#149 Rob "ZMan" Zettel | Inside the USAF's Red Eagles
Rob "Z-Man" Zettel is a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, commercial airline captain, and author of American MiG Pilot who served as a top-secret Red Eagles instructor pilot flying Soviet MiG...
29 Touko 1h 29min
Raul Castro Indicted | Is Cuba the Next Venezuela?
On May 20th, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed a federal indictment charging former Cuban head of state Raul Castro with the murder of American civilians. That same day, the USS Nimitz car...
29 Touko 9min
OA-1K Sky Raider II | Exclusive - How AFSOC's Newest Aircraft Is Built
Watch online: https://youtu.be/uvAyxlmpBdk We spent two days in Waco, Texas, inside the L3Harris facility where the Sky Raider II International™ is built. From the beginning, where an 802 Air Tractor ...
17 Touko 15min
China's Fifth-Generation Fighter Production Exploding | J-20 Production Surging
Video: https://youtu.be/L0D9c5nYO5E China's Chengdu Aircraft Corporation has more than doubled J-20 production efficiency using autonomous vehicles and AI-driven dark factories. With roughly 300 J-20s...
15 Touko 8min
China Helped Pakistan in Combat | J-10CE's First Real War
Watch this episode on YT: https://youtu.be/8X_ll2FrRIA Beijing confirmed Chinese engineers were at Pakistani air bases supporting J-10CE operations during Operation Sindoor in May 2025. Today we discu...
13 Touko 6min
Dos Gringos June 13th - Denver
Dos Gringos Concert: dosgringosdenver.com James "Whacker" Reeman IG: @f16pilot Whacker's Content: Fastjetfriday.com Have a story? Program and partnership inquiries: https://theafterburnpodcast.com/co...
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#148 Col Roy "Deacon" Qualls | "Shoot Them Down If They Don't Respond" — The 9/11 ROE Nobody Talks About
Roy "Deacon" Qualls went from zero flight hours to undergraduate pilot training six months later. From there — OV-10s, F-15s, the Louisiana Air National Guard, and a parallel career at American Airlin...
25 Huhti 1h 25min
Aircraft BATTLE DAMAGE Repair: The Air Force Capability You Never Hear About
When two brand new F-35s sustained catastrophic damage in separate accidents, the Air Force faced a decision most people don't know exists — write them off as total losses or call in one of the most s...
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