- Call to Glory
"Call to Glory" was an American
television series that aired 23 episodes during the 1984/1985 TV seasons on the ABC-TV network. StarringCraig T. Nelson as USAF pilot Col. Raynor Sarnac, in the course of its production run it drifted away from its original reasonably authentic setting and storyline which was centered atEdwards Air Force Base in the early 1960s time period.Somewhat inspired by the test pilot accounts in the
Tom Wolfe book "The Right Stuff", it was the first postVietnam War television show to portray the military in a favorable light.Its pilot episode, which aired
August 13 ,1984 , related to the U-2 flights overCuba during the 1962Cuban Missile Crisis . The pilot episode was filmed at Laughlin Air Force Base, near Del Rio, TX, which was where the U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Missile Crisis were actually based. Much of the show's early episodes related to the loneliness experienced by wife Vanessa Sarnac (Cindy Pickett ) while stationed on base and what she would do to spend time in productive pursuits while enduring theAntelope Valley 's then more noticeable isolation from civilization. One of Mrs. Sarnac's acquired desert pursuits waspainting - one of several realistic touches seen in the show.It also helped start the career of actors
Elisabeth Shue , who starred as the Sarnacs' daughter,Tom O'Brien as neighbor Patrick Thomas, as well as younger co-starGabriel Damon , but also marked the last series for former child starDavid Hollander .The series, produced by
Paramount Television , aired from August 1984 to February 1985.ee also
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Edwards Air Force Base
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* [http://www.edwards.af.mil/articles98/docs_html/splash/jun98/cover/TV.htm Edwards-Hollywood: TV connection]
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