FPP083 - Electronic Attack
Disrupt /disˈrəpt/ verb — to interrupt an event, activity, or process by causing a disturbance or problem. …Modern aerial combat is a challenging, fast-paced, three-dimensional chess match that requir...
3 Jun 20201h 6min
FPP082 - MiG-21 Fishbed
The MiG-21 Fishbed. There may be no more recognizable, mass produced, widely proliferated, iconic, enduring fighter jet in existence or throughout history. With more than 11,500 produced and at one ti...
23 Mai 20201h 42min
Harnessing the Sky with Dana Tibbetts
The excellent book 'Harnessing the Sky' chronicles the life and adventures of aviation pioneer and early test pilot Fredrick "Trap" Trapnell during the tumultuous years leading up to World War II and ...
16 Mai 202013min
FPP081 - The Canadian Forces Snowbirds
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds, 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, are a Canadian icon comprised of Canadian Armed Forces members and National Defence Public Service employees—pilots, technicians, mobile ...
13 Mai 20201h 23min
FPP080 - AC-130 Gunship
Once in a while, popular culture affixes certain expressions—memes, really—to particular military aircraft. “Get some!” is affiliated with Vietnam-era Hueys; “I feel the need for speed,” is a Tomcat-i...
3 Mai 20201h 4min
FPP079 - Advanced Training Methods
Routine and repetitive practice is required to excel at any endeavor. Musicians spend countless hours on instruments, athletes train relentlessly, and military aviators? They need practice too. The pr...
23 Apr 20201h 5min
FPP078 - F-35 Lightning II
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is the most advanced aerial weapon system ever fielded. The 5th generation fighter jet is also the most expensive, spent the longest in development, and involves ...
13 Apr 20201h 49min
FPP077 - The Boneyard
Where do automobiles go when they reach the end of their useful lives? Why, the junkyard, of course. So, where do military aircraft go? If they’re U.S. military aircraft they most likely go to the 309...
3 Apr 20201h 7min
