OFW-1: Defending Against Power Projection
A discussion on the challenges posed by advanced missile technologies, including cruise and hypersonic missiles, to power projection and the sustainability of large forward deployed bases in modern pe...
19 Helmi 20241h 36min
FPP184 - Fighter Pilot Best Practices
A discussion on why military aviation best practices like planning, briefing, executing per standard operating procedures (SOPs) are so important and how they can be adapted to other consequential ind...
12 Helmi 20241h 45min
Hobo to Hero: A World War II Bomber Pilot's Saga
A fireside chat with a member of the Greatest Generation retelling his upbringing during the 'dust bowl' and World War 2 exploits, including having his B-24 Liberator shot down on his 50th mission and...
5 Helmi 20241h 24min
FPP183 - F-111s in Desert Storm
Former U.S. Air Force pilot Jeff "Guinnbob" Guinn and navigator Kevin "Rim" Allen describe their participation in Operation Desert Storm flying F-111Es out of Turkey. Support this podcast at — https:...
29 Tammi 20242h 5min
Fighter Pilot Math
Host Vincent Aiello shares a September 2020 blog addressing how good fighter pilots must be at arithmetic, with examples of the common concepts that must be mastered. Support this podcast at — https:...
22 Tammi 202411min
FPP182 - Designing the A-10 Warthog
Hal Sundt author of Warplane, How the Military Reformers Birthed the A-10 Warthog describes the origination story of the close air support aircraft the U.S. Air Force never wanted but pilots and groun...
15 Tammi 20241h 4min
What Makes a 'Good' Fighter Pilot
Vincent Aiello continues the "audio blog" format with the narration of a 2019 musing on the Fighter Pilot Podcast blog inspired by a question posed during a live YouTube session. Support this podcast...
18 Joulu 202313min
FPP181 - Keeping Promises: Finding our MIA with Project Recover
A discussion on the collaborative effort to enlist 21st-century science and technology in a quest to find and repatriate Americans missing in action since World War II in order to provide recognition ...
11 Joulu 20231h 1min
