Operation Midnight Hammer with Matt Van Hook

After a brief summer break, I am back and Matt Van Hook is back on the podcast to discuss Operation Midnight Hammer, the US-lead air raid to strike Iranian nuclear facilities that occurred earlier this summer.Dr. Van Hook is a retired Air Force pilot and, pertinent to this conversation, served as a air tanker pilot. The KC-135 was a pivotal, but unsung hero in Operation Midnight Hammer as it was these flying gas stations that provided American B-2 Stealth Bombers the ability to fly from the middle of the United States to Iran to carry out their mission.As Matt and I discuss, this mission has deep, deep roots in American-Iran relations, which played a role in producing America’s fairly recent doctrine of joint force warfighting. This doctrine proved critical in developing the equipment, planning, and training that went into making Operation Midnight Hammer the success that it was.Subscribe to Tim Talks Politics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for the full show notes (30% for podcast listeners)!