This movie goes back in time to 1948 and shows (in fragmented form) how the newly formed country of Israeli created an Air Force. With no air force to hold back Arab invaders when Israel was declared at state, volunteer pilots from the United States and other countries flew reconditioned Messerschmidt fighter planes from WWII, assembled in Czechoslovakia.
With additional donations from wealthy Jewish people over the world, and using illegal methods to get planes from the United States, (the US had an embargo on selling arms to the Middle East), the Israeli air force grew into an important force that defeated the Arab invaders.
Unfortunately the movie never told the story in a coherent manner (probably given to the limited film footage available) and if you aren't Jewish or not aware of the history of that era, I would expect that you will not get to much information from the film.
From Promotional Material:
Would you risk everything - your future, your citizenship, even your life - to help a brother in need? In 1948, just three years after the liberation of Nazi death camps, a group of Jewish American pilots answered a call for help. In secret and at great personal risk, they smuggled planes out of the U.S., trained behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia and flew for Israel in its War of Independence. As members of Machal - "volunteers from abroad" - this ragtag band of brothers not only turned the tide of the war; they also embarked on personal journeys of discovery and renewed Jewish pride. ABOVE AND BEYOND is their story.
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