[1] Heavily promoted during ABC's broadcast of the 1984 Summer Olympics,[1] the pilot episode was aired August 13, 1984.

During its production run, the show came to focus more on the loneliness experienced by wife Vanessa Sarnac (Cindy Pickett) while stationed on base and what she and the family would do to spend time in productive pursuits while enduring the Antelope Valley's isolation from civilization.

The series also stars Elisabeth Shue in one of her early roles as the eldest Sarnac child, daughter Jackie.

Craig T. Nelson received familiarization rides in USAF jets at Edwards Air Force Base during the filming of the series, including flights in the T-38 Talon, the F-4 Phantom II, and the F-16 Fighting Falcon.

Call to Glory was filmed in Texas at Laughlin Air Force Base in Val Verde County, near Del Rio.