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    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

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    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

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    0:00 Intro
    1:00 On today's menu
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    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
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    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

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    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

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    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

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    0:00 Welcome back, leaving Coningsby and the F3
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    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

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    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

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    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
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    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

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    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.

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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.

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    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?

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    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

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    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

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    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?

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    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?

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    00:00:00 Intro
    00:01:50 Starbaby’s background story
    00:08:30 why didn’t you want the front seat and Pilot vs WSOs
    00:15:00 Specialised undergraduate Nav training & fighter training
    00:20:20 student pilot “tries to kill” Starbaby
    00:22:30 EWO school
    00:26:00 Starbaby vs Nazgûl!!!
    00:29:00 Spang, German food rules and whizz wheels
    00:34:00 the war hero split
    00:37:30 loosing focus đŸ€Ș
    00:38:30 tactics development
    00:40:50 Steve vs camera
    00:41:30 Zaragoza - a terrible pilot, dive toss, a Ramen noodle fire and green beans
    00:56:40 the difficulty of not being an alcoholic - changes in fighter culture?
    00:1:01:10 first combat deployment in Saudi
    00:1:18:05 Steve’s daughter attempts infiltration (yes you can hear her!)
    01:18:30 SAM tactics analysis post Gulf War
    01:23:00 Air Force chooses Stealth over EW and the ongoing repercussions
    01:33:00 Radar tape debrief
    01:48:15 HARM vs aerial targets again
    01:54:25 trench coat & heels

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