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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 Laotion 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]] == |
| − | Seen evacuating US troops in Vietnam. | + | Seen evacuating US troops in Vietnam in 1972. |
[[Image:uncommon_valor1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:uncommon_valor1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:uncommon_valor2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | 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. | ||
| + | [[Image:uncommon_valor21.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:uncommon_valor23.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:uncommon_valor24.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | ==[[:Category:Bell 47|Bell 47G]]== | + | == [[:Category: McDonnell Douglas DC-9|McDonnell Douglas C-9A Nightingale]] == |
| + | [[File:Vlcsnap-00014.65.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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| + | == [[:Category: Bell 47|Bell 47G]] == | ||
Cropduster owned by Charts. He's seen using it to dust a field when Rhodes comes to recruit him. | Cropduster owned by Charts. He's seen using it to dust a field when Rhodes comes to recruit him. | ||
| + | [[Image:uncommon_valor4.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:uncommon_valor5.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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| + | == [[:Category: Cessna 172 Skyhawk|Cessna 172P Skyhawk]] == | ||
| + | Seen at Charts' airfield. | ||
| + | [[Image:uncommon_valor6.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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| + | == [[: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).<br> | ||
| + | Same aircraft in other works at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing)]]. | ||
| + | [[Image:uncommon_valor9.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:uncommon_valor10.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:uncommon_valor15.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | == [[:Category: Cessna 414|Cessna 414]] == | ||
| + | [[File:Vlcsnap-00061.25.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | == [[:Category: Cessna 425|Cessna 425 Conquest I]] == | ||
| + | Seen at the airport. | ||
| + | [[Image:uncommon_valor11.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:uncommon_valor12.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:uncommon_valor14.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | ==[[:Category:Bell 206|Bell 206B JetRanger III]]== | + | == [[:Category: Bell 206|Bell 206B JetRanger III]] == |
| − | Three are used by the | + | Three are used by the team while they're training in a replica of the P.O.W. camp in Texas. |
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:uncommon_valor17.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] |
| + | [[Image:uncommon_valor18.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Flight led by Bell 206B Reg. N230CA, Serial 2779. Same aircraft registered N230CA in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing)|IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing)]].]] | ||
| + | [[Image:uncommon_valor19.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg. N230CA, Serial 2779. Same aircraft registered N230CA in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing)|IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing)]]]] | ||
| + | [[Image:uncommon_valor20.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg. N250CA, Serial 2615. Same aircraft registered N250CA in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing)|IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing)]]]] | ||
| + | [[File:Vlcsnap-00081.20.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | Later, a JetRanger equipped with machine guns is seen used by the Laotions. 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|]] | ||
{{Footnote}} | {{Footnote}} | ||
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* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086508 Uncommon Valor at IMDb] | * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086508 Uncommon Valor at IMDb] | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncommon_Valor Uncommon Valor at Wikipedia] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncommon_Valor Uncommon Valor at Wikipedia] | ||
| + | * [http://www.imcdb.org/movie_86508-Uncommon-Valor.html Uncommon Valor at IMCDb] | ||
| − | [[Category:Bell 206]] | + | [[Category: Bell 206]] |
| − | [[Category:Bell UH-1N Twin Huey]] | + | [[Category: Bell 47]] |
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category: Bell UH-1N Twin Huey]] |
| + | [[Category: British Aerospace BAe 125]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Cessna 172 Skyhawk]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Cessna 414]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Cessna 425]] | ||
| + | [[Category: McDonnell Douglas DC-9]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:16, 18 March 2024
Movie (1983)
Starring:
Gene Hackman (Col. Jason Rhodes)
Robert Stack (Harry MacGregor)
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 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 Laotion 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 works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Cessna 414
Cessna 425 Conquest I
Seen at the airport.
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.
Later, a JetRanger equipped with machine guns is seen used by the Laotions. 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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