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Revision as of 13:27, 20 July 2014
TV Movie (1990)
Starring:
Powers Boothe (Maj. Cassidy, USAF)
Rebecca De Mornay (Capt. Moreau, USAF)
James Earl Jones (EC-135 "Looking Glass" USAF general - callsign "Alice")
Martin Landau (President of the United States)
The crew of a nuclear bomber attack the Soviet Union while the President of the United States tries desperately to regain control of his military after his helicopter crashes during a limited nuclear exchange in this film with a scenario similar to Fail-Safe (1964) and Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). Originally a made for cable movie, it concentrates on the relationship between a veteran pilot and his female co-pilot and the president's attempt to wrest control away from a war-mongering successor.
Bell UH-1 Iroquois
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
Boeing E-4B
About to be rammed by the EC-135C.
Boeing EC-135C Looking Glass
Approaching the E-4.
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25
Unidentified Aircraft
The USS Midway (CV-41), which sent up the Hornets seen above. It is torpedoed and sunk offscreen, leaving the pilots stranded in the air.
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