https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K78MY3EcBFU

They were volunteers from the US risking their lives to help Israel gain their independence in the Arab-Israeli was in 1948.  A group of Jewish American pilots smuggled planes and trained in Czechoslovakia to stand as members of Machal. The feature-length documentary follows these amazing stories of these unsung heroes that helped liberate Israel, which didn’t have enough planes and airmen to fight the war. Watch more of this unexpected touching story in “Above and Beyond.”