Raynor returns to the United States after three years in a Vietnamese prison camp. He finds America and his family have changed much in his absence.

Raynor and his family face difficult personal challenges in the days leading to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 

While on special assignment in Vietnam, Raynor launches a dangerous rescue mission to save a Vietnamese boy he wants to adopt.

Raynor finds himself on an emotional roller coaster when he discovers the truth about Carl's illness... and about his daughter's relationship with a new boyfriend.

The Sarnac family faces an uncertain future when Vanessa decides she needs a break from her husband and children.

Vanessa's joy over a job with an electronics firm palls when she learns she's pregnant; Sarnac works with NASA's astronaut program.

Stiff penalties await a pilot who disobeys orders and brings a Russian defector back to America; Jackie makes her first solo flight.

A flight over Vietnam turns into a journey of terror when Raynor is shot down and captured by the North Vietnamese.

Raynor is forced to face the harsh truth that an old friend is really a spy for the KGB.

Tension mounts in the Sarnac household as Raynor prepares for a mission that has already claimed the life of one of his best test pilots.

Raynor and Vanessa are so involved in their friends' marital problems, they don't notice Carl is facing a crisis of his own.

While testing a new flight system, Sarnec is hounded by an investigative reporter probing for revelations about defense spending.

Raynor is torn between duty and friendship when an Air Force buddy suddenly develops a crippling fear of flying.

Forced to bail out of a crippled plane, Raynor and a Japanese Air Force officer struggle to survive in a dangerous wilderness.

Raynor's involvement in a bitter political controversy could cost him a valued friendship... and ruin his military career.

On a mission into the heart of Saigon, Raynor bears personal witness to the horrifying brutality of the government.

A dangerous top-secret mission takes Raynor over Red China to see if the Chinese have developed an Atomic Bomb.

The violence spawned by the Civil Rights Movement hits home when Wesley and a black friend are beaten by teenage racists.

Raynor faces one of his toughest missions as he tries to prevent a bitter ex-pilot from exposing the details of a top secret mission.

The entire Sarnac family is thrown into turmoil when Raynor receives a lucrative job offer in the private sector.

During the darkest days of the Cuban missile crisis, Raynor is ordered to fly over Cuba to obtain proof that the Russians are installing nuclear warheads.

Jackie longs to follow in her father's footsteps and become an Air Force pilot.