Podcast Episodes

FPP024 - Helicopters!

Episode 24

Troop transport, MEDEVAC, CSAR, ASW, VERTREP, special operations, ground attack… these are but a few of the many missions rotary-wing aircraft perfor…

7 years, 6 months ago

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FPP023 - The Distinguished Flying Cross

Episode 23

What do astronaut Alan Shepard, actor Clark Gable, aviatrix Amelia Earhart, and president George H. W. Bush all have in common?

Each distinguished him…

7 years, 7 months ago

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FPP022 - Test Pilot School

Episode 22

No matter how well designed a military aircraft may be, it will always require extensive testing and evaluation to ensure it performs as intended. An…

7 years, 7 months ago

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FPP021 - The Real 'Viper'

Episode 21

Few pilots ever have an opportunity to meet an enemy aircraft in aerial battle. Fewer yet come out victorious. And even fewer still—in fact, only one…

7 years, 7 months ago

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FPP020 - After the Cockpit

Episode 20

Military aviators are generally hard-working, improvement-seeking, self-motivated individuals accustomed to working well under pressure, on tight dea…

7 years, 8 months ago

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FPP019 - Air-to-Surface Weapons

Episode 19

Today’s combat aviator enjoys a wide variety of munitions from which to choose when attacking surface targets. From free fall general purpose bombs, …

7 years, 8 months ago

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FPP018 - Air-to-Air Weapons

Episode 18

Just as a viper relies on its venomous fangs and a hornet its stinger to deliver a lethal attack on adversaries, so too do modern combat fighter airc…

7 years, 8 months ago

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FPP017 - Desert Storm MiG Kill

Episode 17

We’ve all heard that ‘war is hell,’ but this week we hear it from a different perspective: that of a young pilot, new to the fleet and the F/A-18 Hor…

7 years, 9 months ago

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Facebook Live Q&A Replay with "Dud"

A replay of the June 5, 2018 Facebook Live listener question session with episode 5 guest Fitz "Dud" Lee.

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7 years, 9 months ago

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FPP016 - The Air Boss, 2018

Episode 16

The U.S. Navy has one of the largest air forces in the world comprised of a wide variety of aircraft from helicopters to strike fighters to patrol pl…

7 years, 9 months ago

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