In July 1976, an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris was hijacked & forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda, over 2, 000 miles from its destination. The 248 passengers were then separated & held hostage with the hijackers & Ugandan Special Forces threatening to execute them unless their terrorist comrades were released. With the clock ticking & after much debate, an elite commando unit was dispatched to carry out Operation Thunderbolt
- the most daring raid & rescue mission ever attempte