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[[Image:uncommon_valor_poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Uncommon Valor'' movie poster.]] | [[Image:uncommon_valor_poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Uncommon Valor'' movie poster.]] | ||
<b>Movie (1983)</b><br> | <b>Movie (1983)</b><br> | ||
| + | French title : <b>Retour vers l'enfer</b><br> | ||
<font color="blue"> | <font color="blue"> | ||
<b>Starring:</b><br> | <b>Starring:</b><br> | ||
Gene Hackman (Col. Jason Rhodes)<br> | Gene Hackman (Col. Jason Rhodes)<br> | ||
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Fred Ward (Wilkes)<br> | Fred Ward (Wilkes)<br> | ||
Reb Brown (Blaster)<br> | Reb Brown (Blaster)<br> | ||
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| − | Jason Rhodes' son Frank has been missing in action in Vietnam for ten years. After getting evidence that he may be a P.O.W. in a camp in Laos, Rhodes assembles a rescue team consisting of Frank's surviving war buddies for a daring raid into | + | Jason Rhodes' son Frank has been missing in action in Vietnam for ten years. After getting evidence that he may be a Prisoner Of War (P.O.W.) in a camp in Laos, Rhodes assembles a rescue team consisting of Frank's surviving war buddies for a daring raid into Laotian territory to liberate the camp and, hopefully, find Frank. |
== [[:Category: Bell UH-1N Twin Huey|Bell UH-1N Twin Huey]] == | == [[:Category: Bell UH-1N Twin Huey|Bell UH-1N Twin Huey]] == | ||
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[[Image:uncommon_valor23.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:uncommon_valor23.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[Image:uncommon_valor24.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:uncommon_valor24.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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| + | == [[:Category: McDonnell Douglas DC-9|McDonnell Douglas C-9A Nightingale]] == | ||
| + | [[File:Vlcsnap-00014.65.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
== [[:Category: Bell 47|Bell 47G]] == | == [[:Category: Bell 47|Bell 47G]] == | ||
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== [[:Category: British Aerospace BAe 125|Hawker Siddeley HS.125-400]] == | == [[:Category: British Aerospace BAe 125|Hawker Siddeley HS.125-400]] == | ||
| − | Rhodes and his team fly to Texas aboard this jet. Registration N5594U is one of a dozen registrations worn by this aircraft (for this one, between March 1981 and August 1983). | + | Rhodes and his team fly to Texas aboard this jet. Registration N5594U is one of a dozen registrations worn by this aircraft (for this one, between March 1981 and August 1983).<br> |
| + | Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing)|Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing)]]. | ||
[[Image:uncommon_valor9.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:uncommon_valor9.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[Image:uncommon_valor10.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:uncommon_valor10.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[Image:uncommon_valor15.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:uncommon_valor15.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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| + | == [[:Category: Cessna 414|Cessna 414]] == | ||
| + | [[File:Vlcsnap-00061.25.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
== [[:Category: Cessna 425|Cessna 425 Conquest I]] == | == [[:Category: Cessna 425|Cessna 425 Conquest I]] == | ||
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[[Image:uncommon_valor11.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:uncommon_valor11.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[Image:uncommon_valor12.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:uncommon_valor12.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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== [[:Category: Bell 206|Bell 206B JetRanger III]] == | == [[:Category: Bell 206|Bell 206B JetRanger III]] == | ||
Three are used by the team while they're training in a replica of the P.O.W. camp in Texas. | Three are used by the team while they're training in a replica of the P.O.W. camp in Texas. | ||
| − | [[Image:uncommon_valor17.jpg|thumb|500px|none| | + | [[Image:uncommon_valor17.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] |
| + | Flight led by Bell 206B JetRanger III registered N230CA (built in 1979 c/n 2779. Written off in 2005 in the wake of Hurricane Katrina).<br> | ||
| + | Same helicopter in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing)|Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing)]]. | ||
[[Image:uncommon_valor18.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:uncommon_valor18.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | [[Image:uncommon_valor19.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg. | + | [[Image:uncommon_valor19.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] |
| − | [[Image:uncommon_valor20.jpg|thumb|500px|none| | + | Reg. N250CA Bell 206B JetRanger III c/n 2615. <br> |
| − | Later, a JetRanger equipped with machine guns is seen used by the | + | Same helicopter in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing)|Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing)]]. |
| + | [[Image:uncommon_valor20.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[File:Vlcsnap-00081.20.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | Later, a JetRanger equipped with machine guns is seen used by the Laotians. It gets stolen by Charts and used during the raid on the P.O.W. along with the two Hueys, but is shot down and crashes. | ||
| + | [[File:Vlcsnap-00113.17.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[Image:uncommon_valor22.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:uncommon_valor22.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
| − | * [ | + | * [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086508 Uncommon Valor at IMDb] |
| − | * [ | + | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncommon_Valor Uncommon Valor at Wikipedia] |
| + | * [https://www.imcdb.org/movie_86508-Uncommon-Valor.html Uncommon Valor at IMCDb] | ||
[[Category: Bell 206]] | [[Category: Bell 206]] | ||
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[[Category: British Aerospace BAe 125]] | [[Category: British Aerospace BAe 125]] | ||
[[Category: Cessna 172 Skyhawk]] | [[Category: Cessna 172 Skyhawk]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Cessna 414]] | ||
[[Category: Cessna 425]] | [[Category: Cessna 425]] | ||
| + | [[Category: McDonnell Douglas DC-9]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:13, 19 September 2024
Movie (1983)
French title : Retour vers l'enfer
Starring:
Gene Hackman (Col. Jason Rhodes)
Fred Ward (Wilkes)
Reb Brown (Blaster)
Randall "Tex" Cobb (Sailor)
Patrick Swayze (Kevin Scott)
Jason Rhodes' son Frank has been missing in action in Vietnam for ten years. After getting evidence that he may be a Prisoner Of War (P.O.W.) in a camp in Laos, Rhodes assembles a rescue team consisting of Frank's surviving war buddies for a daring raid into Laotian territory to liberate the camp and, hopefully, find Frank.
Bell UH-1N Twin Huey
Seen evacuating US troops in Vietnam in 1972.
Later, two captured Hueys are re-appropriated by Rhodes' team from a Laotian air force outpost and used in the raid against the P.O.W. camp. Rhodes flies one. Johnson flies the other. Rhodes' is hit and crashlands, while Johnson's is used to evacuate the surviving soldiers.
McDonnell Douglas C-9A Nightingale
Bell 47G
Cropduster owned by Charts. He's seen using it to dust a field when Rhodes comes to recruit him.
Cessna 172P Skyhawk
Seen at Charts' airfield.
Hawker Siddeley HS.125-400
Rhodes and his team fly to Texas aboard this jet. Registration N5594U is one of a dozen registrations worn by this aircraft (for this one, between March 1981 and August 1983).
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Cessna 414
Cessna 425 Conquest I
Bell 206B JetRanger III
Three are used by the team while they're training in a replica of the P.O.W. camp in Texas.
Flight led by Bell 206B JetRanger III registered N230CA (built in 1979 c/n 2779. Written off in 2005 in the wake of Hurricane Katrina).
Same helicopter in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing).
Reg. N250CA Bell 206B JetRanger III c/n 2615.
Same helicopter in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing).
Later, a JetRanger equipped with machine guns is seen used by the Laotians. It gets stolen by Charts and used during the raid on the P.O.W. along with the two Hueys, but is shot down and crashes.
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