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Join us 1/26 for Bro Chat 10.0 1830 est for a Live Stream of Bro Chat over on Youtube --> Click "Notify Me" so you don't me out. Bro Chat is fighter pilots solving the world’s problems even though no one asked us. Fighter Pilot Bro Chat is a series where we bring interesting guest to talk about current issues, problems, future conflicts, and what we would do if we were in charge but again no one asked us so we will just leave it here. Bro Chat is a collaboration between the Afterburn Podcast and the Kodiak Shack Podcast.
In this episode Dan “Satan” Levy joins us to talk about the current state of the A-10 community, how awesome shooting the A-10 gun truly is, and the Air Force’s new policy that requires officers to get a Master’s Degree in order to be promoted.
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Ep 61 Vice Admr (Ret) Mark “MRT” Fox
“MRT” began his naval career in 1978 after commissioning from the United States Naval Academy. He completed five fleet tours in the A-7 and F-18 with over 100 combat and contingency mission in Iraq, Libya, and the Balkans.
On 17 January 1991, “MRT” scored the first air-to-air kill of a MiG-21 during Operation Desert Storm. Prior to his retirement “MRT” served in numerous command tours, including Deputy Commander USCENTCOM, Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, and Director White House Military Office.
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Show Notes
(0:00:00) Intro
(0:01:50) Adm Fox's Background
(0:08:45) Standing up Navy's first F-18 Super Hornet Squadron
(0:12:32) Director White House Military Office
(0:19:10) Why I joined the Navy
(0:22:50) Experience of flying the F-18
(0:29:13) Mediterranean Aircraft Carrier Cruise in F-18 and fighting F-104s and F-4s
(0:31:05) Fighting in Libya - MiG-23 Intercept - Seeing an SA-5 Launch
(0:37:50) What it was like shifting from cold war mindset to desert storm
(0:41:50) Desert Storm
(0:51:25) January 17th 1991 Mission
(1:02:14) Mission and night of the shootdown
(1:15:10) MiG-21 Shoot down
(1:23:30) Almost shooting down a MiG-29
(1:42:30) LCDR Scott Speicher Shootdown, unknown status, and recovery
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Episode 8.0 of the Bro Chat. In this episode, we welcome Billie Flynn, the former Senior Experimental Test Pilot for the F-35 program. Today we answer questions from Patreon supporters, discuss the F-35's capabilities, procurement wins and fails and a variety of other topics, including a hilarious story of how Vader accidentally ruined one of Bender's upgrade sorties in the F-16. Join the conversation and hear the inside scoop on all things military aviation with the Bro Chat.
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In this episodes I'm joined by Dominic "Slice" Teich, an F-16 fighter pilot, business owner, and author. We discuss the challenges and rewards of being a type A personality, and how Dominic got involved in aviation. He shares his experiences flying the F-16 and offers insight into the world of military aviation, business, and more. We also talk about his journey as a business owner and human. Plus the lessons he has learned along the way. Whether you're interested in aviation or just want to hear the story of an inspiring and accomplished individual, this episode has something for everyone.
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This was our first ever Live streamed Bro Chat (Watch it on YouTube) we cover everything from 6th Gen fighters, the B-21 Raider, debrief, and much more. Check out the Kodiak Shack Podcast with "Vader" and Bender & The Merge Newsletter + Podcast with "Pako."
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Live Bro Chat December 17th at 11:00a eastern on the Afterburn Podcast YouTube channel. Click "notify me" so you don't miss out. This week "Drago" Walters joins the chat. "Drago" is a Viper Driver and Weapons Officer.
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Billie Flynn joins me on the podcast to discusses everything from technology improvements to how fighter pilots use the bathroom to single pilot KC-46 operations to the next big air war. Billie is a career fighter pilot with over 40 years flying fast jets. He began his career in the Canadian Air Force flying the CF-18 and recently retired as the Senior Experimental Test Pilot for the F-35 Lighting II.
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David Bellavia was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on November 10th, 2004 during Operation Phantom Fury in Fallujah, Iraq. He recently released his second book, Remember the Ramrods. Bellavia enlisted in the U.S. Army as an infantryman in 1999. n the summer of 2003, Bellavia’s unit deployed to Kosovo for nine months before receiving orders to deploy directly to Iraq to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. From February 2004 to February 2005, Bellavia and the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, were stationed in the Diyala Province along the Iranian border. Throughout the year, his task force took part in the battles for Najaf, Mosul, Baqubah, Muqdadiyah and Fallujah.
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Mike "Flash" McVay joins the Bro Chat with "Vader" and "Bender" from the Kodiak Shack Podcast. "Flash" has flown the A-10, F-16, and F-35. He has also instructed at the USAF's Weapons School. You can check out a great article by Flash over on War on the Rocks: Still Flying and Serving, Just Not Active Duty Today we talk SEAD, the next fight, near-peer threats, pilot retention, and more.
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Back with "Vader" and "Bender" from the Kodiak Shack Podcast for round 4 of the Bro Chat series. We solved most of the World's problems on this episode but didn't write down any of the answers..yet again. Guess we will have to do it again.
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