In 1948, just three years after the liberation of Nazi death camps, a ragtag group of skilled American pilots - both Jewish and non-Jewish, answered a call for help. In secret and at great personal risk, they smuggled planes out of the U.S., trained behind the Iron Curtain and flew for Israel in it's War of Independence. This band of brothers not only turned the tide of the war, they also embarked on personal journeys of discovery and pride.