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Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag

bigImage John Stratton is a young American fighter pilot who flies the F-15 Eagle, arguably the most potent and successful fighter plane ever built. His grandfather was a decorated World War II flying ace, and he intended to follow in his footsteps.

At Red Flag, the international training exercise for air forces of allied countries, many of the world’s best pilots meet for the most challenging flying of their careers. Red Flag is the final training for pilots and their aircrews before being sent into actual combat. We follow our young pilot as he makes his way through this extraordinary event held in the desert of Nevada. He is amazed at how complex, challenging and dangerous the exercises are.

He begins to notice team members who were not a part of his childhood vision of heroism, the support team crucial to a successful mission, and to a safe return home. In the aerial combat exercises, there are other pilots who aren’t out just to prove themselves, they are helping him -- watching his back. And he is doing the same for them. He begins to realize that being a hero is not quite as simple as he once might have thought.

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Film Info

Type: Documentary

Release date: December 10, 2004

Run time: 40 minutes

Format: 1570 / 870

Genre: Flight

Director(s): Stephen Low

Producer(s): Stephen Low, Pietro Serapiglia

Distributor: K2 Communications, The Stephen Low Company

Video Clips

Clips & Trailers:

Fighter Pilot: Making Of [QT High]

Fighter Pilot: Making Of [QT Low]

Fighter Pilot: Making Of [WM 300 K]

Fighter Pilot: Making Of [WM 56 K]

Fighter Pilot: Teaser [Real 300 K]

Fighter Pilot: Teaser [WM 300 K]

Fighter Pilot: Teaser [WM 56 K]

Fighter Pilot: Trailer [QT High]

Fighter Pilot: Trailer [QT Low]

Fighter Pilot: Trailer [WM 300 K]

Fighter Pilot: Trailer [WM 56 K]

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Credits

Produced by Stephen Low Productions. Producers: Stephen Low, Pietro Serapiglia. Director: Stephen Low. DP: William Reeve. Script: Stephen Low, Denny Kuhr, Joe Stanley. Executive Producer: K2 Communications (Bob Kresser, Jan Baird). Distributor: K2 Communications, Stephen Low Distribution. Sponsored by Boeing.

Reviews

BMZ Reviews:

Simulated War By Ross Anthony

Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag By Ann Coates

Outside Reviews:

"'Fighter Pilot': Hang Onto Your Popcorn Bucket" By Sean Daly, Washington Post (registration req'd)

"Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag" By Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter

"Larger Than Life" By Carol Cling, Las Vegas Review-Journal

"The sky's the limit in 'Fighter Pilot'" By Lawrence Toppman, The Charlotte Observer (registration req'd)

"Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag" By Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News