Redemption

Two irrepressible young U.S. Navy carrier pilots while flying a night combat mission over the Adriatic Sea (circa 2007) are struck by lightning and subsequently collide. One ejects from his stricken airplane and the other ditches his in the water.<p> They wash ashore separately and reunite the following day on a wild Albanian mountainside. In the ensuing week they are pursued by an Albanian Army search party while a U.S. Navy SEAL Team operating from a submarine tries to rescue them.<p> The first rescue attempt succeeds but only because one of the pilots sacrifices himself by drawing fire from the Albanian forces. He is captured in the shoot-out.<p> The second rescue attempt is successful and the two battle-hardened young men redeem themselves by their heroic actions. For their efforts they receive a field promotion at a special Whitehouse award ceremony.