History's Raiders

Search and Rescue in the Balkans 1995-1999 (1x1)

Air date: Jun 03, 2001

In June 1995, a US Air Force F-16 fighter was shot down by Russian-built surface-to-air missiles while enforcing the no-fly zone in Bosnia. Its pilot survived and within days he had been located and rescued in a daring raid deep in hostile territory. It was one of the most spectacular missions of the elite US Air Force and Marine Corps units whose motto is "That Others May Live".