The Afterburn Podcast6 Mai 2024

#97 Greg "B.A." Anders | Fighter Pilot | Founder FireCorn Popcorn

Ep 97 with Greg "B.A" Anders. B.A." is a former fighter pilot who now wears many hats. He is the founder of https://firecornpopcorn.com/, which has skillfully brought the lifeblood of the fighter squadron, jalapeño popcorn, to your door.

"B.A" has over 4,500 flight hours to his name. After graduating from the US Air Force Academy in 1985, he served 15 years on active duty, followed by six years with the Idaho Air National Guard as part of the 190th Fighter Squadron in Boise. During the spring of 2003, Greg was deployed to Kuwait and Iraq for four months as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He participated in major combat operations, flying 27 sorties in the A-10, and conducted numerous additional combat sorties during the operation's build-up phase. Greg is mission-qualified and has served as an instructor pilot for the F-15E and the B-52. His piloting experience includes flying the F-16 B & D, F-15 B & D, F-18, T-38, AT-38, and T-37.

He is the Vice President and Executive Director of the Heritage Flight Museum. https://heritageflight.org/. He is also a member of the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation.

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