Masters of the Air started out rough, but once it got going it became a little more focused. Every moment that the characters are inside a plane is great. The rest of the show has a tendency to drag, attempting to make you care about characters that you haven't been given much reason to care about. One of the most glaring difference between this and Band of Brothers (which it will inevitably draw comparisons to) is the lack of training. In Band of Brothers you got to meet all of the characters in training, see how they met, get to know them and how they are as a team. This show started right off with deployment. And then because of the nature of air warfare, many characters disappeared when they were shot down and the show had to focus on new characters. Once I got used to that pacing the show felt better, and as the war escalated the show had less peripheral detail and focused more on the war.
I did enjoy the show overall, and it got better as it went along so don't let the early episodes turn you off. 10 second skip can be a good friend.
I did enjoy the show overall, and it got better as it went along so don't let the early episodes turn you off. 10 second skip can be a good friend.