WEBVTT 00:14.066 --> 00:20.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM 00:15.000 --> 00:21.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY BOEING. 00:18.466 --> 00:24.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> WE KNOW WHY WE'RE HERE. 00:20.466 --> 00:25.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% TO CONNECT... 00:21.200 --> 00:27.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% >> AND PROTECT. 00:24.133 --> 00:37.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% >> TO STAND BEHIND 00:25.133 --> 00:37.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% ALL WHO SERVE. 00:27.366 --> 00:37.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:62.5% >> THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. 00:44.133 --> 00:51.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> EL CENTRO, CALIFORNIA. 00:46.100 --> 00:53.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% YOUNG NAVAL PILOTS COME HERE 00:48.066 --> 00:55.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% TO LEARN HOW TO DROP BOMBS. 00:51.000 --> 00:57.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> THE FIRST COUPLE FLIGHTS 00:53.300 --> 00:59.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THAT YOU DO, IT'S ALMOST LIKE 00:55.766 --> 01:00.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% A HEAD EXPLOSION, 00:57.166 --> 01:01.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% 'CAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON. 00:59.833 --> 01:03.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% >> YOU'RE LEARNING 01:00.966 --> 01:08.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% A DIVE-BOMBING PATTERN 01:01.966 --> 01:10.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WHICH IS WHAT THEY WOULD USE 01:03.700 --> 01:14.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% IN WORLD WAR II AND KOREA. 01:08.800 --> 01:25.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% >> YOU ROLL 135 DEGREES 01:10.700 --> 01:26.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% INVERTED, ROLL OUT, AND START 01:14.600 --> 01:28.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% SCREAMING TOWARDS THE TARGET. 01:25.033 --> 01:31.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> YOU GET WRAPPED UP IN THIS, 01:26.866 --> 01:36.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% "OH, MY GOSH, THIS THING CAN GO 01:28.733 --> 01:37.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SO FAST AND IS SO COOL TO LOOK 01:31.533 --> 01:39.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AT," BUT YOU'RE FORGETTING 01:36.066 --> 01:44.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE REASON WHY THEY WERE BUILT 01:37.200 --> 01:46.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND WHY THEY EXIST AND WHY 01:39.333 --> 01:52.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% WE'RE TRAINED TO FLY THEM. 01:44.333 --> 01:53.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% >> THIS IS THE STORY OF 01:46.566 --> 01:55.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% A WEAPON OF WAR--NAVAL AVIATION. 01:52.466 --> 01:57.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% EVER SINCE WORLD WAR II, 01:53.933 --> 02:00.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AIRCRAFT LAUNCHED FROM THE SEA 01:55.900 --> 02:03.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% HAVE PLAYED AN OUTSIZED ROLE 01:57.933 --> 02:05.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% INMERICA'S WARS. 02:00.733 --> 02:07.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> YOU ARE A PART OF A LINEAGE 02:03.466 --> 02:11.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WITNESS 02:05.266 --> 02:13.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% TO THE BIGGEST EVENTS OF 02:07.833 --> 02:15.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE 20th AND NOW 21st CENTURY. 02:11.766 --> 02:16.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% >> BUT THIS LINEAGE 02:13.300 --> 02:18.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% HAS BEEN PRECARIOUS. 02:15.600 --> 02:22.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% AS WARFARE EVOLVED, 02:16.766 --> 02:24.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE FORTUNES OF NAVAL AVIATION 02:18.866 --> 02:28.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% SEESAWED. 02:22.766 --> 02:31.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% MORE THAN ONCE, IT WAS 02:24.633 --> 02:36.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WRITTEN OFF AS IMPRACTICAL, 02:28.533 --> 02:38.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% TOO DANGEROUS, 02:31.400 --> 02:41.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% OR SIMPLY OBSOLETE. 02:36.133 --> 02:45.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THIS IS A STORY OF REPEATED 02:38.000 --> 02:48.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% CHALLENGES IN ENGINEERING AND 02:41.933 --> 02:50.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HUMAN MORAL CHALLENGES AS WELL. 02:45.566 --> 02:51.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> IT WON'T BE EASY TO THINK, 02:48.733 --> 02:54.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% "OH, I'M JUST GOING TO GO OUT 02:50.466 --> 02:57.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND DROP A BOMB, AND IF IT 02:51.966 --> 02:58.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% KILLED SOMEBODY, OK." 02:54.833 --> 03:01.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> MAP AT 0-7-2. 5 MILES. 02:57.266 --> 03:07.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% >> THAT TOOK SOME TIME 02:58.766 --> 03:10.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND DEFINITELY SOME REFLECTION, 03:01.800 --> 03:12.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% AND I'M READY. 03:07.366 --> 03:14.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> THE HUMAN IN THE COCKPIT. 03:10.800 --> 03:18.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% BUT HOW LONG WILL 03:12.133 --> 03:20.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% HE OR SHE EVEN BE THERE? 03:14.966 --> 03:23.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> [INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER] 03:18.666 --> 03:24.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> SHOULD AUTOMATION BE ALLOWED 03:20.400 --> 03:29.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% TO REPLACE THESE PILOTS? 03:23.166 --> 03:32.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> THE LAST FIGHTER PILOT'S 03:24.633 --> 03:33.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BEEN BORN. SOME MIGHT SAY THAT. 03:29.766 --> 03:36.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% >> NAVAL AVIATION, 03:32.233 --> 03:37.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% THE MACHINES 03:33.533 --> 03:48.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% AND THE PEOPLE IN THEM, 03:36.033 --> 03:48.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% A HUNDRED-YEAR STORY, 03:37.766 --> 03:48.233 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% AND AN ARGUMENT WITHOUT END. 04:03.633 --> 04:09.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% IN THE TEENS AND '20s, 04:05.066 --> 04:11.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ONLY A HANDFUL OF DAREDEVILS AND 04:07.633 --> 04:13.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% VISIONARIES COULD IMAGINE THAT 04:09.466 --> 04:19.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% FLIMSY BIPLANES AND MAKESHIFT 04:11.733 --> 04:21.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% WOODEN DECKS WOULD ONE DAY 04:13.433 --> 04:23.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% CHANGE THE NATURE OF WAR. 04:19.733 --> 04:34.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% HUNDREDS OF YOUNG AVIATORS 04:21.600 --> 04:34.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% RISKED THEIR LIVES TO BRING 04:23.566 --> 04:34.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% THIS TECHNOLOGY TO THE FORE. 04:38.466 --> 04:49.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% WITHIN 20 YEARS, 04:39.400 --> 04:50.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THEY'D CREATED A SUPERWEAPON. 04:47.733 --> 04:52.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% IN WORLD WAR II, 04:49.333 --> 04:55.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% CARRIERS PROVED DECISIVE 04:50.966 --> 04:57.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% IN EVERY MAJOR BATTLE 04:52.666 --> 04:59.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% IN THE PACIFIC. 04:55.600 --> 05:00.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% >> NAVAL AVIATION 04:57.066 --> 05:01.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% ENDS WORLD WAR II 04:59.000 --> 05:04.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% AT THE TOP OF THE WARFARE 05:00.533 --> 05:05.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% MOUNTAIN. THEY'VE GONE FROM 05:01.666 --> 05:16.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% NOWHERE TO BEING THE BIGGEST 05:04.266 --> 05:16.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND BADDEST WEAPON IN THE WORLD, 05:05.933 --> 05:16.233 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:42.5% OR SO THEY THINK. 05:30.766 --> 05:36.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> THE BOMBS THAT DESTROYED 05:32.433 --> 05:40.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI 05:34.200 --> 05:42.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% ALSO DESTROYED ESTABLISHED 05:36.866 --> 05:44.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% MILITARY DOCTRINE. 05:40.366 --> 05:48.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% SOON AFTER, THE U.S. CREATED 05:42.333 --> 05:49.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% A NEW INDEPENDENT AIR FORCE 05:44.466 --> 05:51.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND PLACED IT FRONT AND CENTER. 05:48.333 --> 05:53.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> THE AIR FORCE WAS ASSIGNED 05:49.900 --> 05:54.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THE MISSION FOR DELIVERING 05:51.433 --> 06:03.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ATOMIC BOMBS. THEY WERE THE ONLY 05:53.233 --> 06:05.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ONES WHO HAD THE CAPABILITY, SO 05:54.933 --> 06:07.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THAT WAS THE LOGICAL ASSIGNMENT. 06:03.366 --> 06:09.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THE NAVY COULD SEE THAT IF 06:05.800 --> 06:11.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WARS OF THE FUTURE WERE GONNA BE 06:07.400 --> 06:15.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% ATOMIC AND WE, THE NAVY, 06:09.066 --> 06:17.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% DIDN'T HAVE A CAPABILITY, 06:11.100 --> 06:19.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% WE WERE GONNA BE EXTINCT. 06:15.266 --> 06:20.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> THE NAVY STAKED ITS FUTURE 06:17.033 --> 06:24.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% ON A MASSIVE NEW CARRIER, 06:19.066 --> 06:26.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% THE FIRST SINCE THE WAR. 06:20.400 --> 06:29.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% A WHOLE NEW DESIGN. 06:24.866 --> 06:31.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% ABRUPTLY, THE SECRETARY 06:26.566 --> 06:32.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% OF DEFENSE STOPPED CONSTRUCTION. 06:29.700 --> 06:34.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% "THERE'S NO REASON FOR HAVING 06:31.066 --> 06:36.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% A NAVY," HE DECLARED. 06:32.500 --> 06:39.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% "THE AIR FORCE CAN DO ANYTHING 06:34.400 --> 06:41.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% THE NAVY CAN DO." 06:36.366 --> 06:47.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> THIS WAS A BLOW TO THE HEART, 06:39.966 --> 06:49.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% A DAGGER TO THE HEART 06:41.666 --> 06:51.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% OF NAVAL AVIATION. 06:47.233 --> 06:53.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THE 06:49.066 --> 06:55.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BIG BOMB ABOARD THE BIG BOMBER 06:51.166 --> 06:56.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% RUN BY THE AIR FORCE THINK 06:53.933 --> 06:58.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THEY'VE GOT IT KNOCKED. THEY 06:55.333 --> 06:59.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THINK THEY'VE WON THE GREAT 06:56.866 --> 07:01.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% BUREAUCRATIC WAR. THEY'VE-- 06:58.133 --> 07:10.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% THEY'RE--THEY'RE GONNA BE 06:59.466 --> 07:13.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% THE DOMINANT SERVICE. 07:01.066 --> 07:14.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% AND THEN THERE IS KOREA. 07:10.600 --> 07:23.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> ON JUNE 25th, 1950, COMMUNIST 07:13.566 --> 07:24.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% NORTH KOREA INVADED THE 07:14.900 --> 07:27.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO THE SOUTH. 07:23.066 --> 07:30.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> KOREA CAME AS A COMPLETE 07:24.366 --> 07:33.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% SURPRISE TO US. THE BASES 07:27.800 --> 07:35.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THAT WE HAD PLANNED TO USE FOR 07:30.800 --> 07:36.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THE AIR FORCE IN SOUTH KOREA 07:33.400 --> 07:40.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WERE OVERRUN AND CAPTURED BY 07:35.066 --> 07:41.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% THE NORTH KOREANS 07:36.266 --> 07:43.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. 07:40.033 --> 07:45.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> JUST A SLIVER OF LAND 07:41.833 --> 07:48.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% REMAINED IN SOUTH KOREA'S 07:43.233 --> 07:50.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% CONTROL. THE U.S. MILITARY 07:45.766 --> 07:53.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% STARED AT ITS OPTIONS. NOW ITS 07:48.466 --> 07:54.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% NEAREST AIR BASES WERE HUNDREDS 07:50.333 --> 07:57.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% OF MILES AWAY. AND NUCLEAR 07:53.000 --> 08:01.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WEAPONS, WHAT USE WERE THEY 07:54.866 --> 08:02.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% IF NORTH KOREA'S ALLY, THE 07:57.400 --> 08:04.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% SOVIET UNION, ALSO HAD THE BOMB? 08:01.066 --> 08:06.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> THE SITUATION IN KOREA IS 08:02.833 --> 08:09.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SO CRITICAL THAT WE IN THE NAVY 08:04.966 --> 08:10.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% MUST GIVE THE EIGHTH ARMY 08:06.766 --> 08:13.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE MAXIMUM PRACTICAL SUPPORT. 08:09.300 --> 08:15.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% I DIRECT THAT THE COMMANDER OF 08:10.866 --> 08:17.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE SEVENTH FLEET, THE COMMANDER 08:13.233 --> 08:20.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% OF CARRIER DIVISION 15 BE 08:15.600 --> 08:24.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% DIRECTED TO PROVIDE THE MAXIMUM 08:17.433 --> 08:25.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% POSSIBLE AIR GUNFIRE SUPPORT. 08:20.300 --> 08:27.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% MAKE IT MOVE. 08:24.100 --> 08:29.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> IN A STRIKING REVERSAL, 08:25.666 --> 08:30.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE MILITARY BRASS DUSTED OFF 08:27.533 --> 08:33.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% 4 OF ITS WORLD WAR II CARRIERS 08:29.833 --> 08:39.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% AND RUSHED THEM 08:30.833 --> 08:40.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% TO THE KOREAN PENINSULA. 08:33.866 --> 08:43.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% THE CARRIER WAS BACK. 08:39.433 --> 08:45.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> THE NAVY STARTS BUILDING 08:40.933 --> 08:47.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% ONE SUPERCARRIER PER YEAR. 08:43.600 --> 08:49.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% "FORRESTALL," "SARATOGA," 08:45.500 --> 08:52.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% "INDEPENDENCE," "RANGER," "KITTY 08:47.533 --> 09:03.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% HAWK," "CONSTELLATION." FOR 08:49.633 --> 09:03.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE NEXT DECADE, WE ADD 8 MORE 08:52.700 --> 09:03.233 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:67.5% SUPERCARRIERS TO THE FLEET. 09:09.366 --> 09:23.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> THE KOREAN WAR, FOUGHT 09:10.833 --> 09:23.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% MILE BY MILE WITH CONVENTIONAL 09:12.633 --> 09:23.166 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% WEAPONS, LASTED 37 LONG MONTHS. 09:28.166 --> 09:38.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 09:29.833 --> 09:41.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% LOST OVER 500 PLANES. 09:35.800 --> 09:43.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> I LOST 22% OF THE GUYS 09:38.600 --> 09:46.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% IN MY SQUADRON WHEN I WENT 09:41.133 --> 09:48.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% TO KOREA. 22%. YOU NEVER 09:43.266 --> 09:51.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% FORGET THAT. YOU COME BACK 09:46.500 --> 09:52.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% FROM A TOUR, YOU'VE BEEN THE 09:48.700 --> 09:53.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% COMMANDING OFFICER, THERE'S THE 09:51.233 --> 09:56.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% SINGLE MOTHER. THE ONLY THING 09:52.533 --> 09:59.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% SHE HAD IN HER LIFE WAS HER 09:53.933 --> 10:00.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% SON. HE WAS 23 YEARS OF AGE. 09:56.666 --> 10:02.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% HE WAS ENTRUSTED TO YOU. YOU 09:59.233 --> 10:04.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WERE TO GET HIM READY, TAKE HIM 10:00.533 --> 10:07.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% OVER THERE, BRING HIM HOME. AND 10:02.900 --> 10:09.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% YOU DIDN'T. YOU GOT TO GO VISIT 10:04.833 --> 10:11.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% HER. YOU GOT TO SIT ON A PARK 10:07.033 --> 10:21.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% BENCH. YOU GOT TO LET HER 10:09.033 --> 10:21.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% HOLD YOUR HAND. YOU JUST GOT TO 10:11.133 --> 10:21.600 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% SIT THERE AND GO THROUGH IT. 10:22.833 --> 10:28.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> DURING KOREA, A NEW AIRCRAFT 10:25.266 --> 10:31.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% WAS FLYING OFF CARRIERS-- 10:26.866 --> 10:33.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% THE HELICOPTER, 10:28.366 --> 10:34.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% IDEAL FOR RESCUE MISSIONS. 10:31.433 --> 10:36.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% IN THE WINTER OF 1950, 10:33.066 --> 10:37.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% A HELICOPTER WOULD JOIN 10:34.966 --> 10:40.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THE EFFORT TO SAVE THE LIFE 10:36.066 --> 10:42.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% OF A 24-YEAR-OLD PILOT 10:37.600 --> 10:45.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% NAMED JESSE BROWN. 10:40.633 --> 10:48.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% JESSE BROWN HAD PACKED A LOT 10:42.333 --> 10:50.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% INTO HIS 24 YEARS. HE'D HAD TO 10:45.866 --> 10:52.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AS THE FIRST COMBAT AVIATOR 10:48.100 --> 10:56.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TO BREACH THE NAVY'S COLOR LIN 10:50.633 --> 10:59.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> JESSE GREW UP IN HATTIESBURG, 10:52.466 --> 11:02.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% MISSISSIPPI. HIS FATHER WAS 10:56.400 --> 11:05.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% A SHARECROPPER. HE ALWAYS WAED 10:59.366 --> 11:08.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% TO BE A NAVAL AVIATOR. BUT HE 11:02.733 --> 11:10.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% GAVE UP THE IDEA, BECAUSE BLACKS 11:05.833 --> 11:12.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WERE NOT ACCEPTED INTO AVIATION. 11:08.366 --> 11:15.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% HE GOT A SCHOLARSHIP 11:10.633 --> 11:17.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% TO OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, 11:12.933 --> 11:19.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% AND A NAVY LIEUTENANT 11:15.000 --> 11:21.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% TOOK A LIKING TO JESSE 11:17.666 --> 11:23.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% AND ENCOURAGED HIM TO 11:19.100 --> 11:26.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PUT IN FOR IT, WHICH JESSE DID. 11:21.533 --> 11:27.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% AND HE WAS ACCEPTED INTO 11:23.200 --> 11:30.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THE NAVY'S FLIGHT PROGRAM. 11:26.200 --> 11:37.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> HE ARRIVES IN PENSACOLA, 11:27.633 --> 11:39.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% FLORIDA, WHICH IS VERY MUCH 11:30.766 --> 11:41.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% A SOUTHERN CITY. 11:37.100 --> 11:43.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE ENTIRE NAVY ESTABLISHMENT, 11:39.133 --> 11:46.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% FROM, YOU KNOW, THE OFFICERS' 11:41.000 --> 11:48.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% CLUB TO, YOU KNOW, STANDING IN 11:43.400 --> 11:49.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% LINE FOR A MEAL, HE WAS ALONE. 11:46.166 --> 11:50.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THERE WAS NO ONE LIKE HIM. 11:48.100 --> 11:51.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% >> YET WHEN HE'S IN 11:49.500 --> 11:55.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% THE AIRPLANE, 11:50.500 --> 11:57.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% HE GENERATES A CERTAIN AMOUNT 11:51.566 --> 12:00.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% OF FREEDOM, ONLY TO HAVE 11:55.200 --> 12:04.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% TO LAND AGAIN AND--AND FACE 11:57.966 --> 12:06.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE SOCIAL INEQUALITIES THAT-- 12:00.300 --> 12:08.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THAT EXISTED AS PART OF AMERICA. 12:04.233 --> 12:09.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> IN 1948, JESSE EARNED 12:06.333 --> 12:12.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HIS WINGS AND JOINED A SQUADRON 12:08.133 --> 12:14.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% ON THE USS "LEYTE." 12:09.966 --> 12:16.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ON THE CARRIER, THE ATMOSPHERE 12:12.666 --> 12:19.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% SEEMED DIFFERENT. 12:14.233 --> 12:21.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> THERE'S A SENSE OF ACCEPTANCE 12:16.433 --> 12:24.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AMONGST AVIATORS WHO SHARE 12:19.900 --> 12:25.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% A COMMON GOAL 12:21.766 --> 12:27.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% AND A COMMON CAPABILITY. 12:24.466 --> 12:29.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> IT WAS IN THE TIGHT QUARTERS 12:25.933 --> 12:31.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% OF THE CARRIER THAT JESSE BROWN 12:27.866 --> 12:33.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% GOT TO KNOW FELLOW AVIATOR 12:29.633 --> 12:36.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% THOMAS HUDNER. 12:31.400 --> 12:38.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> JESSE WAS A VERY FRIENDLY 12:33.533 --> 12:39.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% PERSON. THEY JOKED THAT HE, BY 12:36.666 --> 12:42.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% FAR, GOT MORE MAIL THAN ANYBODY 12:38.233 --> 12:44.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ELSE ON THE SHIP, WHICH WAS 12:39.233 --> 12:47.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% PROBABLY TRUE, AND HE WAS 12:42.433 --> 12:49.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% JUST A PERSON WE ALL ADMIRED 12:44.833 --> 12:50.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% AND LOVED. 12:47.166 --> 12:52.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> ON DECEMBER 4th, 1950, 12:49.100 --> 12:58.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% HUDNER AND BROWN WERE ASSIGNED 12:50.866 --> 13:01.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% A RECONNAISSANCE MISSION. 12:52.433 --> 13:03.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% BY ALL APPEARANCES, ROUTINE. 12:58.166 --> 13:05.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% >> IT WAS COLD. 13:01.500 --> 13:10.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% WE HAD 6 AIRCRAFT 13:03.500 --> 13:12.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% IN OUR FLIGHT GOING UP 13:05.633 --> 13:14.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% FOR ARMED RECONNAISSANCE. 13:10.933 --> 13:16.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ONE OF THE PILOTS IN THE FLIGHT 13:12.933 --> 13:18.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% SAW THAT THERE WAS SOME VAPOR 13:14.733 --> 13:19.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% COMING OUT OF JESSE'S AIRPLANE, 13:16.800 --> 13:20.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT, 13:18.133 --> 13:22.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% JESSE CALLED OUT 13:19.400 --> 13:24.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THAT HE WAS LOSING OIL PRESSURE. 13:20.933 --> 13:31.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% HE COULDN'T STAY AIRBORNE. 13:22.633 --> 13:33.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% HE WAS GONNA HAVE TO MAKE 13:24.266 --> 13:35.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% A CRASH LANDING. 13:31.933 --> 13:36.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% HE LANDED WITH SUCH FORCE 13:33.966 --> 13:39.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THAT THERE WAS NO QUESTION IN 13:35.333 --> 13:41.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE MINDS OF ANY OF US BUT THAT 13:36.466 --> 13:43.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% HE HAD PERISHED IN THAT CRASH. 13:39.433 --> 13:45.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WE CIRCLED AROUND THERE, AND, 13:41.700 --> 13:48.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% UH, WE SAW THAT JESSE HAD OPENED 13:43.900 --> 13:49.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THE CANOPY AND THAT HE WAS 13:45.766 --> 13:52.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% WAVING TO US. BUT FOR SOME 13:48.200 --> 13:54.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% REASON, HE DIDN'T GET OUT 13:49.866 --> 13:55.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% OF THE AIRPLANE. 13:52.600 --> 13:56.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% I FELT THAT THE CHANCES 13:54.100 --> 13:59.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% WERE REASONABLY GOOD 13:55.533 --> 14:01.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TO PULL HIM OUT OF THE COCKPIT 13:56.900 --> 14:03.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND SAVE HIS LIFE. SO I MADE 13:59.500 --> 14:09.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THE DECISION TO MAKE A CRASH 14:01.600 --> 14:11.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% LANDING, THAT'S A WHEELS-UP 14:03.000 --> 14:13.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% LANDING, CLOSE ENOUGH TO HIM. 14:09.566 --> 14:14.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WHEN I GOT TO JESSE'S PLANE, 14:11.333 --> 14:17.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% I COULD SEE THAT THE REASON HE 14:13.300 --> 14:19.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% DIDN'T GET OUT WAS THE WAY THE 14:14.800 --> 14:23.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AIRCRAFT HAD BUCKLED. HIS KNEE 14:17.700 --> 14:25.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% WAS CAUGHT IN THERE, 14:19.566 --> 14:28.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND IT JUST COULDN'T MOVE. 14:23.233 --> 14:29.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% HE LAPSED IN AND OUT 14:25.233 --> 14:32.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% OF CONSCIOUSNESS. 14:28.033 --> 14:34.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% I TRIED TO REACH IN TO DO 14:29.933 --> 14:35.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SOMETHING, BUT THERE WAS ABOUT 14:32.033 --> 14:38.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% 2 FEET OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. 14:34.433 --> 14:40.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING 14:35.900 --> 14:43.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WITHOUT HOLDING ON WITH ONE HAND 14:38.600 --> 14:45.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% AND DOING MY BEST 14:40.266 --> 14:47.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% TO KEEP MY BALANCE. 14:43.733 --> 14:50.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WHEN I HEARD THE HELICOPTER, 14:45.733 --> 14:53.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% IT--IT WAS LIKE 14:47.166 --> 14:57.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% MANNA FROM HEAVEN. 14:50.700 --> 14:59.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% BUT WHEN HE SAW JESSE, 14:53.000 --> 15:02.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% HIS JAW DROPPED. BETWEEN THE TWO 14:57.633 --> 15:03.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% OF US, WE COULDN'T GET A FIRM 14:59.433 --> 15:08.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% FOOTING ON ANYTHING. 15:02.200 --> 15:10.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% JESSE WAS PINNED IN SO BADLY 15:03.866 --> 15:12.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THAT WE COULDN'T MOVE HIM. 15:08.500 --> 15:13.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% NOW IT WAS ABOUT 3:30 15:10.600 --> 15:16.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% OR 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. 15:12.033 --> 15:17.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 15:13.500 --> 15:19.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% 5 OR 10 ABOVE ZERO. 15:16.233 --> 15:23.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% AND WITH DARKNESS COMING, 15:17.900 --> 15:24.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IT WAS GOING TO GET A LOT COLDER 15:19.600 --> 15:26.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% A LOT FASTER. 15:23.133 --> 15:28.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% THE PILOT SAID 15:24.700 --> 15:29.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% THAT HE COULDN'T FLY THAT 15:26.466 --> 15:31.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% HELICOPTER IN THAT AREA 15:28.166 --> 15:33.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AFTER DARK. IT DIDN'T HAVE 15:29.966 --> 15:37.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% INSTRUMENTS, AND HE SAID 15:31.933 --> 15:38.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% IT WAS SUICIDE FOR ME 15:33.333 --> 15:40.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% TO HAVE STAYED THERE. 15:37.200 --> 15:43.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% I'VE ALWAYS FELT BAD 15:38.600 --> 15:45.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ABOUT THE DECISION, BUT THERE 15:40.166 --> 15:53.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% WAS REALLY NO CHOICE. 15:43.566 --> 15:55.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% I LIKE TO THINK THAT HE WAS NOT 15:45.433 --> 15:57.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% CONSCIOUS AT THAT TIME. 15:53.400 --> 16:07.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% WHEN WE LEFT JESSE, 15:55.333 --> 16:07.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% IT WAS A FAREWELL, REALLY. 15:57.533 --> 16:07.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:52.5% AN UNSPOKEN FAREWELL. 16:18.333 --> 16:24.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% >> THERE'S A NEW MAGIC 16:20.533 --> 16:26.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% IN THE AIR. 16:21.666 --> 16:28.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% IT'S CALLED JETS. AND JETS 16:24.300 --> 16:31.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CHANGE THE GAME FOR CARRIERS AS 16:26.833 --> 16:33.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% MUCH AS THEY DO FOR LAND-BASED 16:28.933 --> 16:35.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AIR POWER. MAYBE EVEN MORE. 16:31.033 --> 16:36.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> JETS USHERED IN A FUTURISTIC 16:33.233 --> 16:41.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% WORLD WHERE MAN TRAVELED 16:35.266 --> 16:43.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% THROUGH THE STRATOSPHERE 16:36.766 --> 16:44.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AT TWICE THE SPEED OF SOUND. 16:41.566 --> 16:46.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% BUT THEY WERE NOT BUILT 16:43.400 --> 16:47.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% TO LAND ON A DECK. 16:44.700 --> 16:53.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% >> THE TRANSITION 16:46.333 --> 16:54.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% TO JET AIRCRAFT 16:47.733 --> 16:56.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ALMOST KILLED AIRCRAFT CARRIERS. 16:53.333 --> 16:59.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% >> FLYING JETS IN 16:54.433 --> 17:09.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE EARLY DAYS OFF OF CARRIERS 16:56.933 --> 17:11.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% WAS, AT BEST, DIFFICULT, 16:59.566 --> 17:14.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND AT TIMES, NEAR SUICIDAL. 17:09.400 --> 17:16.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> THE BRUNT OF THE TRANSITION 17:11.166 --> 17:17.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WOULD BE BORNE BY THE PILOTS. 17:14.066 --> 17:20.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> IT WAS HAIRY. WE DIDN'T HAVE 17:16.600 --> 17:22.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% A LOT OF EXPERIENCE. 17:17.866 --> 17:26.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% I TOOK COMMAND OF A JET FIGHTER 17:20.500 --> 17:28.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% SQUADRON. I HAD ONE HOUR 17:22.900 --> 17:30.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% OF JET TIME. ONE HOUR IN A JET 17:26.733 --> 17:32.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AIRCRAFT WHEN I TOOK COMMAND 17:28.500 --> 17:34.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% OF A SQUADRON THAT WAS GONNA 17:30.233 --> 17:35.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% DEPLOY. I HAD PEOPLE REPORTING 17:32.233 --> 17:37.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% TO ME WHO HAD NEVER BEEN IN 17:34.100 --> 17:39.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% ONE OF THOSE AIRPLANES. 17:35.366 --> 17:40.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> THEY GAVE ME A HANDBOOK AND 17:37.466 --> 17:42.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SAID, "WHEN YOU'RE READY, COME 17:39.200 --> 17:44.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% DOWN, AND, UH, I'LL GIVE YOU 17:40.933 --> 17:45.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% A PLANE." SO I READ THE BOOK, 17:42.966 --> 17:46.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% I GOT IN THE PLANE, 17:44.000 --> 17:49.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% I STARTED IT, 17:45.233 --> 17:52.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% AND THE GUY GAVE ME 17:46.466 --> 17:54.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AN UP-CHECK, AND I TOOK OFF. 17:49.333 --> 17:55.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% I WAS A JET PILOT. 17:52.866 --> 17:57.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% >> THE NAVY WAS SLOW 17:54.033 --> 17:59.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% TO RECOGNIZE THE NEW PROBLEMS 17:55.733 --> 18:01.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% POSED BY JETS. 17:57.500 --> 18:03.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> WHEN A PROPELLER PLANE COMES 17:59.133 --> 18:05.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ABOARD A CARRIER, THE PILOT 18:01.666 --> 18:08.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% TAKES AWAY THE POWER, THE ENGINE 18:03.500 --> 18:11.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% STOPS TURNING SO THE PLANE 18:05.666 --> 18:13.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% SETTLES ON THE DECK. A JET COMES 18:08.800 --> 18:17.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IN, AND IT TAKES SOMETHING LIKE 18:11.133 --> 18:18.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% 35 SECONDS FOR THE SPINDLE 18:13.300 --> 18:20.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% TO UNWIND. 18:17.000 --> 18:22.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> WE WERE GOING FASTER. THERE 18:18.966 --> 18:23.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WAS NO RADAR. THERE WAS NOT 18:20.866 --> 18:25.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ENOUGH ROOM ON THE CARRIER. 18:22.500 --> 18:26.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% >> SO HE HITS THE DECK, 18:23.766 --> 18:28.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND HE BOUNCES, AND HE GOES OVER 18:25.466 --> 18:29.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% THE BARRICADE. 18:26.700 --> 18:34.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> FLOAT OVER THE BARRIERS. LAND 18:28.400 --> 18:36.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ON THIS PACK OF AIRCRAFT--I'VE 18:29.733 --> 18:37.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% SEEN 7 OR 8 AIRCRAFT ON FIRE. 18:34.000 --> 18:40.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> IN SEPTEMBER OF 1951, 18:36.033 --> 18:41.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% ON THE USS "ESSEX," 18:37.966 --> 18:43.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% A BANSHEE TWIN-JET FIGHTER 18:40.000 --> 18:53.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% MISSED ITS MARKS AND 18:41.766 --> 19:00.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% DROVE INTO A PACK OF PLANES 18:43.333 --> 19:02.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ON THE FORWARD FLIGHT DECK. 18:53.000 --> 19:05.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% 7 MEN WERE KILLED. 19:00.966 --> 19:08.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> NAVAL AVIATION DURING THESE 19:02.833 --> 19:09.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% EARLY DAYS OF JETS WAS ACTUALLY 19:05.966 --> 19:11.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WORSE IN SOME WAYS THAN IT WAS 19:08.300 --> 19:14.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% DURING THE GOLDEN AGE 19:09.900 --> 19:19.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% OF WOODEN AIRPLANES AND IRON MEN 19:11.833 --> 19:21.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% IN THE '20s AND '30s. 19:14.266 --> 19:23.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% A LOT OF PEOPLE DIED. 19:19.333 --> 19:26.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> IF PILOTS COULDN'T GET JETS 19:21.666 --> 19:30.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ABOARD CARRIERS AND MAKE THEM 19:23.633 --> 19:31.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WORK WELL, THE CARRIER PART 19:26.066 --> 19:33.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% OF NAVAL AVIATION WAS GONE. 19:30.733 --> 19:38.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% >> BUT WHAT LOOKED LIKE 19:31.733 --> 19:40.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IMPOSSIBLE PROBLEMS TURNED OUT 19:33.966 --> 19:42.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% TO HAVE ELEGANT SOLUTIONS. 19:38.300 --> 19:45.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> WE SEE 3 GREAT THINGS COME 19:40.266 --> 19:47.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ALONG WHICH MAKE JETS PRACTICAL 19:42.400 --> 19:49.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ON AIRCRAFT CARRIERS. THE FIRST 19:45.066 --> 19:52.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IS THE ANGLED DECK. THE LANDING 19:47.633 --> 19:53.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SECTION OF THE DECK IS SLIGHTLY 19:49.633 --> 19:55.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CANTED. ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU'RE 19:52.200 --> 19:57.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% NOT CRASHING INTO A DECK LOAD 19:53.800 --> 19:59.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% OF AIRPLANES IN FRONT OF YOU. 19:55.166 --> 20:01.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% YOU GET ANOTHER CHANCE. ANOTHER 19:57.900 --> 20:03.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THING THAT THEY GOT--THE FIRST 19:59.400 --> 20:04.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% AUTOMATED LANDING SYSTEM. 20:01.100 --> 20:07.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THIS IS A STABILIZED SYSTEM THAT 20:03.166 --> 20:08.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WOULD PROVIDE THEM AN OPTICAL 20:04.933 --> 20:11.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% LANDING CUE OF WHEN THEY WERE 20:07.200 --> 20:12.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% IN THE RIGHT FLIGHT PATH 20:08.866 --> 20:13.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% TO COME IN ON THAT ANGLED DECK. 20:11.266 --> 20:21.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% AND THEN FINALLY, 20:12.400 --> 20:23.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% THE BRITISH CAME UP WITH 20:13.600 --> 20:24.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% A STEAM CATAPULT. 20:21.566 --> 20:25.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% BY THE MID-1950s, 20:23.300 --> 20:27.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% WE'RE FINALLY PRODUCING 20:24.700 --> 20:30.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% OUR FIRST NEW AIRCRAFT 20:25.866 --> 20:33.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% CARRIERS--THE 4 SHIPS 20:27.633 --> 20:35.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% OF THE "FORRESTALL" CLASS. 20:30.200 --> 20:38.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BY THE LATE 1950s, THE FASTEST, 20:33.633 --> 20:40.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% HIGHEST FLYING, MOST HEAVILY 20:35.566 --> 20:42.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ARMED, MOST POWERFUL AIRPLANES 20:38.133 --> 20:45.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% IN THE WORLD ARE AMAZINGLY 20:40.266 --> 20:46.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% FIGHTER BOMBERS FLYING 20:42.200 --> 20:48.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% OFF OF AIRCRAFT CARRIERS. 20:45.733 --> 20:50.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% >> MORE THAN EVER, 20:46.866 --> 20:52.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THE FIELD WAS A MAGNET FOR 20:48.466 --> 20:55.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THE BRIGHTEST, THE COCKIEST. 20:50.466 --> 20:57.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% IT WAS NAVAL AVIATORS 20:52.666 --> 21:00.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% IN 1959 WHO CROWDED INTO 20:55.133 --> 21:03.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AMERICA'S NEW SPACE PROGRAM. 20:57.633 --> 21:05.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> [INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER] 21:00.800 --> 21:06.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> LIFTOFF, AND THE GREAT WHITE 21:03.600 --> 21:07.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ROCKET WITH ITS HUMAN CARGO... 21:05.433 --> 21:10.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> ASTRONAUTS ALAN SHEPARD, 21:06.633 --> 21:12.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% JOHN GLENN, 21:07.933 --> 21:13.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SCOTT CARPENTER, WALLY SCHIRRA, 21:10.700 --> 21:15.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% LATER, NEIL ARMSTRONG, 21:12.066 --> 21:19.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THEY HAD ALL LEARNED THEIR 21:13.500 --> 21:21.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% CRAFT AS TEST PILOTS, DEVELOPING 21:15.900 --> 21:22.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE FIGHTING CAPACITY OF JETS. 21:19.500 --> 21:23.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IN THE MIDST OF THE COLD WAR, 21:21.100 --> 21:25.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THESE PLANES AND THEIR PILOTS 21:22.766 --> 21:27.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% WERE EMBLEMS 21:23.800 --> 21:30.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% OF AMERICAN SWAGGER-- 21:25.333 --> 21:31.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% CRISP, MODERN 21:27.433 --> 21:34.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% AND INCREASINGLY LETHAL. 21:30.266 --> 21:37.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> WE WERE STRUGGLING WITH 21:31.400 --> 21:39.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THE PROBLEM OF TRYING TO GET 21:34.233 --> 21:42.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% A NUCLEAR WEAPON'S CAPABILITY. 21:37.133 --> 21:43.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THEN WE DEVELOPED THE CAPABILITY 21:39.100 --> 21:46.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% WITH JETS. 21:42.100 --> 21:48.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WE COULD TAKE AN AIRCRAFT THAT 21:43.533 --> 21:55.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WE'D SPECIALLY DESIGNED, PUT 21:46.166 --> 21:57.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THAT 2,000-POUND PACKAGE UNDER 21:48.166 --> 21:59.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IT, LAUNCH IT OFF THE CARRIER... 21:55.466 --> 22:04.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% AND THAT WEAPON 21:57.433 --> 22:09.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% HAD THE EXPLOSIVE YIELD 21:59.433 --> 22:10.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% OF A MILLION TONS OF EXPLOSIVE. 22:04.433 --> 22:12.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% ONE MILLION TONS. 22:09.333 --> 22:13.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% >> THE VERY NATURE 22:10.433 --> 22:15.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% OF CARRIER AVIATION, 22:12.033 --> 22:16.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% ITS MOBILITY, 22:13.600 --> 22:19.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% WOULD MAKE IT, FOR YEARS, 22:15.300 --> 22:20.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% THE MOST FEARED ELEMENT 22:16.900 --> 22:22.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% IN THE NUCLEAR STANDOFF. 22:19.333 --> 22:26.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% >> THE IMPORTANT THING 22:20.433 --> 22:28.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WAS IT IMPRESSED THE SOVIETS. 22:22.600 --> 22:30.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% I DON'T THINK WE APPRECIATE YET 22:26.233 --> 22:31.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THE CONCERN THAT THE--THAT 22:28.400 --> 22:33.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THE SOVIETS HAD ABOUT THOSE 22:30.000 --> 22:36.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% AIRCRAFT CARRIERS. 22:31.766 --> 22:39.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> THE SOVIETS KNEW PRECISELY 22:33.933 --> 22:41.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WHERE OUR NUCLEAR BOMBERS WERE 22:36.333 --> 22:43.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% BASED. THEY KNEW PRECISELY WHERE 22:39.800 --> 22:44.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ALL OF OUR NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN 22:41.466 --> 22:46.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% EUROPE WERE LOCATED. THEY KNEW 22:43.600 --> 22:47.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% WHERE OUR INTERCONTINENTAL 22:44.833 --> 22:48.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% MISSILES IN THE UNITED STATES 22:46.266 --> 22:51.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% WERE LOCATED. 22:47.266 --> 22:53.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE 22:48.766 --> 22:54.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% THE CARRIER WAS. 22:51.833 --> 22:55.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THEY COULD BE ANYPLACE. THEY 22:53.066 --> 22:56.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% COULD BE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN. 22:54.200 --> 22:57.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THEY COULD BE IN THE NORTH 22:55.200 --> 22:58.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% ATLANTIC, COULD BE IN THE 22:56.200 --> 23:01.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% MEDITERRANEAN, NORTH PACIFIC, 22:57.500 --> 23:04.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% SOUTH PACIFIC, CHINA SEA, 22:58.866 --> 23:05.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% WHEREVER. AND THE SOVIETS 23:01.266 --> 23:07.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% COULDN'T KEEP TRACK OF THEM ALL. 23:04.033 --> 23:09.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% AND SO THAT BECAME 23:05.366 --> 23:11.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% A THREAT TO THEM. 23:07.700 --> 23:13.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> ON THE OPEN SEA, THE COLD WAR 23:09.866 --> 23:14.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% PLAYED ITSELF OUT AS A STRING 23:11.400 --> 23:17.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% OF CAT-AND-MOUSE GAMES-- 23:13.266 --> 23:19.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% DEADLY SERIOUS, BUT WITH 23:14.900 --> 23:21.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% A TOUCH OF THE ABSURD. 23:17.600 --> 23:23.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> THE SOVIETS WOULD PLAY 23:19.400 --> 23:25.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% A GAME WITH YOU. THEY WOULD COME 23:21.166 --> 23:27.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% OUT AND INTERCEPT THE CARRIER 23:23.433 --> 23:29.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% TO TEST THE DEFENSES. 23:25.866 --> 23:32.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE, THE PILOTS, USED TO LIKE TO 23:27.500 --> 23:34.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% GO UP AND FLY UP NEXT TO 23:29.966 --> 23:35.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE BEAR AIRPLANE, AND THEY HAD 23:32.733 --> 23:37.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THESE BIG COCKPITS. AND WE WERE 23:34.500 --> 23:39.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% IN THE LITTLE--LIKE, LITTLE 23:35.600 --> 23:40.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% COCKPIT. SO I GOT UP NEXT TO 23:37.866 --> 23:42.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THIS GUY, AND HE LOOKED AT ME, 23:39.066 --> 23:45.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND I LOOKED AT HIM, AND WE'RE 23:40.266 --> 23:47.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% PROBABLY A HUNDRED FEET AWAY, 23:42.466 --> 23:49.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND 23:45.733 --> 23:51.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE GUY GAVE ME THE FINGER LIKE 23:47.500 --> 23:53.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THAT. AND I GAVE HIM THE FINGER 23:49.600 --> 23:54.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% BACK. AND THEN I GAVE HIM 23:51.366 --> 23:55.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% 2 FINGERS, AND WE HAD-- 23:53.033 --> 23:58.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND THEN HE GAVE ME 2 FINGERS. 23:54.666 --> 24:00.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND THE NEXT THING, WE WERE 23:55.933 --> 24:01.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% KIND OF SMILING EACH OTHER. AND 23:58.100 --> 24:03.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE NEXT THING I KNEW, THE GUY-- 24:00.433 --> 24:05.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND IT WAS A LONG WAYS AWAY-- 24:01.900 --> 24:07.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% BUT I COULD SEE HE HELD UP 24:03.300 --> 24:10.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% A "PLAYBOY" AND--AND THERE 24:05.166 --> 24:13.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WAS--A CENTERFOLD IN THERE. 24:07.333 --> 24:16.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% SO WHILE THE MISSIONS WERE 24:10.500 --> 24:18.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% DANGEROUS, ON A CERTAIN LEVEL, 24:13.866 --> 24:24.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ON A CERTAIN BASIC HUMAN LEVEL, 24:16.300 --> 24:26.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% SOMETIMES I THINK, "WELL, 24:18.766 --> 24:27.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WE'RE ALL KIND OF THE SAME." 24:24.266 --> 24:29.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> NUCLEAR WEAPONS WERE FOLDED 24:26.000 --> 24:31.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% INTO THE ROUTINES OF CARRIER 24:27.666 --> 24:34.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% LIFE. DAY AFTER DAY, THE MEN 24:29.966 --> 24:38.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% FOLLOWED THEIR PROCEDURES, 24:31.466 --> 24:41.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% REHEARSED FOR THE UNTHINKABLE. 24:34.633 --> 24:42.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THEN, ON OCTOBER 21st, 1962, THE 24:38.766 --> 24:44.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% UNTHINKABLE BECAME LESS REMOTE. 24:41.733 --> 24:46.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> I GET A CALL ON SUNDAY 24:42.866 --> 24:48.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ABOUT NOON, SAYS, "GET DOWN 24:44.500 --> 24:49.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TO YOUR SHIP, GET IT UNDERWAY, 24:46.166 --> 24:52.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND HEAD FOR THE CARIBBEAN." 24:48.633 --> 24:53.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% I SAID, "ALL MY SAILORS ARE IN 24:49.733 --> 24:54.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% NEW YORK, YOU KNOW. THEY'RE 24:52.066 --> 24:55.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% UP THERE CHASING GIRLS AROUND, 24:53.300 --> 24:58.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WHICH IS WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED 24:54.333 --> 24:59.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% TO BE DOING, AND I HOPE 24:55.400 --> 25:00.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THEY'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME." 24:58.200 --> 25:04.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% THEY SAID, 24:59.200 --> 25:06.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% "NO, GET UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW." 25:00.300 --> 25:08.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% SO WE HEAD FOR THE CARIBBEAN. 25:04.666 --> 25:10.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% I AM CARRYING A HUNDRED NUCLEAR 25:06.666 --> 25:11.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WEAPONS THAT ARE TO BE A BACKUP 25:08.466 --> 25:16.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SUPPORT FOR AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER 25:10.500 --> 25:18.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% THAT'S THERE THAT HAS 25:11.833 --> 25:19.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% A HUNDRED NUCLEAR WEAPONS. 25:16.966 --> 25:26.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% WE WERE PRETTY SERIOUS 25:18.933 --> 25:27.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% THAT WE'D MAKE A NUCLEAR 25:19.933 --> 25:29.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WEAPONS ATTACK AGAINST CUBA. 25:26.200 --> 25:31.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> IN THE DRAMATIC DAYS THAT 25:27.866 --> 25:32.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% FOLLOWED, CARRIERS WOULD SHARE 25:29.633 --> 25:35.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% THE STAGE WITH ANOTHER 25:31.033 --> 25:37.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% LESS-CELEBRATED BRANCH 25:32.466 --> 25:40.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% OF NAVAL AVIATION. 25:35.233 --> 25:41.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> RECONNAISSANCE IS WHERE 25:37.600 --> 25:43.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% WE HAVE OUR ROOTS. AND IN 25:40.433 --> 25:45.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, 25:41.766 --> 25:47.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% NAVAL RECONNAISSANCE 25:43.233 --> 25:48.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% WAS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. 25:45.700 --> 25:49.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% >> ROUTINE SURVEILLANCE 25:47.166 --> 25:52.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% HAD PRODUCED STRONG EVIDENCE 25:48.566 --> 25:53.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THAT THE SOVIETS WERE BUILDING 25:49.800 --> 25:55.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% NUCLEAR MISSILE SITES IN CUBA. 25:52.133 --> 25:58.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% IF OPERATIONAL, THEY COULD 25:53.700 --> 25:59.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% STRIKE THE UNITED STATES 25:55.033 --> 26:02.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% WITHIN MINUTES. 25:58.000 --> 26:04.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% PRESIDENT KENNEDY ORDERED 25:59.700 --> 26:06.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% A BLOCKADE OF THE ISLAND. 26:02.533 --> 26:08.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% BUT HE ALSO FIXED HIS SIGHTS 26:04.433 --> 26:10.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ON A ROW OF PREFAB BUILDINGS IN 26:06.466 --> 26:12.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, HOME TO 26:08.733 --> 26:14.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% A NAVAL UNIT WHOSE JETS WERE 26:10.500 --> 26:17.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% EQUIPPED WITH CAMERAS UNIQUELY 26:12.500 --> 26:19.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% DESIGNED FOR LOW-FLIGHT, 26:14.033 --> 26:21.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% HIGH-RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPHY. 26:17.733 --> 26:22.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% COMMANDER WILLIAM ECKER RECEIVED 26:19.133 --> 26:28.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% HIS BRIEF, AND IN THE EARLY 26:21.100 --> 26:33.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% MORNING OF OCTOBER 23rd, 26:22.533 --> 26:35.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% TOOK OFF WITH HIS WINGMAN. 26:28.066 --> 26:38.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IN MINUTES, THEY COULD SEE CUBA. 26:33.400 --> 26:39.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> THEY MAKE THEIR RUNS OVER 26:35.233 --> 26:42.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE MISSILE SITES, AND THEY SEE 26:38.133 --> 26:44.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% INCREDIBLE THINGS GOING ON 26:39.633 --> 26:46.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% UNDERNEATH THEM. PEOPLE RUNNING 26:42.666 --> 26:48.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IN EVERY DIRECTION. THEY SEE THE 26:44.833 --> 26:50.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% MISSILES ON TRAILERS. THEY SEE 26:46.500 --> 26:56.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE LAUNCH PADS. THEY SEE THE 26:48.500 --> 26:57.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SUPPORTING EQUIPMENT. YOU NAME 26:50.100 --> 26:59.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% IT, THEY GET PICTURES OF IT. 26:56.000 --> 27:10.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> AS ECKER LANDED BACK AT 26:57.700 --> 27:10.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THE BASE, A CREW WAS WAITING 26:59.833 --> 27:10.366 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% TO RUSH THE FILM TO THE LAB. 27:14.733 --> 27:22.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ON OCTOBER 25th, AT THE U.N., 27:17.700 --> 27:24.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AMBASSADOR ADLAI STEVENSON 27:19.333 --> 27:25.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PRESSED HIS SOVIET COUNTERPART. 27:22.033 --> 27:29.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> DO YOU, AMBASSADOR ZORIN, 27:24.600 --> 27:30.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% DENY THAT THE U.S.S.R. 27:25.966 --> 27:33.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% HAS PLACED AND IS PLACING 27:29.033 --> 27:37.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% MEDIUM- AND INTERMEDIATE-RANGE 27:30.866 --> 27:39.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% MISSILES AND SITES IN CUBA? 27:33.300 --> 27:41.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% YES OR NO? 27:37.733 --> 27:42.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> YOU WILL HAVE YOUR ANSWER 27:39.033 --> 27:43.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% IN DUE COURSE. 27:41.033 --> 27:44.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% >> I'M PREPARED TO WAIT 27:42.233 --> 27:46.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% FOR MY ANSWER 27:43.500 --> 27:48.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% UNTIL HELL FREEZES OVER 27:44.766 --> 27:51.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% IF THAT'S YOUR DECISION. 27:46.266 --> 27:53.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> THE SOVIET AMBASSADOR TO 27:48.766 --> 27:56.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE U.N. DENIED THAT THEY WERE 27:51.466 --> 27:59.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% PLACING BALLISTIC MISSILES IN 27:53.233 --> 28:01.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CUBA. AND HERE, ADLAI STEVENSON 27:56.766 --> 28:07.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% MOTIONS, AND IN COME 27:59.500 --> 28:10.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% A FEW PEOPLE FROM THE CIA 28:01.966 --> 28:13.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% WITH THESE BOARDS. 28:07.566 --> 28:16.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> AND ECKER, TO HIS AMAZEMENT, 28:10.300 --> 28:17.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SEES THE PHOTOS THAT HE AND HIS 28:13.333 --> 28:19.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% MEN HAVE BEEN TAKING SUDDENLY 28:16.133 --> 28:29.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% BEING PRESENTED TO THE WORLD 28:17.833 --> 28:29.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% AS THE BEST EVIDENCE 28:19.400 --> 28:29.900 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75% IN THE COURT OF WORLD OPINION. 28:32.833 --> 28:37.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% >> JUST 3 DAYS 28:34.133 --> 28:40.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AFTER THE SHOWDOWN AT THE U.N., 28:35.866 --> 28:42.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THE SOVIETS AGREED TO REMOVE 28:37.800 --> 28:44.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% THE MISSILES FROM CUBA. 28:40.566 --> 28:55.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% THE COLD WAR EQUILIBRIUM 28:42.300 --> 28:55.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% WAS RESTORED, 28:44.633 --> 28:55.166 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% BUT IT WOULD NOT HOLD FOR LONG. 28:57.433 --> 29:04.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> A LOT OF BOMBS WERE DROPPED 28:59.500 --> 29:05.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ON TARGETS THAT HAD ALREADY 29:01.800 --> 29:06.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BEEN DESTROYED MANY TIMES OVER. 29:04.766 --> 29:07.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> THE PILOTS WERE GETTING 29:05.766 --> 29:08.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THE HECK SHOT OUT OF THEM, 29:06.833 --> 29:10.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% AND EVERY NOW AND THEN, 29:07.833 --> 29:13.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% ONE OF THEM WOULD SAY, 29:08.833 --> 29:15.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% "SKIPPER, WHAT ARE WE DOING 29:10.333 --> 29:16.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% THIS CRAZY WAR?" 29:13.033 --> 29:18.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> IT WAS A REAL, REAL TIME 29:15.533 --> 29:20.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IN THE WILDERNESS FOR EVERYONE 29:16.766 --> 29:22.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% INVOLVED IN THAT CONFLICT 29:18.000 --> 29:25.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% BUT CERTAINLY NAVAL AVIATION. 29:20.733 --> 29:26.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> THE VIETNAM ERA, A TIME 29:22.800 --> 29:29.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% OF TURMOIL AND DISCONTENT, 29:25.233 --> 29:30.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WOULD BE ONE OF NAVAL AVIATION'S 29:26.600 --> 29:34.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% LOWEST POINTS. 29:29.566 --> 29:36.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% FOR THE PILOTS, 29:30.566 --> 29:39.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THE DISCONTENT CAME EARLY. 29:34.700 --> 29:40.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% IN 1965, THEY WERE TASKED 29:36.866 --> 29:43.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WITH A MASSIVE BOMBING CAMPAIGN, 29:39.566 --> 29:44.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% BUT WITH IMPORTANT TARGETS 29:40.833 --> 29:45.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% OFF-LIMITS. 29:43.433 --> 29:47.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% >> THE BOMBING CAMPAIGN 29:44.500 --> 29:49.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% IN THE NORTH 29:45.866 --> 29:51.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WAS CALLED ROLLING THUNDER. 29:47.966 --> 29:52.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% THE PILOTS REFERRED TO IT 29:49.100 --> 29:55.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% AS ROLLING BLUNDER. 29:51.066 --> 29:56.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% THEY REALLY HATED IT, 29:52.933 --> 29:58.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% BECAUSE THE WHITE HOUSE-- 29:55.033 --> 29:59.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IN FACT, THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF, 29:56.766 --> 30:01.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% WOULD MARK UP THE TARGETS, 29:58.133 --> 30:02.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND--"WE MUST ONLY APPROACH 29:59.700 --> 30:05.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% IN THIS DIRECTION, 'CAUSE IF 30:01.000 --> 30:06.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% YOU COME IN THIS DIRECTION, 30:02.333 --> 30:08.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% YOU FLY OVER A PUBLIC SCHOOL." 30:05.333 --> 30:10.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% >> PRESIDENT JOHNSON 30:06.533 --> 30:14.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WAS WAGING WAR BY PROXY--AGAINST 30:08.233 --> 30:15.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% THE COMMUNISTS IN VIETNAM 30:10.533 --> 30:19.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND, INDIRECTLY, THE SOVIETS. 30:14.066 --> 30:21.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% HE WAS TREADING GINGERLY 30:15.633 --> 30:23.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% TO AVOID A WIDER WAR. 30:19.100 --> 30:25.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> HAI PHONG WAS A PORT CITY 30:21.233 --> 30:27.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IN NORTH VIETNAM, AND HAI PHONG 30:23.133 --> 30:29.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% HAD A 4-MILE CIRCLE AROUND IT 30:25.233 --> 30:31.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% THAT WAS A NO-FLY ZONE. 30:27.500 --> 30:36.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% AND I COULD LOOK DOWN, 30:29.433 --> 30:39.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% AND WHAT DID I SEE? 30:31.633 --> 30:43.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% SHIPS, SOVIET SHIPS, 30:36.600 --> 30:45.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% MATERIALS BEING UNLOADED 30:39.033 --> 30:47.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND UNLOADED AND UNLOADED. 30:43.600 --> 30:49.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% COULD WE GET IT? 30:45.266 --> 30:50.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% NO. THE ANSWER'S NO. 30:47.500 --> 30:54.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IS THIS THE WAY TO FIGHT A WAR? 30:49.566 --> 31:05.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WELL, NOT WHEN YOU'RE ON THE TIP 30:50.700 --> 31:05.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% OF THE FRACKING SPEAR 30:54.433 --> 31:05.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% AND THE LEAD'S COMING UP AT YOU. 31:07.566 --> 31:12.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% ARE YOU GONNA SURVIVE 31:09.566 --> 31:14.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% OR ARE YOU NOT GONNA SURVIVE? 31:11.766 --> 31:16.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% ARE YOU GONNA SURVIVE, 31:12.833 --> 31:18.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% OR IS THAT GUY DOWN THERE 31:14.100 --> 31:19.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SHOOTING AT YOU GONNA SURVIVE? 31:16.466 --> 31:20.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND-AND IT'S BLACK AND WHITE. 31:18.166 --> 31:22.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% THERE'S NO GRAY. 31:19.200 --> 31:24.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% THERE'S NO LAWYERS. 31:20.933 --> 31:26.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% THERE'S NO POLITICIANS, 31:22.133 --> 31:29.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% NONE OF THAT BULL... 31:24.700 --> 31:31.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% IT'S HE DIES OR YOU DIE, 31:26.800 --> 31:32.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND SO YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION, 31:29.133 --> 31:34.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% AND TO ME, THAT'S WAR. 31:31.333 --> 31:35.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% IT'S NASTY BUSINESS. 31:32.733 --> 31:36.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IT'S BRUTAL BUSINESS. IT'S WHY 31:34.333 --> 31:40.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% IF WE'RE GONNA GO TO WAR, 31:35.566 --> 31:42.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% YOU BETTER GET IT RIGHT 31:36.633 --> 31:43.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% TO START WITH. 31:40.466 --> 31:47.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, 31:42.100 --> 31:50.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% THE TOOLS OF WAR 31:43.100 --> 31:55.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% WERE STILL CRUDE. 31:47.366 --> 31:56.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IT COULD TAKE DOZENS OF BOMBS 31:50.033 --> 31:58.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% TO HIT ONE TARGET. 31:55.133 --> 32:02.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% >> THE MUNITIONS USED 31:56.933 --> 32:03.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% IN THOSE DAYS WERE-WERE NOT 31:58.733 --> 32:11.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% GPS- OR LASER-GUIDED. 32:02.400 --> 32:12.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% YOU'RE DROPPING IRON BOMBS 32:03.900 --> 32:14.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% AT THAT TIME. 32:11.466 --> 32:16.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% AND THERE WAS A LOT 32:12.866 --> 32:18.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% OF COLLATERAL DAMAGE 32:14.400 --> 32:21.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THAT WENT ALONG WITH THAT KIND 32:16.133 --> 32:23.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% OF LOW TECH THAT EXISTED 32:18.433 --> 32:25.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% BACK IN THE VIETNAM ERA. 32:21.100 --> 32:27.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> THE U.S. WOULD RAIN DOWN 32:23.433 --> 32:34.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% MORE TONNAGE ON THE SMALL NATION 32:25.333 --> 32:36.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% OF VIETNAM THAN IT HAD DROPPED 32:27.200 --> 32:47.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% IN ALL OF WORLD WAR II. 32:34.233 --> 32:47.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% BACK HOME, MANY AMERICANS 32:36.833 --> 32:47.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:65% RECOILED AT WHAT THEY SAW. 32:49.233 --> 32:55.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% >> FIGHT THE DRAFT! 32:50.166 --> 32:57.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% END THE WAR! 32:51.466 --> 32:58.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% BRING THE TROOPS HOME! 32:55.866 --> 33:00.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% FIGHT THE DRAFT! 32:57.033 --> 33:02.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% END THE WAR! 32:58.166 --> 33:04.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% BRING THE TROOPS HOME! 33:00.566 --> 33:06.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> WE CAME HERE TO DEMAND THAT 33:02.166 --> 33:09.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THE U.S. GET OUT OF VIETNAM. 33:04.933 --> 33:11.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> END THE WAR! END THE WAR! 33:06.966 --> 33:16.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> BY THE EARLY '70s, ANGER 33:09.233 --> 33:17.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ABOUT THE WAR HAD MERGED WITH 33:11.266 --> 33:20.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% OTHER DEEP-SEATED RESENTMENTS. 33:16.333 --> 33:30.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> WE WILL DEFINE BLACK POWER. 33:17.966 --> 33:30.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% HE WILL LISTEN AND RECOGNIZE IT. 33:20.200 --> 33:30.600 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:57.5% THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL. 33:33.300 --> 33:40.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> WHEN THE USS "KITTY HAWK" 33:35.233 --> 33:45.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% SET SAIL FOR VIETNAM IN FEBRUARY 33:37.300 --> 33:47.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% OF 1972, IT CARRIED ON BOARD 33:40.566 --> 33:51.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ALL OF AMERICA'S RACIAL DIVIDES. 33:45.566 --> 33:54.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> NAVAL AIRCRAFT CARRIERS 33:47.600 --> 33:56.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ARE A MICROCOSM OF AMERICA. 33:51.633 --> 33:57.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% THERE'S A CLASS SOCIETY 33:54.166 --> 33:58.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% THAT EXISTS ON THE SHIP. 33:56.200 --> 33:59.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% CAPTAIN IS THE-THE KING 33:57.300 --> 34:01.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% AND THE RULER, 33:58.300 --> 34:02.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% AND THE OFFICER CORPS ARE 33:59.966 --> 34:04.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% THE DIRECTORS OF THINGS 34:01.266 --> 34:05.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THAT GO ON. THE ENLISTED MEN ARE 34:02.733 --> 34:09.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE WORKING-CLASS INDIVIDUALS, 34:04.200 --> 34:11.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND THAT'S WHERE MOST OF OUR 34:05.566 --> 34:12.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AFRICAN-AMERICANS EXISTED. 34:09.700 --> 34:13.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> YOU WOULD JUST END UP BEING 34:11.066 --> 34:16.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% A MESS COOK FOR A WHILE, 34:12.300 --> 34:19.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% OR YOU'D CLEAN COMPARTMENTS 34:13.800 --> 34:21.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% FOR A WHILE. 34:16.466 --> 34:24.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% IF YOU TRIED TO GET OUT OF 34:19.333 --> 34:26.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% MESS COOKING FOR OVER 90 DAYS, 34:21.533 --> 34:32.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% TRY TO QUIT CLEANING TOILETS, 34:24.033 --> 34:33.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD 34:26.133 --> 34:35.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% A LONG STRUGGLE. 34:32.300 --> 34:38.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% >> BY OCTOBER, THE CREW 34:33.800 --> 34:40.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% OF THE "KITTY HAWK" HAD BEEN 34:35.700 --> 34:50.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% DEPLOYED FOR OVER 200 DAYS, 34:38.400 --> 34:50.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% WORKING ROUND THE CLOCK, 34:40.433 --> 34:50.833 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:60% 8 HOURS ON, 4 HOURS OFF. 34:52.466 --> 34:58.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ON OCTOBER 11th, THE WORKLOAD 34:54.733 --> 35:00.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% WAS LIGHTER. MORE TIME 34:56.633 --> 35:02.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% FOR STORIES TO SPREAD ABOUT 34:58.400 --> 35:09.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE BRAWLS THAT HAD BROKEN OUT 35:00.200 --> 35:12.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% BETWEEN BLACKS AND WHITES 35:02.100 --> 35:13.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% DURING A RECENT SHORE LEAVE. 35:09.600 --> 35:16.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% MIDDAY, SAILOR PERRY PETTUS 35:12.066 --> 35:18.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% MADE HIS WAY TO THE DECK 35:13.600 --> 35:20.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WITH 2 OTHER AFRICAN-AMERICANS. 35:16.500 --> 35:22.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% >> AS WE 3 WERE WALKING 35:18.533 --> 35:26.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ACROSS THE FLIGHT DECK, A COUPLE 35:20.533 --> 35:29.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% OF MARINES APPROACHED US 35:22.033 --> 35:32.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND SAID, "YOU BLACKS"--QUOTE-- 35:26.800 --> 35:35.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% "YOU BLACKS CAN'T WALK 35:29.566 --> 35:39.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% IN OVER 2s." 35:32.400 --> 35:42.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WE'RE THINKING, "YEAH, RIGHT." 35:35.533 --> 35:45.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% KEPT ON WALKING. 35:39.200 --> 35:47.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% MADE THE COMMENT AGAIN. 35:42.000 --> 35:51.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% PLEASE. I'M GONNA HAVE 2 MARINES 35:45.200 --> 35:55.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% TELL ME I CAN'T WALK 35:47.133 --> 36:00.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% WITH 2 OTHER FRIENDS? 35:51.600 --> 36:03.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% NEXT THING I KNOW, MY NECK IS 35:55.900 --> 36:06.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% UNDER A NIGHTSTICK WITH MY BODY 36:00.700 --> 36:10.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% UP ON A A-6 AIRCRAFT 36:03.466 --> 36:12.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WITH A NIGHTSTICK UNDER ME. 36:06.100 --> 36:14.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% WHAT THE HECK? 36:10.966 --> 36:15.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> WHEN CAPTAIN MARLAND TOWNSEND 36:12.533 --> 36:19.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% LEARNED OF THE INCIDENT, 36:14.233 --> 36:22.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% HE QUICKLY OVERRULED THE MARINES 36:15.933 --> 36:25.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% AND APOLOGIZED, 36:19.500 --> 36:28.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. 36:22.800 --> 36:31.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE. 36:25.000 --> 36:35.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% [KLAXON SOUNDING] 36:28.533 --> 36:36.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT IT WAS 36:31.600 --> 36:41.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% BLACKS AGAINST WHITES. 36:35.000 --> 36:43.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> IT WAS AN ALL-OUT RIOT. 36:36.766 --> 36:45.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% [ALARM BLARING] 36:41.000 --> 36:47.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% >> PEOPLE BEING BEAT UP 36:43.266 --> 36:48.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON, 36:45.733 --> 36:54.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% JUST BECAUSE YOU HAPPENED TO BE 36:47.066 --> 36:55.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% OF A DIFFERENT COLOR. 36:48.766 --> 37:03.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% [SIREN WAILING] 36:54.066 --> 37:04.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% THAT WAS AN UGLY NIGHT. 36:55.566 --> 37:07.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% THAT WAS AN UGLY NIGHT. 37:03.833 --> 37:08.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% >> IT TOOK 12 HOURS 37:04.866 --> 37:15.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% TO END THE FIGHTING, AND IT 37:07.066 --> 37:17.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WOULD PROVE A TURNING POINT 37:08.466 --> 37:21.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% IN NAVAL HISTORY. 37:15.333 --> 37:22.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> IT SHOOK THE-THE ENTIRE-- 37:17.566 --> 37:25.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THE GUTS OF THE ENTIRE NAVY. 37:21.100 --> 37:27.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% I DON'T THINK 37:22.400 --> 37:29.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% THE NAVY HAD A CHOICE. 37:25.533 --> 37:30.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IT WAS LONG PAST OVERDUE TO MAKE 37:27.266 --> 37:33.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% SOME CHANGES IN EQUALITY, 37:29.200 --> 37:35.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% EQUAL TREATMENT, EQUAL RIGHTS, 37:30.833 --> 37:37.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% EQUAL ACCESS. 37:33.800 --> 37:38.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> AFTER VIETNAM, THE NUMBER 37:35.866 --> 37:41.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% OF BLACKS IN THE NAVY, 37:37.233 --> 37:46.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BOTH ENLISTED MEN AND OFFICERS, 37:38.966 --> 37:47.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% ROSE STEADILY, 37:41.366 --> 37:49.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND MORE CHANGE WAS COMING. 37:46.333 --> 37:50.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> "IF THERE ARE WOMEN WHO WANT 37:47.966 --> 37:53.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% TO GO TO SEA AND TO SERVE THEIR 37:49.133 --> 37:54.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% COUNTRY IN THAT CAPACITY, THEN 37:50.833 --> 37:57.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WE CAN FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT 37:53.300 --> 37:58.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO DO SO." 37:54.800 --> 38:01.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> ROSEMARY MARINER WAS ONE 37:57.333 --> 38:05.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% OF THE FIRST WOMEN TO ENTER NAVY 37:58.700 --> 38:06.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% PILOT TRAINING AND, YEARS LATER, 38:01.933 --> 38:07.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% TO LAND A JET ON A CARRIER DECK. 38:05.033 --> 38:08.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> THERE WERE SOME WHO WERE 38:06.133 --> 38:10.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO THIS, 38:07.400 --> 38:11.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% INCLUDING THE HEAD 38:08.600 --> 38:14.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% OF NAVAL AIR TRAINING-- 38:10.033 --> 38:22.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO US 38:11.800 --> 38:23.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THAT THIS WAS NOT HIS IDEA-- 38:14.000 --> 38:25.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND OTHERS WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE. 38:22.333 --> 38:26.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 38:23.700 --> 38:28.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% FIGURES IN MY CAREER 38:25.066 --> 38:30.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WAS MY FIRST COMMANDING OFFICER, 38:26.933 --> 38:31.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% CAPTAIN RAY LAMBERT, WHO WAS ONE 38:28.533 --> 38:34.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% OF A HANDFUL OF BLACK MEN 38:30.533 --> 38:35.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% WHO WERE NAVAL AVIATORS 38:31.933 --> 38:36.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WHO HAD FLOWN TACTICAL AIRCRAFT, 38:34.766 --> 38:39.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND WHEN I'D FIRST REPORTED 38:35.766 --> 38:40.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% TO THE SQUADRON, 38:36.766 --> 38:41.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% HE SAT ME DOWN IN HIS OFFICE. 38:39.333 --> 38:43.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% HE SAYS, "ROSEMARY, 38:40.333 --> 38:47.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE A TOUGH 38:41.333 --> 38:49.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% TIME BECAUSE YOU'RE SHORT." 38:43.466 --> 38:51.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% HE WAS A BIG MAN, AND HE SAID, 38:47.333 --> 38:52.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% "I USED MY SIZE TO HELP ME 38:49.500 --> 38:59.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% ESTABLISH MYSELF IN NAVAL 38:51.066 --> 39:02.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AVTION. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO 38:52.533 --> 39:03.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% FIGURE SOME OTHER WAY." 38:59.566 --> 39:05.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% YOU CANNOT OUT-GUY THE GUYS, 39:02.233 --> 39:06.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% SO MOST WOMEN 39:03.833 --> 39:07.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% DEVELOP THEIR OWN STYLE. 39:05.600 --> 39:08.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% I HAPPENED TO HAVE ATTENDED 39:06.666 --> 39:10.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% CATHOLIC GIRLS' SCHOOLS, 39:07.766 --> 39:11.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% AND I ADOPTED 39:08.833 --> 39:12.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THE MOTHER SUPERIOR STYLE-- 39:10.400 --> 39:17.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% KEEPING A STRAIGHT FACE 39:11.766 --> 39:19.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% MOST OF THE TIME 39:12.966 --> 39:21.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND TRYING TO NOT OVERREACT. 39:17.566 --> 39:23.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> MARINER WAS 40 AND A SENIOR 39:19.566 --> 39:28.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% OFFICER BY THE TIME THE LAW 39:21.266 --> 39:29.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THAT BARRED WOMEN FROM COMBAT 39:23.200 --> 39:32.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% WAS REPEALED IN 1993. 39:28.233 --> 39:37.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% BY THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, 39:29.566 --> 39:39.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IT WAS NO LONGER UNUSUAL TO SEE 39:32.033 --> 39:42.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WOMEN PILOTS IN FIGHTER JETS. 39:37.233 --> 39:44.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> EVEN THOUGH IN MY DAY WE HAD 39:39.500 --> 39:46.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THESE OVERT RESTRICTIONS ON US, 39:42.400 --> 39:48.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% I OFTEN THOUGHT THAT BLACK MEN 39:44.266 --> 39:49.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WERE HAVING A MORE DIFFICULT 39:46.166 --> 39:51.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% TIME THAN WOMEN WERE. 39:48.700 --> 39:53.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% IT WAS STILL RARE 39:49.733 --> 39:56.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% TO SEE A BLACK MAN 39:51.433 --> 39:57.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% GET ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP. 39:53.266 --> 39:59.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> NAVAL AVIATION IS THE HARDEST 39:56.133 --> 40:00.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% CIRCLE TO BREAK INTO. 39:57.666 --> 40:03.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% A MAJORITY OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS 39:59.166 --> 40:04.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% HAVE BEEN IN PATROL PLANE 40:00.866 --> 40:07.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% OR HELICOPTER AVIATION. 40:03.233 --> 40:09.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND SO WHEN YOU GO DOWN TO 40:04.766 --> 40:17.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE JET TRAINING BASES, YOU SEE 40:07.433 --> 40:28.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% VERY FEW AFRICAN-AMERICANS. 40:09.566 --> 40:28.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% WE NEED TO FIX THAT. 40:17.600 --> 40:28.133 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% [RADIO CHATTER, SIRENS WAILING] 40:35.033 --> 40:40.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> THE ATTACKS ON THE WORLD 40:36.333 --> 40:43.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% TRADE CENTER ON 9/11 WOULD USHER 40:38.766 --> 40:44.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IN A NEW AND DIFFICULT MILITARY 40:40.566 --> 40:47.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% MISSION AS MUCH ABOUT WINNING 40:43.133 --> 40:49.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% CIVILIAN HEARTS AND MINDS 40:44.900 --> 40:52.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% AS DEFEATING AN ENEMY, 40:47.833 --> 40:54.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND THAT MISSION WOULD BE AIDED 40:49.166 --> 40:56.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% BY A COMMON TOOL--GPS, 40:52.766 --> 40:58.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% GLOBAL POSITIONING--WHICH WAS 40:54.066 --> 41:05.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% TRANSFORMING THE CRAFT OF NAVAL 40:56.366 --> 41:07.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AVIATION AND THE EXPECTATIONS 40:58.700 --> 41:09.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% RIDING ON ITS PILOTS. 41:05.233 --> 41:10.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AFTER THE 9/11 ATTACKS, CARRIERS 41:07.966 --> 41:13.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% RUSHED TO THE PERSIAN GULF 41:09.200 --> 41:15.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% AND HAVE REMAINED 41:10.266 --> 41:16.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% A CONSTANT PRESENCE SINCE. 41:13.433 --> 41:19.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% ERIC DOYLE HAS FLOWN 41:15.733 --> 41:20.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% MANY MISSIONS IN IRAQ 41:16.966 --> 41:22.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% AND AFGHANISTAN. 41:19.366 --> 41:25.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> I WANTED TO BE A PILOT 41:20.500 --> 41:29.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% SINCE I KNEW WHAT FLYING WAS. 41:22.633 --> 41:32.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% EARLY ON IT WAS JUST 41:25.233 --> 41:35.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THE PURE THRILL OF FLYING, 41:29.466 --> 41:37.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND IT WASN'T UNTIL FLYING 41:32.633 --> 41:40.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE F-18 IN TRAINING THAT THOSE 41:35.500 --> 41:43.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% REALITIES OF ACTUALLY GOING TO 41:37.633 --> 41:44.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WAR, DROPPING BOMBS ON AN ENEMY, 41:40.600 --> 41:46.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% STARTED TO BECOME A REALITY. 41:43.733 --> 41:51.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% >> DOYLE FLEW 41:44.800 --> 41:53.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% ONE OF THE FIRST MISSIONS 41:46.000 --> 41:54.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IN THE IRAQ INVASION OF 2003. 41:51.833 --> 41:58.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% HIS MEMORY OF THAT NIGHT 41:53.300 --> 42:00.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% OFFERS A WINDOW INTO THE RECENT 41:54.833 --> 42:01.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AIR WARS OF THE MIDDLE EAST. 41:58.666 --> 42:02.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD IDEA 42:00.300 --> 42:04.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% THAT SHOCK AND AWE 42:01.300 --> 42:06.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN, AND THEN 42:02.300 --> 42:07.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AT SOME POINT, WE DID KNOW. 42:04.100 --> 42:08.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% WE WERE CONTEMPLATING 42:06.033 --> 42:09.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% HOW MANY AIRCRAFT 42:07.166 --> 42:10.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% WE THOUGHT WE WOULD LOSE, 42:08.733 --> 42:12.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% OR IF WE'D LOSE ANY, HOW MANY? 42:09.900 --> 42:16.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% WOULD IT BE FOLKS 42:10.966 --> 42:18.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% FROM OUR SQUADRON? 42:12.200 --> 42:19.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% AND IT COULD BE ME. 42:16.233 --> 42:21.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% YOU TAKE YOUR PERSON OUT OF IT. 42:18.066 --> 42:23.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% YOU TAKE YOURSELF AND YOU USE 42:19.800 --> 42:24.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% "AIRCRAFT" AND "PILOT." 42:21.533 --> 42:34.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% YOU DON'T SAY, "ME, ERIC," 42:23.133 --> 42:34.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% OR, "YOU, STAN." 42:24.333 --> 42:34.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:47.5% [ENGINE REVVING UP] 42:35.866 --> 42:38.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% ON THE SECOND NIGHT, 42:36.966 --> 42:40.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% ME AND 3 OTHER AIRCRAFT 42:37.966 --> 42:41.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% WERE GOING AFTER 42:38.966 --> 42:47.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% A MISSILE PRODUCTION FACILITY, 42:40.266 --> 42:49.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% CARRYING MULTIPLE 42:41.800 --> 42:50.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% GPS-GUIDED WEAPONS. 42:47.366 --> 42:51.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% SO WE'RE PUSHING INTO IRAQ. 42:49.066 --> 42:54.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% WE HAVE OUR TARGET THAT'S, 42:50.600 --> 43:01.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF MILES OUT 42:51.900 --> 43:03.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IN FRONT OF US, AND WE'RE SEEING 42:54.066 --> 43:09.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ALL THIS FIRE COMING OUR WAY. 43:01.700 --> 43:10.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEBODY 43:03.466 --> 43:11.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% SPRAYING A WATER HOSE. 43:09.400 --> 43:12.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% THEN WE'D ALSO SEE 43:10.766 --> 43:13.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES 43:11.766 --> 43:14.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% BEING LAUNCHED, AND WE TALKED 43:12.766 --> 43:18.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% ABOUT SOME OF THEM. 43:13.766 --> 43:19.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% THEY'RE THE SIZE 43:14.766 --> 43:20.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% OF TELEPHONE POLES, AND... 43:18.233 --> 43:23.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% IT'S JUST A VERY STRANGE, 43:19.300 --> 43:26.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% YOU KNOW, KIND OF 43:20.300 --> 43:27.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE. 43:23.466 --> 43:29.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% YOU'RE SO FOCUSED ON WHAT 43:26.033 --> 43:31.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% YOU'RE TRYING TO HIT THAT ALL 43:27.400 --> 43:32.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THE PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHTS 43:29.466 --> 43:33.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% ABOUT WHAT I'M DOING, 43:31.266 --> 43:35.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% WHY I'M DOING IT, 43:32.633 --> 43:36.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% "WHY ARE WE HERE?" 43:33.633 --> 43:37.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THAT'S HONESTLY OUT THE WINDOW. 43:35.500 --> 43:38.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% YOU DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER 43:36.866 --> 43:40.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% TO ABSOLUTELY HAVE 43:37.866 --> 43:42.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% PRETTY DARN CLOSE 43:38.866 --> 43:44.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% TO 100% CERTAINTY THAT BOMB 43:40.800 --> 43:45.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IS GOING WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO 43:42.600 --> 43:46.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% OR THAT PIECE OF ORDNANCE, 43:44.633 --> 43:57.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK 43:45.633 --> 43:57.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% WE STAY, YOU KNOW, 43:46.633 --> 43:57.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:52.5% EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED. 44:02.166 --> 44:16.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% I DROPPED 4 2,000-POUND WEAPONS 44:04.366 --> 44:16.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% AT ONCE, AND ALL 4 44:05.766 --> 44:16.233 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:67.5% HIT THEIR INTENDED TARGETS. 44:25.500 --> 44:30.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND NOW THE--NOW THE REALITY 44:27.266 --> 44:32.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THAT I'VE BEEN AIRBORNE FOR 44:28.433 --> 44:33.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% 5 HOURS, I NEED TO FIND MY WAY 44:30.833 --> 44:35.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% BACK TO AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER 44:32.200 --> 44:39.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% AND LAND ON IT-- 44:33.733 --> 44:41.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% NOW THAT WHOLE THREAT STARTS 44:35.133 --> 44:42.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% TO SEEP BACK IN YOUR BRAIN. 44:39.866 --> 44:44.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% WHEN YOU'RE FLYING 44:41.066 --> 44:45.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% IN AN AIRPLANE AT NIGHT 44:42.200 --> 44:46.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% OVER THE WATER, IT'S BLACK, 44:44.466 --> 44:47.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% JUST TO THE POINT THERE ARE 44:45.466 --> 44:49.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% NO VISUAL REFERENCES OUT THERE. 44:46.566 --> 44:51.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% IT'S LIKE FLYING 44:47.600 --> 44:53.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% INSIDE A BASKETBALL. 44:49.766 --> 44:54.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% IT'S 100% TRUST, 44:51.833 --> 44:55.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% NOT ONLY TO FIND THE SHIP, 44:53.600 --> 44:59.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% BUT WHICH WAY IS UP 44:54.666 --> 45:00.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% AND WHICH WAY IS DOWN, 44:55.766 --> 45:01.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% BECAUSE IT'S ALL UNKNOWN. 44:59.400 --> 45:09.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% MY HEART RATE WAS PROBABLY 45:00.466 --> 45:10.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% AS HIGH AS IT WAS 45:01.766 --> 45:12.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% WHEN I WAS IN-COUNTRY. 45:09.500 --> 45:13.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% IT'S DEFINITELY STILL, 45:10.933 --> 45:14.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING, 45:12.266 --> 45:24.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% ONE OF THE MORE, IF NOT 45:13.300 --> 45:24.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THE MOST, INTENSE THINGS YOU DO, 45:14.366 --> 45:24.900 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% JUST TRYING TO LAND THAT PLANE. 45:29.866 --> 45:34.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND IT ISN'T TILL AFTER YOU LAND 45:32.300 --> 45:35.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% BACK ABOARD THE SHIP 45:33.400 --> 45:36.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% DOES THE ADRENALINE SLOWLY 45:34.500 --> 45:39.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% DRAIN OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM, 45:35.600 --> 45:41.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND THAT'S WHEN YOU REALLY START 45:36.700 --> 45:42.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TO LOOK BACK ON WHAT HAPPENED, 45:39.300 --> 45:49.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND I THINK YOU GO THROUGH, 45:41.100 --> 45:51.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% YOU KNOW, EVERY EMOTION 45:42.800 --> 45:52.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% YOU CAN IMAGINE. 45:49.633 --> 45:54.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% IT ISN'T THE JUMPING 45:51.400 --> 46:00.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% OUT OF THE JET, 45:52.433 --> 46:01.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% HIGH-5'ING EVERYBODY. 45:54.200 --> 46:03.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% IT'S-IT'S SOBERING. 46:00.333 --> 46:06.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% YOU'RE THE ONE HITTING 46:01.633 --> 46:08.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THAT BUTTON TO, YOU KNOW, SEND 46:03.866 --> 46:18.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% A 2,000-POUND BOMB INTO THE AIR. 46:06.866 --> 46:18.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% IT'S A SOBERING EXPERIENCE, 46:08.133 --> 46:18.433 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:42.5% AND IT SHOULD BE. 46:19.100 --> 46:28.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> NO ONE KNOWS HOW MANY 46:20.400 --> 46:29.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% CIVILIANS WERE KILLED FROM 46:22.233 --> 46:32.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE AIR IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. 46:28.166 --> 46:36.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% IT IS FAR FEWER 46:29.733 --> 46:39.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THAN IN THE DAYS OF IRON BOMBS 46:32.600 --> 46:40.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BEFORE LASER GUIDANCE AND GPS. 46:36.433 --> 46:41.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% STILL, EACH WAS A HUMAN LOSS 46:39.233 --> 46:52.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% AND A PROPAGANDA LOSS 46:40.966 --> 46:52.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% IN THE STRUGGLE 46:41.966 --> 46:52.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:72.5% TO WIN OVER HEARTS AND MINDS. 46:58.000 --> 47:04.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> 2011 MARKS THE 10th YEAR 47:00.733 --> 47:07.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% OF WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 47:02.766 --> 47:09.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% FOUGHT VILLAGE TO VILLAGE, 47:04.966 --> 47:11.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% HOUSE BY HOUSE. 47:07.433 --> 47:13.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ONCE THE CONFLICTS SHIFTED TO 47:09.400 --> 47:17.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE GROUND, CARRIER JETS HAD TO 47:11.500 --> 47:18.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% GET USED TO A SUPPORT ROLE, 47:13.633 --> 47:20.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% MUCH OF IT ROUTINE. 47:17.900 --> 47:22.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% >> YOU MAY FLY 47:18.966 --> 47:25.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% YOUR 6- TO 9-HOUR MISSION 47:20.566 --> 47:26.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND NEVER REALLY COMMUNICATE 47:22.866 --> 47:28.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WITH THE SOLDIER-LEVEL GUYS. 47:25.033 --> 47:33.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% YOU MAY NEVER DROP A WEAPON. 47:26.966 --> 47:35.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% YOU MAY NEVER DO ANYTHING AT ALL 47:28.966 --> 47:36.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THAT IS REALLY A TANGIBLE ACT 47:33.033 --> 47:45.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% IN SUPPORT OF THEM. 47:35.233 --> 47:46.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% I'M NOT GONNA LIE TO YOU. 47:36.300 --> 47:48.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% IT'S A DRUDGERY. 47:45.033 --> 47:50.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> AFTER 2 LONG DRAINING 47:46.400 --> 47:54.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% GROUND WARS, THE COSTS 47:48.166 --> 47:56.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% OF NAVAL AVIATION MAKE IT 47:50.100 --> 47:58.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% A LIKELY TARGET FOR CUTS. ADD IN 47:54.066 --> 48:03.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% A REVOLUTION IN TECHNOLOGY, 47:56.600 --> 48:04.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND ITS FUTURE SEEMS ONCE AGAIN 47:58.833 --> 48:06.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% WRAPPED IN QUESTIONS. 48:03.366 --> 48:10.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% >> IT'S VERY POSSIBLE, 48:04.733 --> 48:12.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WITHIN A MATTER OF A DECADE 48:06.166 --> 48:18.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% OR SO, THAT NAVAL AVIATORS 48:10.166 --> 48:19.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% WILL FLY STRIKE MISSIONS 48:12.866 --> 48:22.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% AND NEVER LEAVE THE SHIP. 48:18.000 --> 48:25.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% >> UAV IS 48:19.433 --> 48:27.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE. 48:22.066 --> 48:30.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% BASICALLY IT'S A MODEL AIRPLANE. 48:25.133 --> 48:32.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% THE AIR FORCE USES THEM 48:27.866 --> 48:36.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% FOR RECONNAISSANCE AND STRIKES 48:30.733 --> 48:39.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% WHICH ARE CONTROLLED 48:32.200 --> 48:40.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% 5,000, 6,000 MILES AWAY EASILY 48:36.066 --> 48:41.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% FROM NEVADA. 48:39.633 --> 48:43.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% >> RIGHT NOW 48:40.633 --> 48:45.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THERE'S A FUNCTIONAL LIMIT 48:41.900 --> 48:47.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% OF ABOUT 9 TO 11 G's 48:43.966 --> 48:48.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THAT AN AIRPLANE CAN PULL. 48:45.533 --> 48:49.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% YOU TAKE THE HUMAN BEING OUT 48:47.333 --> 48:51.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% AND THE NEED TO KEEP 48:48.533 --> 48:53.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HIS FINGERS, TOES, AND EYEBALLS 48:49.933 --> 48:58.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% STILL ATTACHED, AND SUDDENLY 48:51.666 --> 48:59.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% YOU CAN MAKE AIRPLANES 48:53.200 --> 49:01.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THAT MIGHT TAKE 15, 20, 30 G's. 48:58.133 --> 49:03.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> AND EVENTUALLY WE WON'T 48:59.166 --> 49:05.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% HAVE TO HAVE A PILOT AT ALL. 49:01.300 --> 49:16.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% YOU COULD HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD 49:03.866 --> 49:16.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% VIDEO GAMER WHO'S 18, 49:05.633 --> 49:16.133 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:72.5% 19 YEARS OLD AT THE CONTROLS. 49:18.833 --> 49:23.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% >> MY RECENT EXPERIENCE 49:20.700 --> 49:24.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% IN AFGHANISTAN-- 49:21.700 --> 49:28.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THERE'S UNMANNED UAVs OUT THERE 49:23.433 --> 49:29.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% FLYING AROUND WITH US 49:24.433 --> 49:31.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% IN THE SAME AREA, 49:28.500 --> 49:32.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND IT ALWAYS KIND OF SEEMED 49:29.833 --> 49:34.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% LIKE SOMETHING THAT, AH, 49:31.200 --> 49:36.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THAT'LL EVENTUALLY BE THERE. 49:32.666 --> 49:37.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IT'S SOMETHING FROM THE MOVIES. 49:34.433 --> 49:39.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% [RADIO CHATTER] 49:36.700 --> 49:40.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% >> STINGRAY ZERO 1, 49:37.900 --> 49:42.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% YOU'RE CLEAR. 18 ALPHA. 49:39.333 --> 49:43.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% >> COPY THAT. 49:40.500 --> 49:44.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> AND THEN ACTUALLY TALKING 49:42.066 --> 49:46.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% TO THE OPERATORS 49:43.566 --> 49:48.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS 49:44.766 --> 49:54.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% OF MILES AWAY IS INTERESTING. 49:46.366 --> 49:56.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% IT'S... 49:48.300 --> 49:58.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% SURREAL MAY BE A BETTER WORD. 49:54.066 --> 50:01.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> AN EXPERIENCED COMBAT AVIATOR 49:56.333 --> 50:03.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IS GOING TO THINK TWICE BEFORE 49:58.366 --> 50:05.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% HE OR SHE PULLS THE TRIGGER. 50:01.200 --> 50:09.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> AND THERE IS THAT POSSIBILITY 50:03.500 --> 50:11.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THAT WHEN YOU REMOVE THE HUMAN 50:05.100 --> 50:13.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% FROM BEING ON POSITION OVER 50:09.933 --> 50:14.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE TARGET AREA, THAT DECISION 50:11.500 --> 50:15.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% TO SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER 50:13.000 --> 50:17.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% AND RELEASE ORDNANCE, 50:14.300 --> 50:21.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% YOU DIVORCE YOURSELF 50:15.366 --> 50:22.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% AND YOUR FEELINGS AWAY 50:17.533 --> 50:23.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% FROM WHAT HAPPENS IN COMBAT. 50:21.000 --> 50:31.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% >> WHOO! 50:22.000 --> 50:33.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% >> NICELY DONE, SIR. 50:23.400 --> 50:35.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% NICELY DONE. 50:31.566 --> 50:36.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% >> KINGSVILLE, TEXAS, 50:33.433 --> 50:39.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% THE NAVAL TRAINING CENTER 50:35.000 --> 50:41.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WHERE A NEW GENERATION OF PILOTS 50:36.700 --> 50:44.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IS BEING PREPARED FOR COMBAT. 50:39.800 --> 50:45.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THEY SEEM PREPARED ALSO FOR 50:41.100 --> 50:47.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE REVOLUTION COMING THEIR WAY. 50:44.100 --> 50:48.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> YOU CAN'T HIDE THE FACT 50:45.266 --> 50:51.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THAT UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES 50:47.033 --> 50:53.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% ARE DEFINITELY THE FUTURE. 50:48.700 --> 50:56.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE CAPABILITIES--THE ABILITY 50:51.400 --> 50:57.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% FOR THEM TO STAY, YOU KNOW, 50:53.433 --> 50:58.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% ALOFT FOR HOURS AND HOURS. 50:56.133 --> 51:00.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THEY HAVE BETTER EYES THAN 50:57.266 --> 51:01.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WE DO, THEY HAVE LONGER LEGS. 50:58.866 --> 51:02.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THEY DON'T HAVE A BLADDER. 51:00.533 --> 51:03.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% IF YOU TAKE THE EMOTION 51:01.533 --> 51:06.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% OUT OF IT, THEY'RE GONNA MAKE, 51:02.533 --> 51:07.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% AS A MILITARY, 51:03.800 --> 51:08.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% US A LOT STRONGER. 51:06.733 --> 51:10.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% >> I THINK WE'RE CLOSE. 51:07.733 --> 51:11.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% I THINK IT'S-- 51:08.733 --> 51:13.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WE'VE GOT THE COOLEST PLANES 51:10.366 --> 51:17.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WE CAN MAKE, AND AFTER THIS, 51:11.966 --> 51:19.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% IT'S GONNA BE THE ROBOTS 51:13.433 --> 51:20.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% AND NOBODY ELSE. 51:17.533 --> 51:21.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THERE'S A SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, 51:19.433 --> 51:23.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% "THEY'RE MAKING THE LAST COWBOYS 51:20.666 --> 51:24.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% HERE" KIND OF FEELING, 51:21.966 --> 51:25.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND MAYBE WE'LL GET TO TELL 51:23.166 --> 51:26.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% OUR GRANDKIDS THAT, YOU KNOW, 51:24.366 --> 51:27.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WE WENT RIPPING AROUND THE SKY 51:25.600 --> 51:29.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% BACK IN THE DAY IN FIGHTERS, 51:26.700 --> 51:32.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% AND THAT WAS-- 51:27.700 --> 51:33.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. 51:29.800 --> 51:35.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% I THINK IT'S A GREAT CHAPTER 51:32.066 --> 51:45.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% IN AMERICAN HISTORY, 51:33.800 --> 51:45.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% BUT MANNED FLIGHT 51:35.200 --> 51:45.733 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% MIGHT BE COMING TOWARDS ITS END. 51:47.033 --> 51:52.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> I'M GENERALLY AN OPTIMIST 51:48.633 --> 51:53.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WHEN IT COMES TO NAVAL AVIATION. 51:51.033 --> 51:55.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% BASING OPTIONS 51:52.066 --> 51:56.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% FOR THE UNITED STATES 51:53.200 --> 51:59.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% ARE IN DECLINE WORLDWIDE, 51:55.266 --> 52:00.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND THE ABILITY TO OPERATE 51:56.733 --> 52:02.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% FROM THE SEA IS A CAPABILITY 51:59.066 --> 52:04.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE OF, 52:00.733 --> 52:05.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% NOT LESS. BUT IF YOU'RE ONE 52:02.966 --> 52:08.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% OF THOSE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN 52:04.833 --> 52:10.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WHO IS GETTING READY TO GO INTO 52:05.833 --> 52:12.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THE NAVY OR THE MARINE CORPS 52:08.500 --> 52:13.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND WANTS THOSE WINGS OF GOLD, 52:10.533 --> 52:17.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% DO YOU REALLY WANT THIS JOB? 52:12.066 --> 52:18.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% IS IT GONNA GO AWAY ON YOU 52:13.466 --> 52:19.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR CAREER? 52:17.366 --> 52:20.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% >> THERE HAS BEEN JOKES 52:18.366 --> 52:21.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW. 52:19.366 --> 52:23.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% "HEY, THE LAST FIGHTER PILOT'S 52:20.433 --> 52:24.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% BEEN BORN." 52:21.800 --> 52:26.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BUT THE THREAT IS ALWAYS GONNA 52:23.800 --> 52:27.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% DRIVE THE SHOW, 52:24.833 --> 52:28.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND THERE IS GONNA BE A DEMAND. 52:26.000 --> 52:29.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING 52:27.066 --> 52:32.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WITH A ROBOT OR A COMPUTER. 52:28.766 --> 52:33.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> FIRST LIEUTENANT BISHOP, 52:29.766 --> 52:35.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% FRONT AND CENTER. 52:32.433 --> 52:38.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> THE PILOT IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE 52:33.800 --> 52:39.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% FOR A DECISION 52:35.300 --> 52:42.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% THAT'S MADE ON SCENE. 52:38.100 --> 52:45.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% IT'S DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE 52:39.466 --> 52:47.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% WHEN WE CAN GET TO A POINT 52:42.833 --> 52:50.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WHERE WE CAN HOLD A COMPUTER, 52:45.233 --> 52:51.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% A PIECE OF SOFTWARE, ACCOUNTABLE 52:47.800 --> 52:53.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% R A LIFE-AND-DEATH DECISION. 52:50.833 --> 52:56.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% >> WE ARE MORAL BEINGS, 52:51.900 --> 52:57.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% AND AT LEAST MACHINES 52:53.933 --> 53:02.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AT THIS POINT IN TIME ARE NOT. 52:56.700 --> 53:03.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% THAT'S WHAT I WOULD MISS 52:57.766 --> 53:04.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THE WAY OF DRONES--ES WENT 53:02.766 --> 53:06.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% THAT THERE-- 53:03.766 --> 53:07.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT KIND 53:04.900 --> 53:08.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% OF PERSONAL EXCELLENCE 53:06.066 --> 53:09.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% AND THAT SENSE 53:07.066 --> 53:10.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% OF HUMAN EXCELLENCE, 53:08.066 --> 53:15.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% AS EXPRESSED 53:09.066 --> 53:16.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IN CONTROLLING THE TECHNOLOGY 53:10.433 --> 53:17.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IN A MORAL SENSE, WILL BE LOST. 53:15.000 --> 53:19.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> WE'RE A PART OF A PRETTY RICH 53:16.300 --> 53:20.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% HISTORY, AND YOU GUYS ARE A PART 53:17.566 --> 53:23.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% OF THAT, AND YOU'RE GONNA-- 53:19.266 --> 53:24.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% YOU'RE GONNA MAKE HISTORY. 53:20.833 --> 53:26.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% I ASK YOU TO EMBRACE THAT, 53:23.166 --> 53:33.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% FEEL PROUD OF IT, 53:24.600 --> 53:35.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% AND DO US PROUD. 53:26.500 --> 53:37.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% [APPLAUSE] 53:33.866 --> 53:39.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% >> IT'S A HUNDRED YEARS 53:35.866 --> 53:43.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SINCE A FOOLHARDY PILOT SET OUT 53:37.766 --> 53:45.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% TO LAND A PLANE MID-OCEAN 53:39.800 --> 53:46.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ON AN IMPROVISED WOODEN DECK. 53:43.133 --> 53:47.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE PILOTS WITH THE GOLD WINGS 53:45.000 --> 53:51.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% INHERIT A HISTORY 53:46.200 --> 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