Jun 21, 2022
Welcome to another episode of the Lessons from the
Cockpit show!
An
opening line in the new TOPGUN Maverick movie is so appropriate for
this episode. Our lessons learned discussion is with MiG Killer US
Air Force retired Colonel Cesar "Rico" Rodriguez, an A-10 Hawg and
F-15 Eagle pilot who DOES have
three MiG kills in forty years. Rico tells the story of his two
kills during Desert Storm in 1991 and the opening night of Allied
Force over Kosovo in 1999. He also shares lessons learned from
working sixteen years in the defense industry with one of the
largest defense companies in the world.
This
episode is sponsored by Wall
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58th Tac Fighter Squadron
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This
is a link to the AIM-7 Sparrow missile picture Rico and I discuss
in the episode... the missile is about to impact the cockpit of an
Iraqi MiG-29 Fulcrum shot by Rico's wingman Capt Craig "Mole"
Underhill.
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Thanks for listening and look forward to another
episode next week.