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A-6 Intruder in Vietnam. Stan Bryant, 10PCT EP68 Part 1
RADM (Ret.) Stan Bryant describes flying the A-6A/B/C Intruder in Vietnam as a Bombardier Navigator (B/N). Part 1 of 2.
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0:00 Episode Teaser
1:50 welcome Stan (intro & background)
7:00 drawn to naval aviation? With father’s blessing?
9:00 NFO flight training pipeline
13:18 platform of choice and latest gouge
17:00 introduction to the A-6 in training
20:04 The A-6
26:30 DIANE/RHAW/TF? tech details
32:30 more radar details
39:12 Why haven’t you preordered BAOTD PT1 yet?!
38:55 Vietnam tour - preparation/work up
43:20 psyop detour
45:08 tactics from the strikers perspective
47:40 Alpha Strikes and A-6 utilisation therein
54:45 Mig threat
57:10 “getting out of Dodge”
59:40 Shrike shooters?
1:01:50 air defence Intel
1:05:35 other strike missions
1:07:45 Working with FAC/ground controllers and targeting
1:12:00 fear factor in the Southern missions
1:19:50 political interference in targeting
1:22:00 questioning the tactics based on experience in n theatre?
1:25:38 22 Rockeye? Yes, on SAM sites
1:27:55 SAMs at night
1:29:15 SAM evasion tactics (teaser story)
1:31:25 how many SAMs shots faced?
1:34:05 the ins and outs of flying the night mission (not hitting the ground)
1:39:30 heads down or looking out?
1:43:30 pilots representation of targeting and weapon release
1:46:45 A-6 seating arrangement and crew concept
1:53:10 previewing part 2
1:54:20 standout missions/Reminiscences
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Drones in Air Warfare. Starbaby Pietrucha, EP67.
Starbaby Pietrucha returns for a one-off discussion about the rise of the drone on modern warfare.
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HAVE IDEA MiGs, Iranian Revolution & Desert Storm Deception: Bat Press, EP65 P2
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OV-10 Vietnam, The Aggressors and the HAVE IDEA MiGs: Bat Press, EP65 P1
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0:00 Teaser
2:45 admin
3:35 dedication
4:55 “Bat” introduces himself
6:50 ROTC the beginning
10:11 From UPT to 1st assignment - USAFE Phantoms on nuke alert
16:15 to Vietnam flying the OV-10
25:30 FACing and living with the Army
30:30 learning to call in air strikes
33:55 how was the mission
41:05 FAC admin, the enemy and apocalypse now…
50:50 2 DFCs
54:25 A word from our sponsor
55:10 450 missions in a year - how do you process/deal with it?
58:05 PTSD?/collateral damage/“it’s just war”?
1:03:55 any special forces in the trunk?
1:06:50 Fear?
1:08:40 getting “short”….
1:14:30 UPT - how to be top of the class
1:19:10 having to be convinced to fly fighters
1:21:25 the attachment to the army brothers in arms
1:24:15 coming back to the F-4 (McDill 1970) to teach at the RTU and the genesis of Aggressors
1:37:35 moving to Nellis
1:40:05 a phone call, a secret mission and a trip to “the Box”
1:44:40 how the US got the “Israeli Migs”
1:47:15 Yom Kippur war, the need for Phantoms, Operation Nickel Grass
1:52:45 HAVE Idea
1:56:10 “more like Forrest Gump than the Type-A fighter pilot”
1:59:30 how’s it feel to be at Area51?
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F-15E Panel Livestream - 10 Percent True EP64
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