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Call to Glory: Call to Glory (1984)
Excellent story depicting the Air Force from a family perspective.
One of the very best movies ever made about family life in the U.S. Air Force, as seen through the eyes of mom and her children. While the flying scenes are excellent and the tightly drawn plot is riveting, it is the family scenes that steal your heart. The movie is well cast, with actors who make the characters come alive without overshadowing them with their star presence. Of course, it is also interesting that the plot is based on real events that actually happened during the Cuban missile crisis. While the Air Force obviously allowed the producers to compress time for dramatic affect, major plot developments are based on well researched and documented events that actually happened. The Air Force deserves considerable credit for supporting this movie and subsequent television series. It's too bad ABC-TV did not settle on a specific day of the week and give this show time to develop a following. It deserved better than the limited run it was given.