#76 Grace Tinkey - From Chaos to Grace: A Loadmaster's Experience in the Evacuation of Afghanistan & the Road to Pilot Training
Grace Tinkey joins us on @AfterburnPodcast for episode 76. Grace is a former C-17 loadmaster and has made a roundabout way to becoming an Air Force officer. We jump into Grace's experience during Au...
28 Aug 202355min
F-16s for Ukraine: Understanding the Training, Logistics, and Operational Hurdles at Hand
The U.S. approved F-16's to Ukraine. Denmark and the Netherlands will donate F-16's to Ukraine. A coalition of 11 nations will be training Ukrainian pilots and maintainers. But there is a lot to break...
25 Aug 202314min
Bro Chat 14.0 | Bender’s Solo F-35 Adventure | Tough to Hit Islands | Canopy Bows Always in the Way
Bro Chat returns to solve more problems...the problems you didn't know you had. Today we hear about "Bender" being "hubcapped" by his squadron in the Pacific, using the rearview mirror in the F-15C to...
21 Aug 20231h 5min
Carl Miller - Helping to Get about Afghan Allies Out of Afghanistan
Carl began his career flying the C-17. He taught Undergraduate Pilot Training in the T-6 and trained our Afghan Allie’s how to fly and employ the C-206. The episode originally aired in Feb of 2021. Ca...
14 Aug 20231h 11min
#75 Col (Ret) Alex "AP" Pelbath | C-17 Evacuation Operations Out of Kabul | Leadership in Crisis
Col (Ret) Alex "AP" Pelbath joins me on @AfterburnPodcast to discuss his experience as the Air Mission Commander during the evacuation of Kabul in August of 2021. "AP" shares what it was like during...
7 Aug 20232h 7min
#74 Courtney "Voodoo" Vidt: Rescuing Thousands from Afghanistan - C-17 Pilot Perspective
Courtney "Voodoo" Vidt is a C-17 Instructor Pilot and Weapons officer. "Voodoo" and her crew were integral in the massive effort to evacuate U.S. personnel and our allies out of Afghanistan in August ...
31 Jul 20231h 10min
#73 Tyler "Feed" Davies - F/A-18 Engine Failures, Carrier Landings, and More
Tyler “Feed” Davies is a former F/A-18 fighter pilot and Blue Angel. He began his career in the Navy on the enlisted side of the house before commissioning and becoming a pilot. We talk boat stuff, ai...
23 Jul 20231h 3min
#72 Vice Admiral Mark "MRT" Fox - Part II - Post MiG Shoot Down to Commanding Navy's 5th Fleet
Vice Admiral Mark "MRT" Fox returns to the @AfterburnPodcast to discuss his Naval Aviation career following his MiG-21 shootdown during Desert Storm. Including his time a the White House’s Military Li...
14 Jul 20231h 50min
