Military History Channel TV Guide — Thursday, 17 September 2026

Browse the full Military History Channel TV guide for Thursday, 17 September 2026. 18 programmes listed , including 4 tonight. US listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

1. 00:00 1h

   Dogfights

   S1 · E8 · Death of the Japanese Navy True

   Death of the Japanese Navy

   With animation and film footage the battle between the large Japanese fleet and the smaller U.S. Taffy 3 is recreated, highlighting tactics and strategy.

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2. 01:00 1h

   Dogfights

   S3 · E1 · Supersonic True

   Supersonic

   Test pilots recall what it was like to fly the first jet aircraft in combat over Germany, with recreations of famous World War II air battles.

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3. 02:00 1h

   Dogfights

   S2 · E15 · MiG Killers of Midway True

   MiG Killers of Midway

   At the Vietnam War's end, the USS Midway deployed pilots to launch an all-out offensive on North Vietnamese MiGs; the carrier served in Desert Storm until decom

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4. 03:00 1h

   Dogfights

   S2 · E2 · Jet vs. Jet True

   Jet vs. Jet

   Profiles of the first-ever jet dogfights reveal how American fighter jet pilots re-defined air combat in dangerous missions at unprecedented break-neck speeds.

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5. 04:00 1h

   Dogfights

   S1 · E8 · Death of the Japanese Navy True

   Death of the Japanese Navy

   With animation and film footage the battle between the large Japanese fleet and the smaller U.S. Taffy 3 is recreated, highlighting tactics and strategy.

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6. 05:00 2h

   Battle Group: Spruance

   True Special

   The career and life of the World War II admiral who led campaigns at Iwo Jima and Okinawa is chronicled through interviews with biographers and historians.

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Morning

1. 09:00 1h

   Dogfights

   S2 · E2 · Jet vs. Jet True

   Jet vs. Jet

   Profiles of the first-ever jet dogfights reveal how American fighter jet pilots re-defined air combat in dangerous missions at unprecedented break-neck speeds.

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2. 10:00 1h

   Dogfights

   S1 · E8 · Death of the Japanese Navy True

   Death of the Japanese Navy

   With animation and film footage the battle between the large Japanese fleet and the smaller U.S. Taffy 3 is recreated, highlighting tactics and strategy.

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3. 11:00 2h

   Battle Group: Spruance

   True Special

   The career and life of the World War II admiral who led campaigns at Iwo Jima and Okinawa is chronicled through interviews with biographers and historians.

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Daytime

1. 13:00 1h

   Dogfights

   S3 · E1 · Supersonic True

   Supersonic

   Test pilots recall what it was like to fly the first jet aircraft in combat over Germany, with recreations of famous World War II air battles.

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2. 14:00 1h

   Dogfights

   S2 · E15 · MiG Killers of Midway True

   MiG Killers of Midway

   At the Vietnam War's end, the USS Midway deployed pilots to launch an all-out offensive on North Vietnamese MiGs; the carrier served in Desert Storm until decom

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3. 15:00 1h

   Dogfights

   S2 · E2 · Jet vs. Jet True

   Jet vs. Jet

   Profiles of the first-ever jet dogfights reveal how American fighter jet pilots re-defined air combat in dangerous missions at unprecedented break-neck speeds.

   ▾ More info
4. 16:00 1h

   Dogfights

   S1 · E8 · Death of the Japanese Navy True

   Death of the Japanese Navy

   With animation and film footage the battle between the large Japanese fleet and the smaller U.S. Taffy 3 is recreated, highlighting tactics and strategy.

   ▾ More info
5. 17:00 2h

   Battle Group: Spruance

   True Special

   The career and life of the World War II admiral who led campaigns at Iwo Jima and Okinawa is chronicled through interviews with biographers and historians.

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Evening

1. 19:00 2h

   Sniper: Deadliest Missions

   True Special

   Former and current snipers give some insight into the amount of science and psychology involved within their various military missions.

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2. 21:00 1h

   Dogfights

   S2 · E14 · Tuskegee Airmen True

   Tuskegee Airmen

   The Tuskegee squadron consisted of all African American aviators, and they never lost an aircraft and exceeded their call to duty .

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3. 22:00 1h

   Dogfights

   S2 · E11 · The Bloodiest Day True

   The Bloodiest Day

   The fierce Vietnam aerial dogfights are recreated using ultra modern computer graphics; veterans narrate battle sequences and describe what it was really like.

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4. 23:00 1h

   Deep Sea Detectives

   S1 · E23 · Japanese Sub at Pearl Harbor True

   Japanese Sub at Pearl Harbor

   A team searches the waters near Pearl Harbor to validate the claims made by military personnel that they sank a Japanese sub before the 1941 attack.

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