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Interviews and anecdotes from military pilots and aircrew from across the globe. As the rule says, so long as it's 10 percent true, you're allowed to tell the story! Head over to the 10 Percent True YouTube channel to listen and watch at the same time.

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United Kingdom

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Interviews and anecdotes from military pilots and aircrew from across the globe. As the rule says, so long as it's 10 percent true, you're allowed to tell the story! Head over to the 10 Percent True YouTube channel to listen and watch at the same time.

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English


Episodes
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Dave Berke talks F-35B Lightning II

4/5/2024
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 Eagles Support the show

Duration:01:33:25

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Teaching the Next Generation of Fighter Pilots. Jim Jimenez [Part 3]

1/25/2024
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Duration:01:33:05

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Air Force Test Pilot - Jim Jimenez

1/20/2024
Pre-Order Red Eagles: America's Secret MiGs: https://www.10percenttrue.com/shop Support me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh 0:00 Intro and welcome back Jim 0:55 “Coming down” after the Libya raid 3:30 Raiders set apart and psychology? 7:10 Avoiding inflation of ego 9:20 Test pilot school - ambition/aspiration/evaluation 15:20 Weapons school not a priority 16:55 Evaluation flights and data points 20:20 Variations in sample data 25:10 School 28:05 Balance of classroom/flying and type variation and contemporaries 39:05 Did it feel safe? 42:10 Is there a type of person that excels as a test pilot 44:30 System testing? No thanks, I want to go back 48:10 Strike Eagle 55:50 Commercial break 56:44 Testing on the 111 and AMRAAM 1:03:50 The B-1 and shooting at it! 1:10:08 Have Nap AGM-142 1:11:40 Weapons separation? 1:15:15 Did weapon testing ease the “pain” of not being on frontline / Desert Storm begins 1:19:20 Planning for a brand new fighter (F-15E) with new crews and little operational capability 1:24:40 ACE - airborne command element 1:25:50 Back to Elgin and then “somewhere else” with a polygraph required 1:30:25 En exclusive bar in an undisclosed location 1:34:42 Will this work ever be declassified? 1:36:00 Close calls and reflection? 1:41:40 A promise to return and reflect on Air Force Training Command Support the show

Duration:01:44:27

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Libya Raider - Flying on El Dorado Canyon. Jim Jimenez [Full]

1/12/2024
Pre-Order Red Eagles: America's Secret MiGs: https://www.10percenttrue.com/shop Support me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh 0:00 Intro and Jim’s background 6:18 Turning initial (F-111) disappointment into determination 11:44 How she wants to kill you, but WSOs are good! 16:36 Arriving at Lakenheath and an overview of the F-111F 29:25 The mission 33:35 Flying heavy/the end of the world/not all pylons pivot 38:14 Genesis of the Libya raid, accumulation of “indicators” 47:20 Stepping to the jets, time to go 49:30 The “original” small scale plan, crew selection 54:57 An ad break we can all get behind! 55:50 Planning, involvement of actual participants, deconfliction with the Navy 1:01:40 CSAR plan? 1:03:30 Practice of long missions? 1:05:30 Deception plan 1:07:50 Planning in more detail 1:11:32 The step in more detail 1:13:36 Emotions and managing them throughout this phase? 1:16:08 Vietnam lessons passed down by vets 1:18:40 The SAM threat and mitigation? 1:21:17 A couple of side stories before “we” drop off the tanker 1:27:01 Lights off and dropping off the tanker…… 1:41:50 Downtown - approaching the target 1:45:14 Off target - delousing ship and 662kts! 1:49:01 First go pill - time to tank 1:52:22 The BBC keeping the crews company on RTB 1:54:55 Coasting in/sunrise/ national anthems 1:57:10 Handing piddle packs to the “welcoming committee” 1:59:20 Debrief and details 2:07:38 Any lasting after effects/thoughts? 2:10:10 Loss of Karma 52 2:14:25 The influence of the raid on remaining service 2:16:20 The “red headed stepchild” lives up to the moment 2:18:10 Why the raiders avoided any limelight Support the show

Duration:02:22:30

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USMC F/A-18 Hornet Exchange. Tug Wilson, Part 2

12/23/2023
Pre-Order Red Eagles: America's Secret MiGs: https://www.10percenttrue.com/shop Support me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh 0:00 Intro 1:00 On today's menu….. 2:02 Timeframe for the move to VMFA-134 - swapping brand new Ds for old As and meeting the Reserves 10:51 Brown Hornets but not Aggressors 13:30 What sort of BFM competency can a reservist expect to maintain? 19:00 Sharing space with Topgun? 20:45 AF weapons instructors looking down on Marines, some tales….. 28:03 Elmendorf deployment - staying at the crackhouse, Eagle squadron arrogance and redressing the balance 4525 Lessons learned? 48:04 Comparing Eagle and Hornet in BVR 53:45 Secret squirrel AMRAAM stuff and access to materials 59:30 Prevalence of numbers over seat of the pants in the reserves? 1:03:40 APG-73 (D) vs APG-65 (A) practical differences? 1:10:20 AMRAAM multiple launch? 1:14:55 Sorting “the sort” and not wasting shots 1:19:02 More on cheating (yes you were taping the bit before about bending fins on bombs) 1:23:10 Does experience give you the ability to make the numbers without studying them and F3 strafe story. 1:29:22 Dropping bombs 1:38:28 A cautionary tale among the “fun” 1:42:54 Mortality coming more into the frame? 1:46:30 What threat was training (in the marines) focussed on? 1:50:20 Key West Det 1:54:20 Any learning from missile shots? 1:57:30 Nellis/Vegas burnout 1:59:20 Tax on family life/finding balance 2:10:00 Closing thoughts, keeping in contact, reunions and a possible return Support the show

Duration:02:20:04

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USMC F/A-18 Hornet Exchange. Tug Wilson, Part 1

12/16/2023
Pre-Order Red Eagles: America's Secret MiGs here: https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/red-eagles-america-s-secret-migs-3rd-ed-pre-order Support me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh Tug's F-4 Episodes 👇🏼 https://youtu.be/CWJd8AVS-Dk?si=OAQtR_hGJNFGP8D9 https://youtu.be/JuZV_cWQNOk?si=4v1FTDGkCRl2-23D ) 0:00 Welcome back, Tug 1:25 Life beyond the Phantom & hoping for an exchange tour 5:28 What the FAC? /pre-tour apprehensions 10:48 Purpose of exchange given Tug’s background 15:25 initial impressions of Hornet and overview 20:35 Phantom or Hornet? 21:55 getting the most out of the Hornet? (Jesus that was a long question!!) 27:48 AoA……. 29:40 airflow disruptions to engines at high alpha? (Don’t be such a nerd!) 33:40 avionics and ergonomics 41:50 crew coordination 47:08 cultural differences and calling out less able WSOs 50:25 building experience in MC aviation 53:20 “working up” to night bombing including a strafing sortie 1:00:20 can you get comfortable with night bombing and live drops. 1:05:15 AIM-9 shots and Marine Corps can do attitude 1:06:18 FAC-A 1:13:45 banter? 1:16:38 the best dogfighter? Hornet vs friendly contemporaries (EM Nerds look away) 1:30:30 connection to the aircraft 1:33:05 the numbers game, flying as prescribed? 1:36:10 leaving the envelope 1:43:55 any repercussions? 1:46:20 carefree handling vs not abusing it 1:51:30 emotional steady state in fighter pilot life? 1:55:20 a story to finish “best weekend in an airplane” 2:05:05 outro and preview Support the show

Duration:02:07:01

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Flying the CF-18 Hornet in Combat. "Bones" Ledsham (Part 3)

12/9/2023
Buy 10PCT Merch! https://www.10percenttrue.com/shop Support me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh 0:00 Welcome back, leaving Coningsby and the F3…. 4:05 North Bay jobs 10:26 Bagotville and back to the Hornet 13:10 NATO TACEVAL 23:10 Staging to Italy for Kosovo 25:00 Planning and executing the first strike & lessons learned 35:05 Subsequent mission 36:50 Rotating out and getting replacements up to speed 42:00 B-1 story 46:00 Target timeline and process 51:05 IR MAV 52:20 ATO issues/frustrations 59:00 back to the B-1 guys 1:02:30 ground mapping radar 1:03:10 Serbian threat 1:10:38 Reflection on contribution 1:12:30 Near misses 1:19:15 Losing friends 1:21:42 Another mishap story 1:26:15 Guns on the “tennis court” - fighting Eagles 1:33:40 Radar sort considerations 1:36:05 NCTR 1:36:52 FWIC 1:42:10 Wrapping up 50 second plug for Red Eagles Support the show

Duration:01:44:36

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Flying the Tornado F3. "Bones" Ledsham (Part 2)

12/4/2023
Buy 10PCT Merch! https://www.10percenttrue.com/shop Support me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh 0:00 Intro and a quick sidebar on medals 2:45 Plan for today 3:35 Exchange with RAF on the Tornado F3 - how it came about/cultural differences 11:45 F3 radar limitations/NAV quirks/witches tit 14:30 OCU 16:49 To 29 Squadron “Tripplex” 19:48 Akrotiri 26:00 The value of exchange tour? Transfer of ideas/knowledge? 27:45 Skyflash limitations and F3 ergonomics 31:40 F3 vs F-18 handling characteristics 36:30 Another Cyprus story(s) 39:55 Training to engage at range but with limitations 42:26 DACT vs Mirage 2000 44:25 Further discussion of limitations and advantages of the F3 49:15 Eielson and Cope Thunder 58:00 Playing with Dutch Vipers 1:00:50 Bone escort 1:02:00 Parties 1:06:25 Back to tactical flying and a stint in the Falklands 1:20:20 What was the expectation in terms of potential action in the Falklands 1:22:00 A Canadian's view of the type of flying in the Islands 1:27:40 Low level 1:33:13 BFM vs a Navy destroyer 1:35:40 Bosnia 1:40:15 “Most interesting” Bosnia story 1:45:00 Combat trepidation/validation? 1:47:30 Trying to “see” helicopters with the radar 50 second plug for Red Eagles Support the show

Duration:01:50:43

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Flying the CF-5 and CF-18 Hornet. "Bones" Ledsham (Part 1)

11/25/2023
Buy 10PCT Merch! https://www.10percenttrue.com/shop Support me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh 0:00 intro & tea 2:00 “To shave or not to shave”, that is the question - intro & origins 11:13 Starting with the F-5, married or in a car crash….. 14:48 You don’t die tensed up! 15:00 Map tricks 16:40 Looking for fast jets with an eye on the Hornet - turns out there ARE points for second place! 19:10 F-5 a good lead-in to F-18 21:20 Attrition in training and doubts? 24:05 Fighting the F-4S 25:55 KA-3 with chicks in tow picture (lot of strange sound clipping in this section) 29:00 F-5 and CAS (periodic sound interference continues) 33:40 A tangent 34:10 What was the training scenario? 38:35 Expectations 40:45 Maps, navigation and low level 44:45 Spatial disorientation, camo considerations, yellow Jags 51:30 Survival and the bear (not TU-95) 55:20 Close calls/coping mechanisms/cautionary tales 1:01:30 Air to air F-5………to…..Hornet 1:08:25 A single pilot with much more to do….HOTAS 1:12:58 The talent pool/competition 1:20:18 Air Canada vs 9/11 1:23:45 Beating a Hornet with an Alpha Jet 1:27:35 DACT vs others (14/15/16) 1:30:55 Flying an aircraft (like the Hornet) with carefree handling characteristics 1:34:00 G… 1:36:30 Institutional shift/challenges therein/carrier landings 50 second plug for Red Eagles Support the show

Duration:01:45:37

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F-15 Eagle Driver, "Disco" Dildy (Part 5)

11/12/2023
Buy a tee! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/magnum-classic-tee Support me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh 0:00 Intro, an insincere apology and a sincere thank you 7:50 On today’s menu 8:10 2vs2 acquisition to prosecution including sorting and sanitising 21:04 Maintaining position while manoeuvring 26:45 Overmatch considerations and some trig homework 32:20 Peer adversary 41:30 The short strokes (inside 10 miles) 47:38 Beaming the APG-63? 55:20 Into the merge, switching and responsibilities 1:06:43 Camo variations 1:13:25 RCS/LO considerations “dance with who you brung” 1:17:55 4 vs 4 - the wall 1:43:42 Etiquette of switching (Sly cuts off Kluso) 1:46:45 Does training ever reflect or simulate the “fog of war” or the unforeseen “things that just happen”? 1:48:55 Tactics, their complexity or otherwise. Striking a balance. 1:56:35 Sensor fusion and night ops 2:03:18 Fallout from the ‘94 Blackhawk Shootdown 2:15:40 Episode 6 is coming & a parting shot. 50 second plug for Red Eagles Support the show

Duration:02:17:02

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F-15 Eagle Driver, "Disco" Dildy (Part 4)

10/30/2023
Buy a tee! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/magnum-classic-tee Support me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh 0:00 intro 1:16 Bodo - why F-15s were there 6:20 intercepting Bear/Badger/Coot without a radar lock and why 12:05 interesting intercepts 15:55 Naval Badgers a different challenge 16:44 “KGB Coot” 18:00 Velocity Search vs TWS? 20:10 SIGINT 25:25 levels of “co-operation” of the intercepted 31:25 no IRST, no loss? 38:00 continued but a hostile witness! 45:35 HOBS and associated tactics 54:40 MATRA story 1:01:10 “Eagle Eye” 1:10:15 defensive shortcomings 1:15:20 Light Grey Aloofness/Ego-jet/Stratification of the community 1:35:05 AMRAAM the great equaliser 1:38:30 to share the secrets of employment or not? 1:45:15 Jekyll & Hyde? 1:48:10 loose ends and YT comments questions including VMAX, can you trust the books? 2:04:00 callsign story 50 second plug for Red Eagles Support the show

Duration:02:23:19

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F-15 Eagle Driver, "Disco" Dildy (Part 2 & 3)

10/7/2023
Buy a tee! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/magnum-classic-tee Support me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh 0:00 Intro 2:55 Disco’s career chronology 7:20 Eagle vs friendly contemporaries 26:35 Making fighter pilots smarter 27:00 Flanker factor 29:10 Intel deployed for political leverage instead of frontline efficacy 33:15 Exiting a fight on your own terms and 3D chess 40:45 1 vs 2 43:20 Max performing 56:30 “Feeling” the L/D curve 58:35 Eagle cheat codes? CAS and roll coupling 1:03:30 Being where you don’t want to be 1:08:30 The 2 v 1 and the importance of comms before Datalink 1:13:50 Can you disengage from an Eagle 2 ship? 1:16:50 Mitigation for the Eagle’s size/visual detectability 1:20:35 Balancing your defence with remaining offensive 1:25:30 DTT - welcome to Steve’s rabbit hole 1:31:00 Weapon School Grads and politicising the patch 1:38:00 A short 1v2 story and a classic fighter pilot deception 1:44:20 2v2 1:56:05 Enemy tactics that posed a threat, what to train to? 2:03:00 Iraqi AF competency and tactics beyond Desert Storm 2:06:40 High fast fliers 50 second plug for Red Eagles Support the show

Duration:03:05:30

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F-15 Eagle Driver, "Disco" Dildy (Part 1)

9/22/2023
Buy a tee! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/magnum-classic-tee Support me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:40 Getting into flying and the military 00:07:00 Early non-conformism and academy adventures 00:13:30 FAIP 00:19:25 Dangers of complacency 00:21:35 Setting sights on flying the Eagle 00:27:40 Early influence/fighter culture? 00:30:50 State of Air Force at the inception of the Eagle 00:38:10 The fighter mafia and replacing the Phantom with the Viper NOT the Eagle 00:47:20 Inauspicious specs of initial Viper! 00:48:35 “Free” bomb dropping capability built into the Eagle 00:51:05 Getting started with the F-15 at Bitburg 00:56:25 As to Cs and developments in weapons and avionics 01:07:10 Back to Bitburg and the threat/myth of the Flogger 01:14:55 Tactics in the face of comms jamming (pre-datalink) 01:20:42 Sparrow to AMRAAM 01:28:00 Importance of SA 01:35:15 Expectation vs reality (briefing vs doing) 01:41:10 “Tumbleweed” 01:44:40 Personal development (and golf) 01:59:30 Preview of future episodes 50 second plug for Red Eagles Support the show

Duration:02:01:40

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Michigan MiG-23 Flogger Crash: Experts Discuss

9/14/2023
Scott Perdue's full interview with Mark Ruff: https://youtu.be/Ftcn3NwAZCI?si=ZG7sLvJx2OevHRui Buy a tee! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/magnum-classic-tee Support me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh 50 second plug for Red Eagles Support the show

Duration:01:01:13

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Flying the Tornado IDS: Nick Forster, Part 3

9/6/2023
Buy a tee! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/magnum-classic-tee Support me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:00:25 - Recap of previous episodes 00:01:25 – Fast Jet Tac Weapons course outline 00:02:33 – Bringing lessons learned at Tac Weapons to 9 Squadron at RAF Marham 00:08:18 – Transitioning from the Hawk to the Tornado GR4 00:09:49 – Flying qualities of the GR4 00:13:47 – The idiosyncrasies of the GR4 / Ridge Crossings 00:16:15 – Acceleration qualities of the GR4 00:18:31 – Examples of Hawk and GR4 handrails 00:20:42 – GR4, SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses) and the ALARM 00:23:09 – What the ALARM designed for 00:23:58 – The ALARM, the Tornado and potential use in the European Theatre 00:26:54 – Planning an ALARM mission 00:29:00 – Brief overview of ALARM modes (Direct, Loiter and Dual) 00:29:46 – ALARM Loiter mode description 00:33:18 – Self-suppressing with ALARM 00:34:14 – SEAD mission planning and execution with two people in the cockpit 00:36:33 – ALARM Dual mode description 00:38:00 – ALARM Loiter mode - concerns about exploitation of landed missiles 00:38:19 – Using ALARM and rules of engagement concerns 00:40:28 – ALARM loadouts on the Tornado 00:41:20 – Deconflicting targets with ALARM in Loiter mode 00:43:50 – Question about how the ALARM “sees” the radar emitter 00:44:18 – Weight-class of the ALARM 00:45:02 – Did the RAF learn from the USAF/USN about the SEAD mission? 00:49:16 – Potential Cold War ALARM missions 00:51:24 – Did ALARM have the same modes as HARM (HAS, TOO, etc)? 00:53:19 – Tolerances of threat reaction modes of the ALARM 00:54:35 – Introduction to the Brimstone missile 00:55:47 – Difficulty of identifying target from the air at low-level 00:59:13 – How did the crew of the Tornado use Brimstone in flight? 01:00:48 – Brimstone targeting capabilities 01:04:53 – ROVER integration, working with JTACs 01:11:28 – Post 2003 shift to insurgent enemy, prospects following ejection? 01:16:36 – GR4 cockpit, redistributing the workload 01:20:52 – Pride in the Tornado? Envy of other jets? 01:24:59 – Force culture, upgrade quals, mentorship 01:34:57 – Ejection! Thrust reversers and nose gear. 50 second plug for Red Eagles Support the show

Duration:02:15:13

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Flying the Tornado IDS: Nick Forster, Part 2

8/11/2023
Buy a tee! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/magnum-classic-tee Support me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:01:30 lessons learned from Op. Granby? 00:05:00 Personal attitude towards going on operations in the Tornado 00:09:00 Incirlik detachment flying recon 00:15:20 any interest from Iraqi IADS? 00:17:26 the political picture and “down days” 00:23:00 did going to combat provide validation? 00:27:00 the human costs of going to war 00:33:20 returning from detachment and training continues 00:37:15 confidence in the ECM suite of the Tornado 00:40:30 utility of the training range? 00:44:40 Skyshadow pod 00:47:50 Maritime role & Sea Eagle 01:01:20 Sea Eagle vs the threat 01:06:20 Nukes still a thing? 01:07:50 “force culture”/CRM/workload 01:14:30 did relying on the Navigator lead to pilot skill atrophy? 01:20:00 when the shit hits the fan… 01:26:00 GR4 improvements, LRMTS & NAVFLIR 01:35:40 could Tornado work in Ukraine scenario? 01:44:40 TFR - using it, deciphering it, NVGs in the mix 01:57:00 trust in the system? 50 second plug for Red Eagles Support the show

Duration:02:01:29

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John "JP" Peters - Tornado Down, Part 2

8/7/2023
Buy a tee! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/magnum-classic-tee Support me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:42 Trepidation, departing for the airfield strike 00:05:00 Pushing to target low level, AAA 00:08:18 Loft profile, what went wrong? 00:13:11 Heading home, missile impact, battle damage 00:16:29 Ejection, injuries 00:19:32 Escape and evasion, capture. There's always hope 00:21:30 The nasty people in Baghdad, bombed 00:23:15 Expectations of capture and interrogation, preparation 00:26:55 Military training, dealing with the situation at hand 00:29:40 Is giving in inevitable? Need to know basis 00:34:02 Getting used to the beatings, interrogation methods 00:39:40 I will not be a damaged human being 00:43:20 Fear of death - before and after captivity 00:48:25 Returning home 00:52:30 PTSD & changes post-war 01:04:10 Returning to the RAF 01:10:12 Sense Of missing out post-shootdown? 01:16:08 Growing up & aircrew retention 01:20:20 Wrap-up 50 second plug for Red Eagles Support the show

Duration:01:20:59

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Flying the Tornado IDS: Nick Forster, Part 1

7/27/2023
Buy a tee! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/magnum-classic-tee Support me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:01:57 - Nick's background 00:03:00 - Joining the RAF 00:03:49 - Basic flight training and holding 00:04:35 - 100 Squadron as an Ops Officer 00:05:17 - TAC Weapons course at RAF Valley 00:12:30 - Weather and impact on Flight Training 00:16:55 - Methods of instruction while a student at RAF Valley 00:22:02 - Instructing at RAF Valley 00:27:21 - Hopes and dreams for next assignment after training 00:30:25 - Type of person for a single seat vs crewed assignment 00:34:33 - How does the physical realities of flying impact a student? 00:37:14 - Did the early assignment to GR1 change the approach to Tac Weapons course? 00:39:21 - How many fast jet hours by the time of course completion? 00:40:53 - How do you stay focused with the breaks between training? 00:43:30 - Learning about and flying the aircraft at 13 SQN 00:45:08 - Did flying in the Tornado at 13 SQN help when on course later in career? 00:47:40 - The academics at Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment (TTTE) 00:51:31 - Learn and dump 00:55:08 - A TTTE student washed out - what happened? 00:56:34 - Did TTTE instructors only instruct their own nationals? 00:57:56 - Were there differences in instruction techniques between different nationalities of instructors? 01:00:46 - Difference between TTTE and TWCU 01:05:15 - Loss of Tornados at TRCU and the importance of correct attack profiles 01:07:47 - Communications between front and back seats in the Tornado 01:10:30 - TTTE and TRCU - pairing up with students during the course 01:11:50 - Details on loft bombing attacks in to Tornado 01:13:17 - Steve's Sim Session in the Tornado IDS 01:13:56 - Particularities of flying the Tornado (Wing sweep, flying AOA, different stores=different limits) 01:19:00 - Flying with the SPILS turned off (Spin and Incidence Limiting System) 01:22:13 - Response to getting bounced when flying in the Tornado IDS 01:30:40 - Tornado GR1 EW Suite discussion 50 second plug for Red Eagles Support the show

Duration:01:31:28

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John "JP" Peters: Tornado Shoot Down, Part 1

7/18/2023
Buy a tee! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/magnum-classic-tee Support me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh 00:00:00 Introduction 00:04:00 fast jet first impressions 00:07:25 life after fast jets, choosing your own path 00:14:30 Buccaneers to instructor tour to Gulf in Tornados 00:18:43 reconciling the love for the job and the requirements of fighting a war 00:28:30 TACEVAL and (no) life after the 1st strike 00:32:05 the call to war….where’s Kuwait??? 00:34:10 preparing for war 00:38:05 Squadron leadership - swapping corporate knowledge for cannon fodder 00:44:30 the low level mission in detail 00:53:20 the simplistic view 00:56:20 the target 00:59:50 ready or not? 50 second plug for Red Eagles Support the show

Duration:01:03:33

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Flying the F-4G, Part 2: Starbaby Pietrucha

6/17/2023
Support me here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/902257/support Or buy me a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:38 D.A.C.T. aka Dissimilar Attitudes (in) Culinary Tastes 00:06:15 APR-47 roundup and DOS program demonstration 00:26:26 Workflow of APR-47? 00:29:53 Threat prioritisation and system confidence 00:33:00 displayed emitters and warnings? 00:34:40 HARM, yeah but also Shrikes, MAVERICK and dumb bombs 00:39:07 Maverick tape debrief 00:59:50 AGM-65 limitations in high threat environment 01:02:05 DEAD vs SEAD in F-4G terms 01:04:50 Shilka envelope and engagement considerations 01:07:00 is low level still valid tactic? 01:09:32 Nellis 01:15:40 Weasel Hostage Crisis sign 01:17:50 WA vs WA 01:18:40 Airshows…… 01:27:40 interlude from airshows 1st deployment to Turkey and trees burned by the RAF 01:41:09 2nd deployment to Turkey 01:48:00 a match made in Lake Mead and back to Airshows 01:57:10 after Airshows……it wasn’t me 02:00:40 one more airshow tale including lightsabers 02:07:00 the legacy of WW and its providence in the modern (F-35) world. 02:11:55 Aggressors? 50 second plug for Red Eagles Support the show

Duration:02:16:14