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Dave Berke, the only Marine Corps pilot to fly the F-22 and F-35, discusses 5th generation fighter technology and the F-35B.
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Published 04/05/24
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Published 01/25/24
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0:00 Intro and welcome back Jim
0:55 “Coming down” after the Libya raid
3:30 Raiders set apart and psychology?
7:10 Avoiding inflation of ego
9:20 Test pilot school - ambition/aspiration/evaluation
15:20 Weapons school not a priority
16:55 Evaluation flights and data points
20:20...
Published 01/20/24
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0:00 Intro and Jim’s background
6:18 Turning initial (F-111) disappointment into determination
11:44 How she wants to kill you, but WSOs are good!
16:36 Arriving at Lakenheath and an overview of the F-111F
29:25 The mission
33:35 Flying heavy/the end of the world/not all pylons...
Published 01/12/24
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0:00 Intro
1:00 On today's menu…..
2:02 Timeframe for the move to VMFA-134 - swapping brand new Ds for old As and meeting the Reserves
10:51 Brown Hornets but not Aggressors
13:30 What sort of BFM competency can a reservist expect to maintain?
19:00 Sharing space with Topgun?
20:45 AF...
Published 12/23/23
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0:00 Welcome back, Tug
1:25 Life beyond the Phantom & hoping for an exchange tour
5:28 What the...
Published 12/16/23
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0:00 Welcome back, leaving Coningsby and the F3….
4:05 North Bay jobs
10:26 Bagotville and back to the Hornet
13:10 NATO TACEVAL
23:10 Staging to Italy for Kosovo
25:00 Planning and executing the first strike & lessons learned
35:05 Subsequent mission
36:50 Rotating out and getting replacements up to speed
42:00...
Published 12/09/23
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0:00 Intro and a quick sidebar on medals
2:45 Plan for today
3:35 Exchange with RAF on the Tornado F3 - how it came about/cultural differences
11:45 F3 radar limitations/NAV quirks/witches tit
14:30 OCU
16:49 To 29 Squadron “Tripplex”
19:48 Akrotiri
26:00 The value of exchange tour? Transfer of...
Published 12/04/23
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0:00 intro & tea
2:00 “To shave or not to shave”, that is the question - intro & origins
11:13 Starting with the F-5, married or in a car crash…..
14:48 You don’t die tensed up!
15:00 Map tricks
16:40 Looking for fast jets with an eye on the Hornet - turns out there ARE points for second place!
19:10 F-5 a...
Published 11/25/23
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0:00 Intro, an insincere apology and a sincere thank you
7:50 On today’s menu
8:10 2vs2 acquisition to prosecution including sorting and sanitising
21:04 Maintaining position while manoeuvring
26:45 Overmatch considerations and some trig homework
32:20 Peer adversary
41:30 The short strokes...
Published 11/12/23
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0:00 intro
1:16 Bodo - why F-15s were there
6:20 intercepting Bear/Badger/Coot without a radar lock and why
12:05 interesting intercepts
15:55 Naval Badgers a different challenge
16:44 “KGB Coot”
18:00 Velocity Search vs TWS?
20:10 SIGINT
25:25 levels of “co-operation” of the intercepted
31:25...
Published 10/30/23
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0:00 Intro
2:55 Disco’s career chronology
7:20 Eagle vs friendly contemporaries
26:35 Making fighter pilots smarter
27:00 Flanker factor
29:10 Intel deployed for political leverage instead of frontline efficacy
33:15 Exiting a fight on your own terms and 3D chess
40:45 1 vs 2
43:20 Max...
Published 10/07/23
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00:00:00 Intro
00:03:40 Getting into flying and the military
00:07:00 Early non-conformism and academy adventures
00:13:30 FAIP
00:19:25 Dangers of complacency
00:21:35 Setting sights on flying the Eagle
00:27:40 Early influence/fighter culture?
00:30:50 State of Air Force at the inception of...
Published 09/22/23
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Published 09/14/23
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:25 - Recap of previous episodes
00:01:25 – Fast Jet Tac Weapons course outline
00:02:33 – Bringing lessons learned at Tac Weapons to 9 Squadron at RAF Marham
00:08:18 – Transitioning from the Hawk to the Tornado GR4
00:09:49 – Flying qualities of the GR4
00:13:47 –...
Published 09/06/23
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:30 lessons learned from Op. Granby?
00:05:00 Personal attitude towards going on operations in the Tornado
00:09:00 Incirlik detachment flying recon
00:15:20 any interest from Iraqi IADS?
00:17:26 the political picture and “down days”
00:23:00 did going to combat...
Published 08/11/23
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:42 Trepidation, departing for the airfield strike
00:05:00 Pushing to target low level, AAA
00:08:18 Loft profile, what went wrong?
00:13:11 Heading home, missile impact, battle damage
00:16:29 Ejection, injuries
00:19:32 Escape and evasion, capture. There's always...
Published 08/07/23
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:57 - Nick's background
00:03:00 - Joining the RAF
00:03:49 - Basic flight training and holding
00:04:35 - 100 Squadron as an Ops Officer
00:05:17 - TAC Weapons course at RAF Valley
00:12:30 - Weather and impact on Flight Training
00:16:55 - Methods of instruction...
Published 07/27/23
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:04:00 fast jet first impressions
00:07:25 life after fast jets, choosing your own path
00:14:30 Buccaneers to instructor tour to Gulf in Tornados
00:18:43 reconciling the love for the job and the requirements of fighting a war
00:28:30 TACEVAL and (no) life after the 1st...
Published 07/18/23
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00:00:00 Intro
00:03:38 D.A.C.T. aka Dissimilar Attitudes (in) Culinary Tastes
00:06:15 APR-47 roundup and DOS program demonstration
00:26:26 Workflow of APR-47?
00:29:53 Threat prioritisation and system confidence
00:33:00 displayed emitters and warnings?
00:34:40 HARM, yeah but also Shrikes, MAVERICK and...
Published 06/17/23
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00:00:00 Intro
00:01:50 Starbaby’s background story
00:08:30 why didn’t you want the front seat and Pilot vs WSOs
00:15:00 Specialised undergraduate Nav training & fighter training
00:20:20 student pilot “tries to kill” Starbaby
00:22:30 EWO school
00:26:00 Starbaby vs Nazgûl!!!
00:29:00...
Published 05/23/23
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00:00:00 Buy a Tee Shirt, God Damn it!
00:00:50 Introduction
00:01:25 Spike’s journey to…….
00:06:55 The F-4G
00:12:55 deploying to Bahrain for the Gulf War
00:25:04 “missions we will talk about“
00:27:20 initial trepidation?
00:31:50 training tactics gone out the window
00:34:20 the slideshow...
Published 04/13/23
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Starbaby joins me for a regular session in which we discuss Ukraine, topical aviation stories and questions asked by the audience on the Discord channel.
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Published 04/01/23