Fighter Pilot Podcast

Few pilots ever have an opportunity to meet an enemy aircraft in aerial battle. Fewer yet come out victorious. And even fewer still—in fact, only one—then go on to be involved in arguably the most inf...

21 Jul 201857min

Military aviators are generally hard-working, improvement-seeking, self-motivated individuals accustomed to working well under pressure, on tight deadlines, and with limited budgets. It’s no wonder th...

11 Jul 20181h

Today’s combat aviator enjoys a wide variety of munitions from which to choose when attacking surface targets. From free fall general purpose bombs, to laser- and GPS-guided weapons, to glide and forw...

1 Jul 20181h 19min

Just as a viper relies on its venomous fangs and a hornet its stinger to deliver a lethal attack on adversaries, so too do modern combat fighter aircraft depend on guided missiles and cannon fire to e...

21 Jun 20181h 11min

We’ve all heard that ‘war is hell,’ but this week we hear it from a different perspective: that of a young pilot, new to the fleet and the F/A-18 Hornet, who finds himself fighting far from home in th...

11 Jun 20181h 25min

A replay of the June 5, 2018 Facebook Live listener question session with episode 5 guest Fitz "Dud" Lee. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pilot-podcast/donations Learn more...

6 Jun 20181h 3min

The U.S. Navy has one of the largest air forces in the world comprised of a wide variety of aircraft from helicopters to strike fighters to patrol planes. While squadrons, air wings, and type wings ha...

1 Jun 20181h 5min

While landing a high-performance jet aircraft on an aircraft carrier may be the most challenging task any naval aviator will ever face, truth is, after a hundred or two of them--most pilots get passab...

21 Mai 20181h 2min