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Discussion on Discord: discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh
0:00 intro and announcements
2:41 Standing up the Aggressors (the inside view)
14:05 Red Hat/Aggressor, Test/TAC tension?
17:05 test plans and the evolution of tactics
20:40 figuring for missiles or guns, the genesis of AMRAAM
26:05 what makes an Ace an Ace, analysis/understanding/dissemination of SA
36:55 laser gun and counter tactics
39:45 access/knowledge of Mig tactics?
43:00 HAVE IDEA GCI?
43:40 1st impressions of the Migs?
46:04 slow speed knife fight nightmare
49:22 Spinning, recovering and dead sticking the Flogger
55:41 a word from our sponsor (and host)
56:42 Iran then IDEA vs Constant Peg (attitude atmosphere changes?)
1:01:33 But 1st, the Iran story!
1:12:40 NO FEAR and looking out for the Iranian contacts
1:16:24 Cairo connection
1:18:24 coming back and addressing the original question! What changes in the business of Mig flying?!
1:23:00 Bandit numbers
1:25:05 Aggressor Command, War College and back to Europe and Combat Tree
1:33:00 ATF requirements
1:34:15 requirements met?
1:35:05 teaching mission command in Zaragoza
1:36:55 Col at the Pentagon
1:38:05 Viper and 1000s of dogfights
1:40:40 Retirement to Northrop Grumman just before the Gulf War……
Trolling Iraqi EW sites
1:52:00 drone plan approved
1:55:55 thoughts on wanting to be back in as shooting started and reflecting on efforts to that point
1:58:55 callsign story
2:01:35 closing
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Discussion on Discord: discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh
0:00 intro and announcements
2:41 Standing up the Aggressors (the inside view)
14:05 Red Hat/Aggressor, Test/TAC tension?
17:05 test plans and the evolution of tactics
20:40 figuring for missiles or guns, the genesis of AMRAAM
26:05 what makes an Ace an Ace, analysis/understanding/dissemination of SA
36:55 laser gun and counter tactics
39:45 access/knowledge of Mig tactics?
43:00 HAVE IDEA GCI?
43:40 1st impressions of the Migs?
46:04 slow speed knife fight nightmare
49:22 Spinning, recovering and dead sticking the Flogger
55:41 a word from our sponsor (and host)
56:42 Iran then IDEA vs Constant Peg (attitude atmosphere changes?)
1:01:33 But 1st, the Iran story!
1:12:40 NO FEAR and looking out for the Iranian contacts
1:16:24 Cairo connection
1:18:24 coming back and addressing the original question! What changes in the business of Mig flying?!
1:23:00 Bandit numbers
1:25:05 Aggressor Command, War College and back to Europe and Combat Tree
1:33:00 ATF requirements
1:34:15 requirements met?
1:35:05 teaching mission command in Zaragoza
1:36:55 Col at the Pentagon
1:38:05 Viper and 1000s of dogfights
1:40:40 Retirement to Northrop Grumman just before the Gulf War……
Trolling Iraqi EW sites
1:52:00 drone plan approved
1:55:55 thoughts on wanting to be back in as shooting started and reflecting on efforts to that point
1:58:55 callsign story
2:01:35 closing









![The Wild West Air War: Strike Eagle Crews Over Libya
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10PCT Episode #90 [CLIP]
This is an interview recorded as part of my research for Twenty Years at War - the second part of my series of coffee table books on the F-15E Strike Eagle: https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/tyaw-pre-order
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