Fighter Pilot Podcast

Top Gun (the movie): You probably know the storyline cold and can name your favorite flying scene. You can even quote several lines from the film (e.g. “son, your ego is writing checks your body can’t...

25 Touko 20221h 54min

As part of 'Top Gun Month' we are revisiting episode 7 with now-Captain Andy "Grand" Mariner who rejoins the show five years later to update us on his career and the Navy Fighter Weapons School since ...

20 Touko 20221h 8min

On this episode, author Brad Elward, returns for the conclusion of what he learned about the Navy Fighter Weapons School during his nearly decade-long research and writing of TOPGUN: The Legacy: The C...

15 Touko 20221h 18min

'Top Gun Month' kicks off in earnest with this exhaustive look at the Navy Fighter Weapons School with Brad Elward, author of TOPGUN: The Legacy: The Complete History of TOPGUN and its Impact on Tacti...

10 Touko 20221h 14min

'Top Gun Month' kicks off here on the Fighter Pilot Podcast with a discussion on... wait, what?! Sure, the long-awaited sequel looks to be "all that" but let's not lose track of what else is happening...

5 Touko 20221h 4min

Skynet. Cyborgs... When you think of advanced technology in military applications, odds are Hollywood has you convinced it is to our species' peril. Never mind entertainment, what is artificial intell...

25 Huhti 202255min

Being labeled a "jack of all trades" is oftentimes derisively applied to people or things with the inevitable follow up, "master of none." But every once in awhile an exception comes along—an unassumi...

15 Huhti 20221h 20min

You've heard on this podcast—and likely seen videos online—of how pilots land high performance military jets on the angled, steel flight decks of modern aircraft carriers, but how did they do it back ...

5 Huhti 202257min