Fighter Pilot Podcast

'Flight surgeon'—that must be a specially-trained medical doctor who performs surgery on a specially-adapted aircraft, right? Not exactly. On this episode, U.S. Air Force Reserve lieutenant colonel Ro...

15 Tammi 20221h 15min

We took a well-deserved break over the holiday season, so our first episode of 2022 is this replay of a 'Happy Hour' discussion from our Patreon page. It's a harrowing story with one of only two pilot...

5 Tammi 202255min

Show hosts Jell-O and Boat take a look back at this tumultuous year and clear out the mailbag before offering a sneak peek at the year to come. (Contains some mild language in one part.) Support this ...

31 Joulu 20211h 4min

Bomber Month concludes with the Consolidated B-24 Liberator. World War II was brewing but the United States had yet to officially join the war. Using the power of the Lend Lease Act, the call went out...

24 Joulu 20211h 14min

Bomber Month rolls on! This week, retired U. S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Addison Thompson joins us to discuss his career as a test pilot and his role in the development flight testing of the B-1B ...

14 Joulu 202147min

Here on the Fighter Pilot Podcast it’s once again Bomber Month! First up this year is the General Dynamics FB-111A supersonic swing-wing strategic bomber. Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Bill Moran joi...

4 Joulu 20211h 5min

As the storm clouds of war once again formed in the late 1930's, the Japanese Imperial Navy requested proposals for a new aircraft carrier-based fighter that would dominate all competitors in aerial c...

24 Marras 20211h 27min

According to Ernest Hemmingway, a man has only one virginity to lose in fighters, and if it is a lovely plane he loses it to, there his heart will ever be. Evidently this is not just true for fighters...

14 Marras 20211h 19min