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A [[Films of the 1980s|1988]] film starring Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, and Jerry Reed. The film is [[Based on a True Story]], about the controversial (and very costly) rescue of Lieutenant Colonel Iceal "Gene" Hambleton, after he survives being shot down over [[The Vietnam War|Vietnam]], finding himself directly in the path of the North Vietnamese Army's Easter Offensive of 1972.
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* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Hambleton is a very experienced electronics warfare officer. The fact that the Communists would very much like to capture him and find out what he knows is a large reason why the Air Force attempts a very risky and ultimately very costly operation to retrieve him.
* [[Black Best Friend]]: In a way. Captain Bartholomew "Birddog" Clark is the Foward Air Controller pilot who keeps watch over Hambleton with his [[Cool Plane|O-2 Skymaster]].
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