On TV: Saturday   (ET/PT)

• 8:00 PM
  Brothers in Arms: The Untold Story of The 502:
  D-Day.

  Brothers in Arms: The Untold Story of The 502 D-Day.

  Tune in: Saturday, January 28 @ 8:00 PM ET/PT

  Regarded as the turning point of WWII, the daybreak invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 actually began the night before. Shrouded in darkness, 18,000 Allied paratroopers jumped into the fog and flak-filled skies, landing behind enemy lines before the full invasion. Among them, the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the famed 101st Airborne Division. Although they became one of the most decorated units in the D-Day operation, their story has never been fully told. We illustrate how the 502nd earned distinction by achieving vital objectives through acts of great personal bravery and strong tactical leadership. The story travels from their final staging in England to the massive confusion of that perilous night--when most troops, under heavy enemy fire, missed their intended drop zones--to their setting upon the intended targets.

  TVPG V | CC

• 10:00 PM
  Mail Call:
  B-2: #76.

  Mail Call B-2: #76.

  Tune in: Saturday, January 28 @ 10:00 PM ET/PT

  At Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, host R. Lee Ermey gets to do something only a few hundred humans have done before him--take a ride in a B-2 Stealth Bomber on a mock bomb run! The Gunny sets the stage for his historic flight by giving us the facts and stats on what makes the B-2 the greatest bomber in the history of aviation. Then, we go along on Lee's pre-flight training as he prepares to get airborne. From the cockpit, he shows viewers what it's like to fly in a stealth bomber. The Whiteman crew the Gunny flies with are part of the 509th Bomber Group, the same squadron that flew the first atomic bomb missions back in World War II. In his tribute to the 509th, the Gunny shows how the Enola Gay and other bombers got the mission done.

  TVPG V | CC

• 11:00 PM
  Tactical To Practical:
  14 - Winter Warfare/Optics/Gliders

  Tactical To Practical 14 - Winter Warfare/Optics/Gliders

  Tune in: Saturday, January 28 @ 11:00 PM ET/PT

  Hunter Ellis looks at the history of winter warfare--a tradition of fighting, surviving, and traveling in snow and ice that created commandos in Norway, Sweden, and Germany, and later, the U.S. 10th Mountain Division--and at the billion-dollar winter sports industry. Next, we see how gunsights make it possible for military and law enforcement snipers to do their jobs as we examine their gear and techniques. Then, we look at the first stealth fighters--gliders--and into their likely future in space.

  TVPG V | CC