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American Heroes Channel (formerly Military Channel and originally Discovery Wings Channel) is an American multinational
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owned by the
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. The network carries programs related to the military, warfare, and military history and science. As of February 2015, the channel is available to approximately 59,917,000 pay television households (51.5% of households with at least one television set) in the United States.


Background

The channel launched in July 1998, as Discovery Wings Channel; it originally focused on programs relating to
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and
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. During its early years, the network also aired a weather segment near the top of each hour featuring aviation forecast data from the
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. Discovery Communications filed a trademark application with the
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for the use of the name "Military Channel" in 2002, after the trademark was abandoned by an unrelated start-up cable network based in
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,
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, also named ''The Military Channel'', which went
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in 1999 and later went bankrupt. That network – which focused on the heroes, history and hardware of the international military scene – experienced difficulty raising capital, despite early success. On January 10, 2005, the network was rebranded as the Military Channel. Carrying over from its original format, many of the network's programs as the Military Channel were dedicated to aerial warfare and related technologies and issues. In 2005, the channel aired its first live program from
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at the site of the Army–Navy
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game, two hours before that game's kickoff, in which
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commentator
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hosted from a set outside of
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. On March 3, 2014, the channel was rebranded as American Heroes Channel, with the intent to "provide more history based, narrative-style documentary programming." The network is a sponsor of the
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(USO) and frequently runs commercials for that organization.


Programming

Many of the programs featured on American Heroes Channel are
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, the contents of which deal in large part with
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, and in particular the
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from
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onward. While the
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-owned
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,
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and H2 air similar programming, those networks tend to show more programs about other time periods and cultures (
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,
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,
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, and other forms of warfare). AHC has a more contemporary subject matter than those competitors, but it occasionally presents historical programming as well. Actor
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serves as the network's
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for its on-air promotions. In addition, the channel also presents feature films with a military theme (usually within the hosted movie series ''An Officer and a Movie'', which is hosted by
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), as well as individual episodes of other shows (such as ''Belly of the Beast'', ''
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'', ''Extreme Machines'', ''
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'' and ''
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''), which incorporate military-related content. These are often shows that were produced for other Discovery Communications-owned channels.


List of programs


Current programs

*''Against the Odds'' *''America: Facts vs. Fiction'' *''American Lawmen'' *''American Titans'' *''Ancient Assassins'' *''Blood and Fury: America's Civil War'' *''Blood Feuds'' *''Chasing Conspiracies'' *''Codes and Conspiracies'' *''Cold War Armageddon'' *''Egypt's Greatest Mysteries'' *''Forbidden History'' *''Gunslingers'' *''Hitler'' *''How the World Ends'' *''Inside Secret Societies'' *''Mafia's Greatest Hits'' *''Mafia's Most Wanted'' *''Manhunt: Kill or Capture'' *''Nazi Death Squad'' *''Nazi Fugitives'' *''Nazi Secret Files'' *''Origins'' *''UFO's The Lost Evidence'' *''War Stories'' *''What History Forgot'' *''WWII Confidential'' *''WWII: Witness to War''


Former programming

*''9/11 As We Watched'' *''Age of Aerospace'' *''America's Most Badass'' *''
The American Revolution The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies formed independent states that defeated the British in the American Revoluti ...
'' *''Anatomy Of ...'' *''Apocalypse: Hitler'' *''Apocalypse: Stalin'' *''Apocalypse: WWI'' *''At Sea'' *''Auschwitz: Hitler's Final Solution" *'' BBC Airport'' *''Battle of the Atlantic'' *''Battleplan'' *''Black Ops'' *''
Clash of Wings ''Clash of Wings'' is a 15-episode documentary television series which originally aired in 1998 on the Discovery Channel. The hour-long episodes were some of the initial shows of Discovery Network's 1999 launch of the Military Channel. Aired as ...
'' *''The Color of War'' *''Combat Countdown'' *''Combat Tech'' *''Combat Zone'' *''
Commanders at War Commanders at War is a TV show on the Military Channel (now American Heroes Channel). It highlights specific battles or skirmishes from World War II, where one commander is pitted against another. Using computer-generated imagery, many scenes are ...
'' *''Edge of War'' *''Escape to the Legion'' *''Evolution of Evil'' *''Firepower'' *''First Command'' *''The First World War'' *''
Future Weapons ''Future Weapons'', sometimes also written as ''FutureWeapons'' and ''Futureweapons'', is a television series that premiered on April 19, 2006, on the Discovery Channel. Host Richard "Mack" Machowicz, a former Navy SEAL, reviews and demonstrates ...
'' *''G.I. Factory'' *''
Greatest Tank Battles ''Greatest Tank Battles'' is a military documentary series currently airing on History Television and National Geographic Channel in Canada, where it premiered on 4 January 2010. The series was subsequently picked up in the United States by the ...
'' *''Great Planes'' *''The Greatest Ever'' *''
Heroes and Villains "Heroes and Villains" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1967 album ''Smiley Smile'' and their unfinished ''Smile'' project. Written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks, Wilson envisioned the song as an Old West-themed ...
'' *''Heroes of World War II'' *''Hitler's Bodyguard'' *''How We Got Here'' *''Mission Demolition'' *''Missions that Changed the War'' *''Modern Sniper'' *''Narrow Escapes of World War II'' *''Natural Born Outlaws'' *''Navy SEALs: Untold Stories'' *''Nazi Collaborators'' *''Normandy: The Great Crusade'' *''Officer and a Movie'' *''Project Nazi: The Blueprints of Evil'' *''Quest for Sunken Warships'' *'' The Secret War'' *''Secrets of World War II'' *''Showdown: Air Combat'' *'' Special Ops Mission'' *''Special Forces: Untold Stories'' *''Stealth Secrets'' *''
Surviving the Cut ''Surviving the Cut'' was a military documentary/reality television series produced by 2 Roosters Media for the Discovery Channel. It portrays the rigorous training programs of various elite forces of the United States armed forces. Season two pre ...
'' *'' Tank Overhaul'' *''Top Sniper'' *'' Top Ten'' *''Toughest Military Jobs'' *'' Triggers: Weapons That Changed the World'' *'' 20th Century Battlefields'' *''Ultimate Weapons'' *''War Stories'' *''Warrior POV'' *''
Weapon Masters ''Weapon Masters'' is a television show that was premiered on the Discovery Channel on December 31, 2007, and on the Military Channel. The hosts, Chad Houseknecht and Mike Loades, a weapons historian, choose a different historical weapon each w ...
'' *''
Weaponology ''Weaponology'' is a documentary television series that premiered on November 6, 2007 on the Discovery Channel. The program also airs on the Military Channel (now American Heroes Channel). The documentary series was narrated by John Schwab. Ep ...
'' *''Weaponizers'' *'' Weapons Races'' *''Weapons of World War II'' *''Wings of the Luftwaffe'' *'' Wings Over Vietnam'' *'' World at War'' *''World's Deadliest Aircraft'' *''World War I in Colour'' *''
World War II In HD Colour ''World War II in Colour'' is a 13-episode British television docuseries recounting the major events of World War II narrated by Robert Powell. It was first broadcast in 2008–2009. The series is in full colour, combining both original and colou ...
'' *''World War II Confidential'' Some programs are available to stream on Discovery+.


References


External links

* {{Discovery Communications Warner Bros. Discovery networks English-language television stations in the United States Television networks in the United States Television channels and stations established in 1999 Works about the military 1999 establishments in New Jersey