TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA - Pacific

Combat Ships Record Breakers

[EPG Series] A look at how technological advances over the centuries have led to bigger and faster combat ships and transformed maritime warfare.

Combat Ships Gulf War Warriors

A look at key naval battles that have taken place in the Persian Gulf over the last 50 years and the warships involved, from both sides of the conflicts.

Combat Ships The Smallest Ships

A look at the smallest ships of war and the major roles they've played over the centuries, including the 1776 gunboat built to stop a British invasion and the HA-19 sub.

Combat Ships Sunk

New high-tech investigations uncover what sunk a World War I cruiser, a World War II submarine, a British destroyer from the Falklands War, and more.

Combat Ships Top Guns

A look at how navy weapons have evolved over the centuries, from cannons to gun turrets to nuclear missiles and beyond.

Combat Ships Courageous Captains

Exploring maritime heroes who left their mark on history through their bravery and skill, including Larry Chambers, Ernest Evans, and Robert Smalls.

Combat Ships River Raiders

A look at riverine warfare from the Civil War to Vietnam and small but powerful combat ships.

Combat Ships Explosion!

Recounting some of maritime warfare's explosions, from world wars and Vietnam to the nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll.

Combat Ships Viking Longships

The story of one of the world's most effective war machines: the Viking longship, seeing how its design evolved from swift war canoe to versatile and feared ship that would change the course of history.

Combat Ships Stealth

Vessels that operate in secret, unseen by their enemies, from secret missions that helped win World War II to modern stealth ships using strange shapes and technology to avoid spying ears and eyes.

Combat Ships Wooden Warships

A look at the most famous wooden warships over the course of 500 years.

Combat Ships Destroyers and Cruisers

The ships that made mighty empires, from the lone wolves that patrolled the high seas for imperial Britain to the USS Laffey's heroic WWII battle against kamikazes at Okinawa.

Air Warriors Drones

The rapid evolution of drones and how they're changing the future of aviation.

Air Warriors F-22 Raptor

The inside story of the ultimate stealth fighter, the F-22 Raptor, and its predecessors.

Air Warriors F-100 Super Sabre

The North American F-100 Super Saber, also known as the Hun, becomes a supersonic powerhouse after initial difficulties; it was used primarily in the Vietnam War.

Air Warriors Black Hawk

The 35-year history of the UH-60 Black Hawk.

Air Warriors Top Choppers

The world's most versatile and powerful helicopters, including the Huey that served as a rescue helicopter in Vietnam, and the Apache attack helicopter.

Air Warriors Galaxy

An inside look at the U.S. Air Force's largest aircraft, the C-5 Galaxy; its most dramatic combat and peacetime missions over the last 50 years.

Air Warriors PBY Catalina

A look at the amphibious aircraft and the many roles it served during WWII, from patrol bomber to search-and-rescue aircraft.

Air Warriors Top Dogfighters

Stories of fighter aircraft and deadly combat, including dogfights with the P-38 Lightning and Messerschmitts over Nazi Germany, told through rarely seen battle footage and first-hand accounts.

Air Warriors Stuka Dive Bomber

A look at the rise and fall of the infamous Nazi dive bomber Ju-87 Stuka, an aircraft of World War II.

Air Warriors B-29 Superfortress

The story of the world's first nuclear bomber, the B-29, and its explosive impact on aerial warfare.

Air Warriors Zero

An inside look at Japan's A6M Zero, the most feared fighter at the start of World War II.

Air Warriors C-17

The inside story of the massive military transport aircraft, the C-17.