All Episodes

FPP218 - The Humans Behind Autonomous Air Combat

FPP217 - Shot Down, Not Out: Col. Richard "Dog" Brenneman on Service and Survival

FPP216 - 300 Vietnam Missions in the F-4: Combat and the Making of a Leader

FPP215 - U-2s on Aircraft Carriers: A Cold War Gamble

FPP214 - Fighting Falcons: VMF-221 and the Soul of Marine Aviation

FPP213 - Top Gun, Tomcats, and AI Wingmen: "Yank" Cummings on Tomorrow’s War

FPP212 - Four Stars, One Secretary, Zero Ego - Gen. Goldfein & Sec. Wilson on Servant Leadership

FPP211 - The Last Harrier: Inside the Final AV-8B Squadron

Artemis II: Back to the Moon! (Rebroadcast)

What Happens After Talent Runs Out: Unlocking the Last 20%

FPP210 - 600knots Through Chicago: From F-22 Raptor to Reinvention

FPP209 - When (and Where) 5th Gen Simulation Meets Reality

FPP208 - The Making of an Astronaut: From Fighter Test to the Edge of Space

FPP207 - Flying with the Algorithm: AI, Trust, and the F-35

FPP206 - Delivering the Future: Aviation Acquisition

The Fighter Pilot Podcast

End of Year Recap - 2025

NORAD Santa Tracker (Rebroadcast)

Scaled Composites: Flying the Impossible

Warbirds, the Whale, and a Life Well Lived

Honoring a Giant: The Life and Legacy of LtGen Richard Carey

FPP205 - "Whiskey" at War | Combat Realities in the CH-53E

Veterans Day Guest Mashup (Rebroadcast)

Snakes in the Sand: Marine Cobra Pilot Recalls Desert Storm

FPP204 - The Adventures of a Vietnam War Crusader Pilot

The Air Boss, 2025

Feel the Need...

Submarines for Dummies... er, Aviators

From Vietnam to F/A-18s with "Bear"

The CH-47 Chinook with "Jellers"

"Fangs" Talks Flight Test

FPP203 - The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds

Bottling the Fighter Pilot Spirit with Winglore (Sponsored)

After the Merge

The Merge-6: The Family of the Lost

The Merge-5: From other Perspectives

The Merge-4: Flight Lead and Wingman

The Merge-3: Impact

The Merge-2: Going to NAS Fallon

The Merge-1: Naval Aviation in the early 2000s

The Future of Air Warfare: Offensive Electronic Attack (Sponsored)

Boom Supersonic: Flight Testing the XB-1

The Future of Air Warfare: Modeling & Simulation (Sponsored)

Manchester to Shackleton: the Lancaster Bomber Family Tree

OFW-12: AI and ML in Conflict Escalation & De-escalation

The SBD Dauntless, Now and Then

FPP202 - Behind the Yellow Visor: Jell-O Explains New Book

Flight Testing Autonomous Aerial Systems

"Benj" the Boeing Bird of Prey Test Pilot

Extreme Environments: Arctic Military Operations

OFW-11: AI and ML in Future War

FPP201 - Flying the F-35B Lightning II Demo

The Future of Air Warfare: Radars (Sponsored)

"Judge" the Royal... well, Everything

The Future of Air Warfare: Weapons (Sponsored)

OFW-10: Technology Vulnerabilities

FPP200 - Kamikazes: the Terrifying Divine Wind of World War ll

Flight Testing the T-7A Red Hawk

OFW-9: Long-Range Contested Logistics

Over-the-Shoulder Sidewinders & Kick-in-the-Back Acceleration

Here Comes Santa Claus! (Rebroadcast)

Lightning always Strikes before Tornados

FPP199 - How to Land an F-35B on the Boat

OFW-8: Supply Chain and Weapons Attrition

FPP198 - Optimizing the Human Weapon System

"Lombers" talks CRM, from the Hornet to the Airlines

Flight Testing the V-22 Osprey

FPP197 - The F-22 Raptor Demo Team

OFW-7: Surface Combatants

Talking Swing Wing Fighters with "Moz"

World Flight Centennial, 3 of 3 - Finish Line

World Flight Centennial, 2 of 3 - Westbound and Down

World Flight Centennial, 1 of 3 - Build Up

FPP196 - Talking Marine Aviation

Stratolaunch Update: Talon-A

The Empire Test Pilot who Flew the X-32, and More

OFW-6: Fragile Precision, GPS Vulnerabilities in Modern Warfare

FPP195 - Comms & Bombs, Vietnam F-4 Phantom Pilot Tell-All

The Israeli Air Force

The New "Sheriff" in Town

Larry the 5,000-hour Intruder Guy

OFW-5: Redefining the Battlefield, Remotely

FPP194 - "Heater," the Quintessential Navy Fighter Pilot

All about Remotely Piloted Aircraft

FPP193 - Combat Search & Rescue in the Navy

"Nasty" Leadership Habits

FPP192 - Horrors of the Vietnam Air War 50+ Years Later

OFW-4: 5th Generation Fighters

FPP191 - Leading (and Filming!) the Blue Angels

Buccaneers and Tornados and Sea Harriers, Oh My!

FPP190 - What it's like to Lead the Blue Angels

OFW-3: Mobility in the Littorals

FPP189 - From Tomcats to the Moon

The Royal Canadian Air Force Celebrates 100 Years

FPP188 - All about NFOs

Leadership from the Cockpit to the Campaign Trail

FPP187 - Aviation Photojournalism in the 2020s

OFW-2: Unsinkable Aircraft Carriers

FPP186 - The Perfect Wingman

D-Day and the C-47 Skytrain, 80 Years Later

FPP185 - Flying the President

OFW-1: Defending Against Power Projection

FPP184 - Fighter Pilot Best Practices

Hobo to Hero: A World War II Bomber Pilot's Saga

FPP183 - F-111s in Desert Storm

Fighter Pilot Math

FPP182 - Designing the A-10 Warthog

What Makes a 'Good' Fighter Pilot

FPP181 - Keeping Promises: Finding our MIA with Project Recover

The Attack on Pearl Harbor (Rebroadcast)

Yes, the Navy Flies F-16s

FPP180 - Why We Need TOPGUN Adversaries with "Farley"

Fighter Pilot Stereotypes

How to Succeed in Flight School

Veterans Day Tribute (Rebroadcast)

FPP179 - "Yogi" the former Marine, Sailor, Soldier, & Airman

Flying F/A-18 Hornet Post-maintenance Check Flights at FRCSW

FPP178 - All about Landing Signal Officers with "Jamboy"

Leadership and the USS Gerald R Ford with "Yank"

Building and Flying the Stratolaunch 'Roc'

FPP177 - The End of VMFAT-101 (for now)

FPP176 - RF-4 Photo Phantoms with "Racehorse"

FPP175 - MiG Killer Reconciles with Former Enemy

FPP174 - Green Phantoms, Pink Jags, and the Shah of Iran with "Ed"

FPP173 - Fighter Pilot Legacy with "Guido"

Fly Girls Revolt: The Women Who Kicked Open the Door to Fly in Combat

FPP172 - Rogers E. Smith: The Test Pilot Who Flew Everything

FPP171 - The Flying Leathernecks Return to Irvine

FPP170 - Italian Tornados in the Storm with "Puffo"

FPP169 - Helo's to Hornets to Headlines with "Chopper"

FPP168 - 50 Years of Fighter Piloting with "Frawls"

FPP167 - From F-16s to F-35s to YouTube with "Hasard"

FPP166 - Big Plans for the San Diego Air & Space Museum with "Slug"

FPP165 - How Military Forces Help and Heal with "SugarBear"

Flight Testing: First Flight and Envelope Expansion

FPP164 - A Lesser Man Would Have Died! Sea Stories with "Lefty"

Hypersonics

FPP163 - "Trots" Talks Tomcats and TOPGUN

Aircraft Structures: Non-Destructive Testing

FPP162 - U.S. F-16 Pilot Explains Infamous 'Dodging Iraqi SAMs' Video

FPP161 - High Risk Resupply Missions in Vietnam with Bob

The Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter

FPP160 - 'Black Hawk Down' Pilots Explain Army Spec-Ops Aviation

More Ways to Enjoy Military Aviation Content - Introducing Authentic Media

FPP159 - Flying & Fighting the MiG-29 Fulcrum with "Spanky"

FPP158 - Electric, Optionally-Manned Warplanes with "WCMD" and "Stewie"

Future Warfare: Autonomy and Automation in Air Combat

FPP157 - CMV-22B Ospreys Join the Fleet with "Flesh"

FPP156 - Blue Angels Phantoms to Skyhawks with "Turkey"

FPP155 - Fighter Pilot Ethos with "Bones"

End of Year Recap - 2022

FPP154 - Precision Carrier Landings

The F4U Corsair and 'Devotion'

Electronic Warfare Testing at the Benefield Anechoic Chamber

Celebrating 75 Years of the U.S. Air Force

FPP153 - Space Flight

FPP152 - Aerial Firefighting

FPP151 - Racing Jets

FPP150 - Maritime Patrol

FPP149 - The Future of Air Warfare

FPP148 - Saving Lives: Collision Avoidance Systems

FPP147 - Flight Control Systems

Mr. Mixon Goes to Washington

FPP146 - Speed & Angels: The Naval Aviation Documentary, not Movie

FPP145 - The Making of 'Top Gun: Maverick'

FPP144 - Filming 'Top Gun: Maverick'

Former TOPGUN Instructors React to 'Top Gun: Maverick'

FPP143 - Filming 'Top Gun'

'TOPGUN vs Top Gun' Revisited

FPP142 - TOPGUN the Legacy (part 2)

FPP141 - TOPGUN the Legacy (part 1)

FPP140 - The Falkland Islands Air War

FPP139 - Artificial Intelligence in Military Aviation

FPP138 - OV-10 Bronco

FPP137 - Day Carrier Landings (part 3)

FPP136 - Centennial of U.S. Carriers

FPP135 - Carrier Air Traffic Control

Saab Gripen E Update

FPP134 - U.S. Air Force Flight Test Engineers

STOVL vs Cats / Traps with "Tremors"

FPP133 - SEPECAT Jaguar

FPP132 - English Electric Lightning

FPP 131 - Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

FPP130 - Flight Surgeons

'Happy Hour' Barricade Story with "Oyster"

End of Year Recap - 2021

FPP129 - B-24 Liberator

FPP128 - Bomber Flight Test

FPP127 - FB-111A

FPP126 - Mitsubishi A6M "Zero"

FPP125 - Blackburn Buccaneer

FPP124 - 21st Century Light Attack

FPP123 - Hawker Hurricane

FPP122 - CH-53 Super Stallion

FPP121 - What's Up With The F-35?

FPP120 - The Commemorative Air Force

Airborne on 9/11: Defending Cheyenne Mountain

FPP119 - AH-1 Cobra

FPP118 - A-3 Skywarrior

FPP117 - C-17 Globemaster III

Tiger Cruises (Rocky Aiello Tribute)

Listener Questions with "Jell-O"

FPP116 - P-51 Mustang

Special Announcement about Host "Jell-O"

FPP115 - NASA Flight Test

Harrier 809: Britain's Legendary Jump Jet with Rowland White

FPP114 - The Battle of Midway

FPP113 - Wild Weasels

FPP112 - Civil Air Patrol

FPP111 - F-111

Memories of a Moonbird Podcast (Rebroadcast)

FPP110 - Avro Lancaster

FPP109 - DARPA

From Phantoms to Warthogs with "Smokey"

Listener Questions with "Boat"

FPP108 - P-38 Lightning

FPP107 - The Law of Armed Conflict

TOPGUN: 50 Years of Excellence with Brad Elward

Next Level Aviation Photography with Rich Cooper

FPP106 - F-106 Delta Dart

FPP105 - F-105 Thunderchief

FPP104 - F-104 Starfighter

FPP103 - F-100 Super Sabre

FPP102 - F-102 Delta Dagger

FPP101 - F-101 Voodoo

'Happy Hour' Replay with Bruce Gordon

FPP100 - 100th Episode Celebration!

The REAL "Only Man to Down 3 Enemy Planes in the last 40 Years"

FPP099 - E-2 Hawkeye

FPP098 - B-25 Mitchell

Blue Angels Super Hornet Transition Update

FPP097 - Avro Vulcan

FPP096 - B-29 Superfortress

FPP095 - Surface-to-Air Threats: SAMs

Hogs in the Sand with "Buck"

FPP094 - Surface-to-Air Threats: AAA

Tomcat RIO with "Bio"

FPP093 - U-2 Dragon Lady

FPP092 - A-1 Skyraider

FPP091 - Hurricane Hunters

The Flying Tigers with Sam Kleiner

Airborne in an F-15 on 9/11 with "Opus"

Listener Questions with "Boat"

TOPGUN's Top 10 with "Bus"

FPP090 - AH-64 Apache

FPP089 - OH-58 Kiowa

FPP088 - Army Flight School

FPP087 - Army Aviation Overview

Fighting Imperial Japan with former RAF Fighter Pilot Jeffrey Brain

FPP086 - F-86 Sabre

Talking Warbirds with Paul Wood

FPP085 - Big Wing Tankers

FPP084 - Mirage 2000

FPP083 - Electronic Attack

FPP082 - MiG-21 Fishbed

Harnessing the Sky with Dana Tibbetts

FPP081 - The Canadian Forces Snowbirds

FPP080 - AC-130 Gunship

FPP079 - Advanced Training Methods

FPP078 - F-35 Lightning II

FPP077 - The Boneyard

FPP076 - F-15E Strike Eagle

FPP075 - F-15A-D Eagle (part 2)

FPP074 - F-15A-D Eagle (part 1)

FPP073 - Exploitation Programs

FPP072 - F-117 Nighthawk

FPP071 - Air-to-Air Mission Planning

The Afterburn Podcast with "Rain"

FPP070 - A-4 Skyhawk

FPP069 - U.S. Coast Guard Aviation

FPP068 - JAS 39 Gripen

End of Year Recap - 2019

FPP067 - B-2 Spirit

FPP066 - B-1 Lancer

FPP065 - B-52 Stratofortress

FPP064 - B-17 Flying Fortress

Holding the Line with "Bus"

FPP063 - A-5 Vigilante

FPP062 - The F-16 Viper Demo Team

FPP061 - F-22 Raptor

FPP060 - MiG-29 Fulcrum

FPP059 - ANGLICO

FPP058 - Eurofighter Typhoon

FPP057 - C-2 Greyhound

Facebook Live Q&A Replay with "Turkey"

FPP056 - AV-8 Harrier

FPP055 - Forward Air Controllers

FPP054 - V-22 Osprey

FPP053 - F-4 Phantom II (part 2)

FPP052 - F-4 Phantom II (part 1)

FPP051 - SR-71 Blackbird

FPP050 - F-8 Crusader

FPP049 - Sharpening the Spear