mouth like that.

Now I know that you're all sick of doing busy work,

but oh how I got a chore for a lucky someone.

Not it.

Maintenance is replaced in July on one of the Corsair

and need a volunteer to make sure all is working well.

It's just a quick up and down.

I thought you said lucky.

Sounds like a hoot.

I'll give it to Fritz.

He could use landing.

I'll do it.

All right.

Actually.

You don't mind, Lieutenant?

Others right?

For once, of course I'm right.

I could use a trap.

All yours.

I'll hear mooring.

Mooring it is all right now.

That's for the rest of you.

Command has ordered an audit on serial numbers

on parts across all of the planes.

So while mooring is up there

enjoying the sightseeing,

the rest of you can validate all of the serial numbers

on every single one of these maintenance orders.

Thank you, Matthew.

Sir, that'll take all day.

Only if you work quick.

That's the morning you are cleared to test the general.

217 to town.

China seems to be working order copy that we're going to carry on.

Examining your approach is shallow.

I'm correcting.

Manufacturer number.

P5518 four.

What is it?

Not going to make the deck,

he'll make it just kind of slowly pulling the power on this approach.

Better wave off,

try again.

Group stand.

Stand.

You're still moving.

o

Low round pound.

Use it on Warren.

Give me some altitude.

Coming up.

Put on the power of two fast.

I'm gonna tell you that this is what you signed up for.

It's not.

Let's be real clear.

We lost a friend.

And that is not easy

now.

The Navy is going to do what the Navy does.

But Ohh right his family.

Send them mistakes.

The guys are good together.

Just because you think you know better doesn't mean you have to say anything.

What are you talking about?

The girl had been in the water 5 seconds before.

You were talking about what he could have done better.

We all make mistakes that could have been made.

Don't let that ring convince you otherwise.

So one thing they told us about the Corsair remind me,

what's the one thing they told you that the throne mistakes

gets killed, Jesse?

You don't die if you do what you're told.

That was.

Come on.

To Carol.

We're not even at war and we're losing men.

Good men.

Which is a tough pill to swallow, and there's nothing to blame.

The swiftest in flight school.

It made me do it 10 times.

Didn't believe that could swim.

It doesn't ice in the water.

With weights on my flight to.

Help me under.

They wouldn't care if I died in that pool.

But every time.

I made it up.

I used to fly in the backyard.

See everything.

They're gonna approach.

All right in front of me.

I could land it on my front yard if I had to.

Good cause there.

I can't see anything.

You have to rely on the help.

I can't believe that the LSL won't crash my black ass on purpose.

Can't take it how many times people have told me to give up quick.

That I even.

That's why you can't always do what you're told.

If I did, I wouldn't be here.

As of now, it's trying to teach more.

You guys are tired.

I see it how I am too been a rough few weeks.

Fortunately we are docking in can for little shore leave.

I don't know about you, but I think some fresh air would do all of us some good.

Obviously ship rules follow you ashore.

Liberty expires at 2300.

You are foreigners in a foreign city and you look the part.

So please Marty, please, dear God, don't do anything stupid.

Ohh.

And no, I don't want to come with you

and do whatever it is that you're going to do, but thank you.

Go away.

Unless the police catch you selling those to the locals.

Let me tell you something.

I've been in the Navy since I was 16.

I don't know.

Work is a dangerous one.

One more tomorrow's never promised.

Tell tomorrow's barely a gentlemen's agreement.

So there's liberty to be had.

Limited we should cheque.

In 2000, packets take a risk.

Since you are ourselves boys.

When in France.

There he is.

At the Blvd de la Croissant, too many sailors on this street.

Doesn't look like a street with a warehouse on it.

No, scratch a game for these fine European women.

Hey, I'm here to drink,

so just point me in that direction for the first bar we find,

then you guys go ahead.

I got to find something bigger.

I'll catch up, all right.

And don't forget the Lacy bits.

Funny.

What's going on?

Are you blind this Taylor?

Movie somewhere.

Would you have a postcard?

I don't do signatures, darling.

I'll give you a kiss.

Thank you, Mr Daley, and who's your friend?

Here with me.

Anson, Jesse Brown.

Back.

I'm a Navy either.