Nov 22, 2022
Welcome to episode forty-eight of the Lessons from the Cockpit Show!
Reading about how the Iraqi Freedom North War was planned and executed in March and April of 2003, I realized there are a lot of mistakes in the narrative out there. As Chief of the Air Refueling Control Team for the 2003 Iraqi Freedom Shock and Awe...
Nov 11, 2022
Welcome to the forty-seventh episode of the Lesson from the Cockpit podcast!
This episode continues our conversation with former US Navy Commander Steve Bates and the history of the SH-3 Sea King helicopter. The Navy used the SH-3 for four decades and the Air Force made famous the HH-3 or Jolly Green Giant version,...
Nov 3, 2022
Welcome to the forty-sixth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast!
The Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King was the US Navy's primary rotary-wing aircraft for decades. Steve discusses training and flying the Sea King used for Fleet Logistics bringing beans, bombs, and mail to the fleet and sailors while underway at sea....