10 Percent True - Tales from the Cockpit

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0:00 intro and teaser

1:25 getting “Geaseled”

10:45 getting acquainted with the Phantom

16:18 Hunter Killer combo Es & Gs

23:17 low level capabilities and limitations

29:30 some of that pilot shit and pilot/ewo shorthand

35:10 how capable were the older SAMS at low level?

40:45 compartmentalising roles or sponging it all up?

51:05 preparing mentally for deployment to war

58:25 arriving in theatre and initial brief?

1:05:20 1st combat mission

1:10:18 picture and weaselling in the weather

1:19:02 getting shot at/complacency and buffoonery

1:37:20 SA-3s and 6

1:40:20 spoiling for a fight and missions making the case for go pills and winding down

1:49:15 taking stock

1:53:22 looking back on the moment of complacency, lasting effects?

2:01:40 Air Liason Officer work with The Rangers and always trying to learn

2:06:50 winding up and 117 teaser

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10PCT #61

3:00 Red Flag ‘77, the genesis of low level in the Strike Eagle

12:00 23 class A mishaps at Red Flag ‘77 - why?

13:50 what defined the role for the Strike Eagle, culture, politics, capabilities?

17:35 what difference would it have made to have C model pilots aboard in the early days?

20:35 Thumrait and tactics development

25:15 Fly Up manoeuvre and employing it

28:05 preparation for initial Desert Storm missions and hanging on the boom in a descent

32:50 why the variation in tactics during H2 attack and shift to SCUD hunting

38:00 mission planning, expectations and Gen Horner’s pulsating blood vessel!

45:30 mission anecdotes

49:10 intermission

49:55 mission anecdotes continue

50:55 “some interesting flights”

58:20 in search of Saddam

1:19:05 battlefield tour with Buster Glosson……magic

1:21:35 no SAR for friends and frustration

1:30:54 effect on morale/attitude to task at hand?

1:32:35 loses and attrition

1:39:00 1st night air to air opportunities lost

1:45:38 did the lack of combat experience among initial cadre hurt performance?

1:49:00 afterwards

1:54:55 lessons learned?

2:10:11 initial strike eagle, phancy phantom or a leap forward

2:16:05 is there still a place for low altitude ?

2:19:15 signing off

Dave Berke, the only Marine Corps pilot to fly the F-22 and F-35, discusses 5th generation fighter technology and the F-35B.Thanks to Authentic Media (www.authenticmedia.io) for allowing me to post this on my channel.50 second plug for Red EaglesSupport the Show.

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