The Balloon Goes Up McHale's Navy : Season 2 Episode 18
TV-G ABC 30m int(0)
Aired: January 13th, 1964 @ 8:30 PM EST on ABC
Binghamton is offered a promotion and transfer up to Fleet HQ, but must first reconcile a shortage in the base's equipment inventory. After all is accounted for, except for one item, a barrage balloon, McHale and the crew must race against time in order to locate it and bring it in, in time for Binghamton to be shipped out.