ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
The Fighter Pilot Podcast explores the fascinating world of air combat: the aircraft, the weapons systems, the emerging technologies, and most importantly—the people.
Most episodes feature a guest who helps explain military aviation topics such from Vietnam shoot down stories to how AI is changing air combat.
If you love the roar of a high-speed flyby or are enamored by the poise and confidence of the brave men and women who fly, fix, and fight these amazing aircraft, then this show is for you!
Most episodes feature a guest who helps explain military aviation topics such from Vietnam shoot down stories to how AI is changing air combat.
If you love the roar of a high-speed flyby or are enamored by the poise and confidence of the brave men and women who fly, fix, and fight these amazing aircraft, then this show is for you!
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 11 days
Average audio length:
69 minutes
Guest interviews
Has sponsors
English
United States
369 episodes
since Jan. 1, 2018
episodic
AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗
~71.04% of listeners are from United States.
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US
71.04%
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NZ
10.33%
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CA
4.24%
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SG
3.76%
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FI
2.19%
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GB
1.98%
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AU
1.36%
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DE
1.16%
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SE
0.47%
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IN
0.47%
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TW
0.27%
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IL
0.20%
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FR
0.20%
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PL
0.20%
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NL
0.13%
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TR
0.13%
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XX
0.13%
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HR
0.13%
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NO
0.13%
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ES
0.13%
Others
1.35%
* Data source: directly measured on Listen Notes. real-time
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Today, CAPT Jack Ashmore talks through a remarkable combat career spanning Korea and Vietnam, flying the AD Skyraider, A-4 Skyhawk, F-4 Phantom, and A-7 Corsair II. He shares dozens of firsthand stories from the 1968 Tet Offensive, the evolution of naval aviation, carrier operations, and the experi…
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Rear Admiral Doug "Woody" Beal came on the show having spent 35 years in Navy strike fighters, 13 on active duty and 22 in the reserves. Flying Intruders and Hornets from Whidbey to China Lake to the skies over Iraq. He has experienced everything from a medical disqualification at USAFA to combat o…
Have you ever thought about how you update your F-22? Probably not, but someone has to. Rob Slaughter, former Air Force officer and co-founder of Defense Unicorns, joins the Fighter Pilot Podcast to discuss fixing how the Department of War builds, delivers, and updates software. From the Pentagon t…
If only we treated the human being in the cockpit with the same care and lifecycle management we give the aircraft...
In this episode, I sit down with Commander Kevin Bernstein, MD, to explore a new approach to human performance across Naval Aviation. Drawing on his experience in sports medicine a…
On October 7, 2001, a US Air Force B-2 Spirit crossed into Afghan airspace as part of the opening campaign of Operation Enduring Freedom. Nearly twenty years later, a C-17 Globemaster carrying the final American soldiers lifted off from Kabul as the Taliban returned to power.
Between those two ver…
Brigadier General (Ret.) Israel Baharav is one of Israel's most accomplished fighter pilots, credited with twelve MiG-21 kills during his distinguished career in the Israeli Air Force. Over three decades of military service, he flew on the front lines, commanded a fighter squadron, served as Head o…
In this episode, I sit down with Tim Franta, CEO of Starfighters Space, to discuss the company's mission to transform access to space using high-performance aircraft. We explore the STARLAUNCH air-launch system, how Starfighters operates the world's only commercial fleet of Mach 2+ F-104 Starfighte…
He was a national champion tennis player headed for Wimbledon, then COVID and injury ended that dream overnight. Two years later, Louis Skupien was strapped into a jet suit.
Four years after that, he was breaking the sound barrier twice in an F-16D over Edwards Air Force Base, filming a docu…
Former US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot turned Autonodyne CEO Steve Jacobson discusses one of the most important and least understood aspects of future air combat: the human-machine interface.
Jake shares stories from flying and testing the Warthog, explains why he turned down Test Pilot Sch…
US Air Force Colonel Richard "Dog" Brenneman describes his incredible story of courage and determination.
Shot down over North Vietnam on his 26th combat mission while flying the F-4 Phantom II, Col. Brenneman spent more than 1,900 days as a prisoner of war in the Hanoi Hilton before returning hom…
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton, Retired U.S. Air Force Fighter Test Pilot, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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