Friday, May 23rd TV listings for Story TV (WTCT6) Marion, IL
Suicide Missions Forward Air Controllers
Pilots in propeller planes direct jet bombers toward Vietnam targets.
Spy Web U.S. Air Force Intelligence
How spy planes, first employed by Gen. Pershing in his Mexican campaign in 1916, were used in World War II and for the protection of the free world.
Forged in Fire The Bhuj
Bladesmiths are tasked with making canister damascus; they harvest their cans from an old barber's chair. The remaining two competitors head back to their home forges to recreate a weapon that's as fierce as it is fine: the Bhuj.
Forged in Fire Blackbeard's Cutlass
It's anchors aweigh, as four bladesmiths are tasked with forging a pirate's boarding axe from a treasure chest; two return to their home forges to re-create the legendary weapon carried by history's most notorious pirate.
Forged in Fire Kung Fu Edition
In this kung fu competition, four bladesmiths square off in the dojo, where they make a matching set of three kunai throwing knives; two head back to their home forges, where they are tasked with re-creating the legendary 9-ringed broadsword.
Forged in Fire Genghis Khan's Sword
Four smiths are tasked with forging signature blades by salvaging materials from a go-kart; the two remaining competitors have just four days to recreate the sword favored by Genghis Khan.
Forged in Fire Sword of Perseus
Four bladesmiths forge a blade from Greek armor and artifacts using the Go-Mai; the smiths wrestle with steels of varying hardness to try to create a blade that would make the God Hephaestus proud; two smiths re-create the mythical Sword of Perseus.
Forged in Fire General Patton's Sabre
Four bladesmiths are tasked with forging a parameter specific blade shape in just two hours; two competitors survive the heat and the clock to make it back to their home forges to re-create an American hero's signature sword: Gen. Patton's saber.
Forged in Fire The Jian Sword
Four smiths get thrown into the mix when they must Frankenstein a blade from one knife and combine it with a different weapon's handle; two smiths recreate one of the oldest, deadliest, and elegant blades in history: the Chinese Jian.
Forged in Fire The Rock-Throwing Crossbow
Four bladesmiths honor the forge's legendary power hammer Big Blu by ripping it apart and forging competition choppers.
Forged in Fire The Bhuj
Bladesmiths are tasked with making canister damascus; they harvest their cans from an old barber's chair. The remaining two competitors head back to their home forges to recreate a weapon that's as fierce as it is fine: the Bhuj.
Forged in Fire Blackbeard's Cutlass
It's anchors aweigh, as four bladesmiths are tasked with forging a pirate's boarding axe from a treasure chest; two return to their home forges to re-create the legendary weapon carried by history's most notorious pirate.