Not Today
“Aww, man.” In retrospect, it was poor timing for such a rueful remark. I had just rolled wings level on downwind and lowered the landing...
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Ken Katz
Jan 19, 2021
Guidance and Control
On episode 95, I ended up in the proverbial “1v0” trying to describe the differences between surface-to-air missile guidance and control....
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Mike Torrealday
Dec 18, 2020
Welcome to the ‘Caterpillar Club’
BANG! The sound was as startling as the rapid deceleration accompanying it. My feet were knocked off the rudder pedals and the jet began...
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Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello
Dec 5, 2020
Aircraft Nomenclature (part 2): Europe
In part 1 of our Aircraft Nomenclature series we explored the conventions used in naming Russian and Chinese military aircraft—both...
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Rich Cooper
Nov 14, 2020
God of Fire
Witnessing the Vulcan There’s very few aircraft that quite literally strike awe into every fibre of your being. This truly massive...
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Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello
Nov 5, 2020
Aircraft Nomenclature (part 1): Russia and China
This unclassified article was originally penned in 2015 for inclusion into a classified Navy tactics periodical. Juliet was wrong. …Well,...
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Mike Torrealday
Oct 20, 2020
Crossing the Pond
Having accrued more than 4,000 flight hours in nearly every block of the F-16 over a 30-year military career, I am often asked a variety...
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Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello
Oct 6, 2020
For Our Freedom, and Yours
Just for fun, every month we change the cover image on our various social media platforms. When the podcast launched in early 2018, we...
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