Apache Warrior

I suspect there's just a dash of post production and CGI in there, but it's largely real cockpit footage and audio, intercut with interviews with the crews, and needs very little gilding.

The striking part is the stark contrast between the bold certainty of their training and mission preparations versus the confused clusterfuck that it rapidly degenerated into, all played out through the actual recorded footage and radio chatter.

It's not too jingoistic, nor triumphant, but they had that pretty comprehensively shot out of them. They say they learned a lot from their mistakes. I reckon if they'd asked the Russians about the advisability of flying over a bunch of restless natives - fousands of 'em - every one of them (and their mums) armed with AKs then they might not have been so confident to begin with.

Still, it's an interesting tale, compellingly told, and well worth the time.

A classical American Exceptionalism story. While the documentary was careful to view the crew as heroes, it ascribes every failure to lack or proper preparation before the operation- as if Iraqis cannot mount a defense on and of themselves. MOST IMPORTANTLY, it completely IGNORES the fact that 1 AH-64 was downed and its crew was captured. BIG FALURE!

Using video and audio from a real mission, Apache Warrior sends you on a thrilling journey following a US military helicopter gunship mission into Iraq. The pilots and crew guide you through the story using interviews and actual footage. The story is interesting and gripping for the 90 mins of runtime. Well done for a well constructed documentary that has plenty of drama on the way. It will also make you appreciate what these airman/women actually do. Well recommended.

Every 10 years or so, you come across this jaw dropping production that sticks with you for days to follow. This is the mother of all those (given you take any interest in the overall ubject of warfare and particularly combat aircraft, of course).

In the "where are they now" ending, institution is misspelled.