The Afterburn Podcast

On June 30th 2020, Lt David “MEZr” Schmitz was killed in an F-16 mishap at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. He was assigned to the 77th Fighter Squadron which is apart of the 20th Fighter Wing. A ...

15 Syys 202219min

Kris “Tanto” Paronto is a former Army Ranger and CIA Global Response Staff (GRS) operator conducting low profile security in high threat environments throughout the world. He was part of the CIA annex...

21 Elo 20221h 54min

"Juice" started his career as a C-130 navigator and was selected to attend pilot training after his first assignment. He spent the remainder of his career as a fighter pilot flying the F-16. He curren...

7 Elo 20221h 8min

"Juice" joins me to discuss Air Force ROTC and some of the things he has experienced as a ROTC CommanderShop https://bit.ly/AfterburnMerchPatreon https://bit.ly/PatreonAfterburnLaunch your Aviation Ca...

7 Elo 20221h

"Vader" and "Bender" are career fighter pilots and branching out with the Kodiak Shack Podcast. They are looking to connect the frontline warfighter with those that innovate. "Vader" is a former F-16 ...

22 Heinä 20221h 35min

How realistic is Top Gun Maverick? "Pako" takes us on a GBU-24 journey and breakdown of the mission in Top Gun. Spoiler alert, if you haven't the movie yet then you have failed."Pako" is breaks down k...

17 Heinä 20221h 5min

Billie is the former Senior Experimental Test Pilot for the F-35. He has over 40 years in the fast jet business. He began his career in the Canadian Air Force as the first nugget to go through their C...

24 Kesä 20221h 27min

Andrew has found success in life but has had to overcome a few obstacles along the way. He is one of ten select civilian pilots selected to join the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation. We flew numer...

31 Touko 202255min