This show wasn't bad, but it was extremely disappointing.
Band of Brothers might be one of the best series ever, the Pacific had directing and writing on an almost parallel scale, but it is brutally depressing, especially the last couple episodes.
Masters of the Air had some good moments, and the action shots were well done, but there were only 4 characters that had any amount of screen time and they were paper thin personalities.
I knew more about roughly 10 different characters after 2 episodes of band of brothers than I did about everyone in this whole series.
The series either needed to be far more focused or more broad. IMO, they should have focused on one or 2 bomber crews, rather than a few officers (among an entire division) who all had basically the same job and the one off appearance of a few Tuskegee airmen, an appearance so meaningless and so brief that it was obvious pandering.
I didn't hate it, but I didn't like it, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone but an ardent history buff.