Air Power (1956)
- Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
- First Air Date: 1956-11-11
- Last Air Date: 1957-05-05
- Total Seasons: 1
- Total Episodes: 26
- Status: Ended
- Episode Runtime: 30 min.
- Network: CBS
Air Power is a historical educational television series broadcast during the 1956-1957 television season over the CBS television network dealing with the rise of aviation as a military weapon. It starred Walter Cronkite as the narrator and featured a musical score by Norman Dello Joio.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | The Day North America is Attacked | 1956-11-11 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | The Early Days | 1956-11-18 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | The Luftwaffe | 1956-11-25 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Pearl Harbor | 1956-12-02 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Battle of Britain | 1956-12-09 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Counterblast | 1956-12-16 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Fools, Daredevils, and Geniuses | 1956-12-23 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | 1930s | 1956-12-30 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Target Ploesti | 1957-01-06 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Schweinfurt | 1957-01-13 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Conquest of the Air | 1957-01-20 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | The Japanese Perimeter | 1957-01-27 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | Interdiction and Blockade | 1957-02-03 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | Operation Strangle | 1957-02-10 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | Pacific Pattern | 1957-02-17 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | Advance the Bomber Line | 1957-02-24 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | The Winning of France | 1957-03-03 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | Superfort | 1957-03-10 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | Victory in Europe | 1957-03-17 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | Kamikaze | 1957-03-24 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | Defeat of Japan | 1957-03-31 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | The Cold Decade: Airlift | 1957-04-07 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | The Cold Decade: To the Yalu | 1957-04-14 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | The Cold Decade: Korean Stalemate | 1957-04-21 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 25 | Starfighter | 1957-04-28 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 26 | The New Doctrine | 1957-05-05 | 30 min |