Attack on Maiduguri

This is the story of a combined crew of U.S. and Nigerian Air Force personnel. The crew represents different ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds, as well as varying approaches to life. We meet them first as they prepare for a routine flight from Southern Nigeria to Northern Nigeria as part of the C-130H Reconstitution Program. Before heading north, the team interacts with Christian Nigerians. Once it leaves the south, the team is scheduled to land at a remote Nigerian Air Force base in Northern Nigeria to conduct a demonstration for local military and civilian dignitaries. While on the ground, a local sympathizer of Boko Haram--a violent, radical Islamic terror group with alleged connections to Al-Queda--informs the group of the crew's presence. The Boko Haram members see this as an opportunity to embarrass the Nigerian government by attacking one of its air fields and, in the process, possibly capturing Nigerian Air Force and US Air Force personnel. Integrated into this scenario are preflight cultural interactions with Southern Nigerian Christians and cultural interactions with Northern Nigerian Muslims while on the ground conducting the demonstration of a US Air Force C-130H aircraft.