I've been waiting for this film to be released on Video/DVD for a LONG time. I first saw it in the theater when I was nine, and it has been many years since I last saw it - as it was seldom if ever shown over the past 20-30 years.
It has some of the very best aerial photography ever filmed - groundbreaking for its day. Beautiful shots of F-86 Sabres and F-84 Thunderjets (subbing for "Migs") in air-to-air combat.
As a war film, it is one of the best - but it is lessened by a rather trite "romantic triangle" subplot.
Nevertheless, it is well worth owning and watching for any aviation buff who wants an insight as to what the first true "jet war" was all about.
It has some of the very best aerial photography ever filmed - groundbreaking for its day. Beautiful shots of F-86 Sabres and F-84 Thunderjets (subbing for "Migs") in air-to-air combat.
As a war film, it is one of the best - but it is lessened by a rather trite "romantic triangle" subplot.
Nevertheless, it is well worth owning and watching for any aviation buff who wants an insight as to what the first true "jet war" was all about.