sentences:  From the activity on board to the devastation below, reaching for the skies looks at the bombers, the pilots who fly them, and the struggle between nations to maintain the ultimate combination of weaponry and technology...a chilling reminder of the ability aviation has given to society to annihilate itself.The film begins with the Boeing B-52, and its effect on the populace of Vietnam.Thereafter, the Heinkel 111, and the bombing of Guernica.