Apr 29, 2022
Welcome to this episode of Lessons from the Cockpit!
Air refueling does not happen without the KC-135 or KC-10 Boom Operator being in the Boom Pod of the tanker. These Enlisted heroes are what make air refueling possible. On today's show, our Chief Boom Operator from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron at Kadena Air Base...
Apr 22, 2022
Welcome to this episode of Lessons from the Cockpit!
There is one thing all US service members promise to their comrades in arms... we leave no one behind! In early March of 2002 coalition forces began military operations in the Shahi-Khot Valley of Afghanistan, known now as Operation Anaconda. The start of...
Apr 15, 2022
Welcome to episode 21 of the Lessons from the Cockpit Show!
My good friend Dave Mason and I walked and talked moving around the displayed aircraft at Hill Aerospace Museum in Ogden Utah earlier this month. Dave relates how fliers learn in extreme situations to quickly compartmentalize problems and put fears in their...
Apr 7, 2022
Welcome to episode twenty of the Lesson from the Cockpit show!
You are NEVER alone during flight. Every fighter or bomber aircrew will tell you warheads on foreheads is always a team effort. Ground weapons crews load Maverick missiles a Flight Lead directs after their wingman fires at a target called out by a...
Apr 1, 2022
Welcome to episode nineteen of the Lessons from the Cockpit Show!
Flying in the F-15 is an ultimate thrill. I know because I've done it three times. But deployed duties where airmen, soldiers, sailors, and Marines solve the most complex puzzles having theater-wide effects are often the most rewarding.
Lt Col Joe...