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The Afterburn Podcast — 268 episodes
China Helped Pakistan in Combat | J-10CE's First Real War
Dos Gringos June 13th - Denver
Col Roy "Deacon" Qualls | "Shoot Them Down If They Don't Respond" — The 9/11 ROE Nobody Talks About
Aircraft BATTLE DAMAGE Repair: The Air Force Capability You Never Hear About
The A-10 Just Got a Massive Life Extension | Air Force Secretary Announces A-10 Extension
Indonesia Just Rejected America's Military Overflight Request — Here's Why
$75 Billion in Classified Programs | America's Largest Military Budget Eve
NO ESCAPE: US Navy's Full Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
Talks FAIL in Pakistan & Frankenstein KC-135 Returns from Desert
Nuclear Bomber Base Just Got Overflown by Unknown Drones
China & Pakistan ink J-35 Stealth Fighter Deal
Maj. Gen. John "Trapper" Winters on 40 Years of Fighter Aviation
US Airman Still on the Ground in Iran - What the U.S. is Doing to Rescue Them
F-35 Test Pilot Breaks Down China's J-36, CCA, & AI in the Cockpit | Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton
Ceasefire? Iran & U.S. Appear to Escalate | Bunker Busters Hit Isfahan & Chechnya Threatens
Col Bud Anderson Laid to Rest at Arlington National Cemetery
War Over in 2-4 Weeks? A-10 Gun Runs Against Iranian Proxies, F-18 Near Miss
Air Canada Flight 8646: Runway Disaster at LaGuardia
FAT Targets: The Hidden Cost of Iran War — US Bases in the Middle East
America's Newest Weapon | Iran Escalates Conflict with More Strikes
Did Iran Finally Hit a US Fighter Jet?
Why Dubai Is in Serious Trouble — And U.S. Allies tell Trump "No" to Helping
US Strikes Iran's Oil Hub — Marines Heading to Middle East
ATACMS Just Changed Naval Warfare | Heaviest Strike Day Yet
Fighter Pilot Mount Rushmore: Do You Agree? | Bro Chat 21
KC-135 Tragedy, Day 13 Epic Fury, & The Disappearance of Gen. McCasland
Iran Updates | F-15E Shoot Downs & More
#146 MiG-29 Shootdown to Testing the F-22 Raptor | Mike "Dozer" Shower
Super Bowl LX Flyover Deep Dive: The Pilots of Super Bowl 60 Flyover
#145 Dr. Anthony Vinci | Former NGA Chief Technology Officer | Future of A.I. & Espionage
#144 Why the 2026 MH370 NEW Search is Different: New Tech & The Avionics Bay Theory | Jeff Wise
#143 Fighter Pilot's Harrowing Dogfight: Aircraft on Fire, Enemy Closing In : Col Joe Peterburs
Bro Chat 20 - "Brakes as Required"
#142 Rob “Trip” Raymond | F-16 Combat, SEAD, Iraq, and Dos Gringos
Lowdown 17 Nov | NATO Drops the E-7, Air Force Eyes New Anti-Drone Missile, Su-57 Activity
#141 Greg "Hoser" Hansen | Carrier Landings, Soviet Intercepts & The Scariest Night Flight
#140 Dave "Chip" Berke | TOPGUN Instructor to F-35 Commander: Fighter Pilot on Humility, Ego & Extreme Ownership
#139 F-16 Fighter Pilot to Test Pilot | Keith "Coma" Colmer
#138 Desert Storm: F/A-18 Hornet Pilot Bob “Bags” Simeone
F-35 Block 4 Delayed | "Doomsday" Plane | Aviation & Defense News
Aviation & Defense News: KC-46 Issues, ICBM Upgrades, and More | The Lowdown 7 Sep
#137 Scott "Fester" Fredrick | F-16 Fighter Pilot | Surviving an Ejection over the Pacific Ocean
F-15 Ejection - MiG-29 Parts Heist + More | Lowdown 18 Aug
Bro Chat 19.0 | How to Get a Job Flying the F-35 in the Reserves
NORAD Intercepts Russian Bombers | F-35 Delays | China’s J-35 Stealth Jet Enters Service
#136 Lorenzo Harris | “The Day I Never Talk About” | Most Intense Mission
KC-46s over NGAS? F-35s Make Moves | B-21 Raider Updates | Threat of the Day: SA-21 Growler
David Bellavia: Medal of Honor | Battle of Fallujah (Re-Release)
What is China's Latest J-20 Variant | KC-46 Loses Boom & More
What's Really Impressive about Operation Midnight Hammer
Bro Chat 18.0 Fighter Pilot Reality, F-35 Magic, Why Torching Waymo Cars is Bad
F-18 Journey Through TopGun and Beyond | Ep 135 Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello
#134 Vince "Snapper" Sherer | A-10 Fighter Pilot - Inside Close Air Support and Combat Operations
Dos Gringos is Back! Live Concert 7 June 2025
#133 Trent “Teddy” Meisel | F-16 Fighter Pilot
#132 Denmark's F-16 Demo Pilot | Troels "TEO" VangTroels
#131 Future of the Wild Weasel - Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD)
B-2 Show of Force - Air Force Readiness Declines - F-47 Next Gen Fighter | Lowdown 4 Apr 2025
#130 SEAD Part IV - Operation Iraqi Freedom
Through the Yellow Visor - Fighter Pilot Podcast Host Jell-O's Book
#129 SEAD Part III - Operation Allied Force - Wild Weasel Fighter Pilot
#128 Desert Storm's Wild Weasels | Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses Part II
#127 Vietnam Wild Weasels | Deadly Evolution of Surface-to-Air Missiles
Surface to Air Missiles (SAMs) Lowdown
F-16 Bombing Accident, KC-46 Grounded, Su-57 Stop in Iran & More
Suppression of Enemy Air Defense (SEAD) Introduction
#126 Brad Thomas | Surviving Black Hawk Down Inside Look | Ranger Regiment - Delta Force
J-20 Beast Mode, Navy Crash & Chernobyl Drone Strike | The Lowdown
#123 Derek 'Woody' Oaks – C-130 to A-10 | Combat Flying & Leadership
Frankenstein F-35 - Marine Corps F-35 Shakeup - U.S. Official Caught Selling Secrets to China
Su-35s for Iran, China's "Special" boats, and Sweden’s Big Military Gift
#123 - What Happened to Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 | Jeff Wise
#125 Fighter Aircraft Maintenance | Col Hall Sebren
F-22 IRST Upgrade, A-10's Stranded, & Boeing's BIG Loss
#124 Lt General (ret) Dan "Razin" Caine | F-16 Air National Guard | 9/11 Scramble | JSOC | CIA
Bro Chat 17.0
Lowdown 9 Jan | Serbia Gets Chinese Missiles | D.C. Vipers to MD | Saudi Arabia Eyes New 5th-Generation Fighter
#122 The Taliban Unveiled: Insights from 'Hollywood Gate' | Ibrahim Nash'at
Peaceful Transfer of President Power 🇺🇸 Why Syria Matters 🇸🇾 Why Biden Visited Angola 🇦🇴
#121 Chad "Vinny" Vincelette | TOP GUN Fighter Pilot | F-14 & F/A-1
A-10 to Leave Overseas | 🇷🇺 Russia Trades S-400🇰🇵 | OA-1K SkyWarden
#120 Kyle Rempfer | From Combat Controller to Washington Post Journalist
CIA Analyst Captured | DF-26 "Guam Express" | U.S. Authorizes Strike Weapon | Lowdown 27 Nov 24
Su-57 gets Roasted | J-35 Appearance | 737 Cargo Fire Lowdown 15 Nov 2024
Seamus "Flats" Flatley Legacy of Naval Aviation | F-14 Fighter Pilot & TOP Gun Graduate
Lowdown 4 Nov 2024 | $150,000 Soap Dispensers | 🚨TOD: F-35I "Adir" | F-35B Crash Report
Life Flying Army Helicopters as a Blackhawk Pilot | CW3 Jon "Muttley" Behuniak
Alex Grandahl | U.S. Army National Guard Blackhawk Pilot
Lowdown 14 Oct 24| Lord of War is Back 🚨 SA-17 🚨 F-16 Shoot Down
Lowdown 7 Oct 24: Su-35 Headbutt | Felon Air-to-Air 🚨TOD: Chinese Missiles | Turkish F-16 Near Miss
Lowdown 30 Sept 2024 : Dumb Tactical Vehicle 🚨TOD: S-400 Triumf | 🇺🇦 F-16s Destroyed
Kevin Shipp | How This Tiny Tennessee Town Keeps The U.S. Military Supplied With Nukes
Lowdown 23 Sep | Houthi Homemade SAM 🚨TOD: J-20 "Mighty Dragon" | F-35s to Romania
Gene Sievers| Site Manager at Y-12 National Security Complex| The Tennessee Town That Built America's Nuclear Arsenal
Lowdown 16 Sep 24: Navy SEAL Arrested, Threat of the Day: J-10C , F-35 is Too Loud, Americans sentenced to death in Congo
Inside Y-12 National Security Complex's Nuclear Security Mission | Dr. Martin Williamson #113
Lowdown 9 Sep 2024 | F-35 Pilot Crashes Apache | Flamethrower Drone | 🇻🇪 Plane Seized | NGAD
#112 Wade "Prada" Hetrick | The Mighty C-17
Lowdown 1 Sep 2024 | Mach 3.5 in an SR-71 | Ukraine F-16 Crashed | ISIS Raid Kills 15 | Drone Wingman
#111 Forrest Underwood | Former AFSOC Pilot | Defense Innovation, A.I., and the Defense Industry
Lowdown 26 Aug 24 | Soviets Atomic Bomb | Wheel O' Fear | Base Sabotaged | KC-46 Mishap
Lowdown 19 Aug 24 | Bud Anderson | Taliban Driving MRAPs | North Korean Laptop Farm
#110 General Minihan | Commander Air Mobility Command
Lowdown 12 Aug 24 | B-1 Commander Fired | Ace of Guadalcanal | New Air Force Helicopter
#109 The Art of Dynamic Targeting: Future of Warfare
Lowdown 5 Aug 2024 | Operation Tidal Wave | Billionaire Terrorist 💀 | Army Solider Convicted in Russia
#108 Rep Burgess Owens
Lowdown 29 Jul 2024 | North Korean Hacker Hired | B-1 Crash Report | China's Nuclear Demands
#107 Nathan "Yokel" O'Kelly | F/A-18 Fighter Pilot
Lowdown 23 Jul 2024 | Chinese J-10 Exercise w/UAE | CIA Analyst Indicted | Growler Air-to-Air Kill
#106 Brig Gen (Ret) Max "Stiffy" Stitzer
Lowdown - 16 Jul 2024 | Pilot Obstructs NTSB | Airliner Near Miss | Around the World KC-46 Flight
#105 Patrick "Burt" Brown | A-10 Pilot & Weapons Officer | Could the F/A-18 Replace the A-10
#104 (Re-Release) Maj Brett DeVries | A-10 Gun Malfunction Results in Gear Up Landing with No Canopy
#103 Col (Ret) Tom "Gunn" Dorl | USAF Combat Search and Rescue
#102 Joe Weiss | Critical Infrastructure Attack: The Cybersecurity Risks We Ignore
#101 Hal Sundt | Birth of the A-10 Warthog
#100 Col (Ret) Scott "Soup" Campbell | 3x Distinguished Flying Cross | Operation Anaconda |
#99 Bro Chat - Hawg Edition | Hosted by Mike "Flash" McVay
#98 Jack "Farley" Stewart | F/A-18 Top Gun Graduate | Adversary Pilot | Author
#97 Greg "B.A." Anders | Fighter Pilot | Founder FireCorn Popcorn
#96 Rob "Z-Man" Zettel | America's TOP SECRET Cold War MiG Fighter Pilots
#95 Micah "Peachez" Porter | Top Gun Graduate | F/A-18 Fighter Pilot to F-16 Air National Guard
#94 Capt (Ret) Gene Moran | How Warfare is Changing | Houthi's and Red Sea | Hypersonic Weapons and Conflict in the Pacific
#93 Jake "Shuter" Scott | F-16 Air National Guard Fighter Pilot
Bro Chat 16.0
Lowdown 24 Mar | F-117 Shoot Down | United Airlines Rough Month | Retiring F-22s | US Army Spy
#92 - Chinese Invasion of Taiwan - What would it look like? Col (Ret) Mark Cancian
What Went Wrong with the Thunderbirds? How did they fix it? (Re-broadcast)
#91 Josh "Cabo" Gunderson | Arctic Alert Missions in the F-15C Eagle to F-22 Raptor Demo Pilot |
Lowdown 13 Feb 24 | A-10 Air-to-Air Kill | Challenger Crash | F-16 Ejection | A-50 Shot Down
#90 Thomas “MET” Kristensen | Danish F-16 Pilot
#89 Louis "Shiner" Nolting - Combat Search and Rescue
Hit by Enemy Fire - Two Distinguished Flying Crosses - Louis "Shiner" Nolting (#17 Rebroadcast)
#88 Justin "ALF" Dumais | F-16 Fighter Pilot - Olympic Athlete
Lowdown 8 Jan 24 - Japan Airlines Collision | B-1 Crew Ejects | TSA Director Arrested | Houthi Drone Boats
#87 Cody Alford - USMC Special Operations - MARSOC - Entrepreneur
Lowdown 22 Dec 2023 - Battle of Takur Ghar | North Korean Missile Launch | Air Force Pilot Bonus | F-15SGs to Gaum?
#86 Mike "Pako" Benitez | B-21 Raider First Flight | What's the F-15EX Plan? | F-22 / F-35 Modernization
Lowdown 12 Dec - Pardo's Push | Van's Aircraft Bankrupt | DoD Grounds All Ospreys | Franken F-35
Lowdown 1 Dec - Fatal Skydiving Accident | AC-130J Hammers Militants | Pirates Captured
Bro Chat 15.0 - Chinese Fighter Jet Overshoots - Refueling in the F-15 and more
#85 Jack "Farely" Stewart - F/A-18 Fighter Pilot
Lowdown 17 Nov | B-21 First Flight | Delta Pilot Threatens Captain | T-7 Flight and more.
#84 Kevin Latchman | Air Force Cross Recipient | Missed Bus on Runway by 10 feet!
#83 Brett Yoakum - From Firefighting to Law Enforcement to C-17 Loadmaster: Afghanistan Withdrawal Chaos
Lowdown 30 October | 767 Engine Failure | Pilot Attempted Murder | Chinese Defense Minister Fired
Lowdown 23 Oct | Chinese Fighter Intercepts | 757 Hydraulic Failure | Charges Dropped Against Army Colonel
#82 Dylan "Habu" Thorpe: A-10 Fighter Pilot - From Weapon Systems Operator to A-10 Demo Pilot
Lowdown 16 Oct | Airbus Flying out of a Field - Reno T-6 Crash Report - F/A-18 Near Miss and More
#81 Sam McIntyre - Valor Above Kabul: U-28 Special Operations Pilot | Distinguished Flying Cross
Richard "Spad" McSpadden
"There I was..." with Richard McSpadden (No Subscription Required)
#80 (Part II) Captain Sterling Gilliam - Life as a Naval Aviator
#80 Captain Sterling Gilliam (Part I) | Navy Fighter Pilot - 1300+ Carrier Landings - Director of National Naval Aviation Museum
#79 F-35B Marine Corps Fighter Pilot | Nathaniel "Bobbitt" Keegan
Lowdown - How an F-35 went missing? | Also Missing...China's Defense Minister | Air Force Misses Recruiting Goal - 22 Sep 2023
#78 Under Enemy Fire: Air Force Pilot's Distinguished Flying Cross | Chris "Chewy" Richardson
Lowdown for the week | Russian A320 Runs out of Fuel | Air Force Pilot Training Changes | Merchant of Death Running for Office and more
#77 The Evolution of an Warrior: Path to Green Beret and Special Mission Unit Medic | Paresh Amin
Lowdown for the week - Chinese spies | AIM-120 Production | B-2 Lands in Norway
Chief Warrant Officer Rosamond - Into the Fire - 242 Lives Saved | Distinguished Flying Cross Recipient
Making a Difference - Guns Garin Memorial Foundation
Afghanistan Withdrawal - 2 Years Later - C-17 Pilot's Reflect | Alex "AP" Pelbath & Courtney "Voodoo" Vidt
#76 Grace Tinkey - From Chaos to Grace: A Loadmaster's Experience in the Evacuation of Afghanistan & the Road to Pilot Training
F-16s for Ukraine: Understanding the Training, Logistics, and Operational Hurdles at Hand
Bro Chat 14.0 | Bender’s Solo F-35 Adventure | Tough to Hit Islands | Canopy Bows Always in the Way
Carl Miller - Helping to Get about Afghan Allies Out of Afghanistan
#75 Col (Ret) Alex "AP" Pelbath | C-17 Evacuation Operations Out of Kabul | Leadership in Crisis
#74 Courtney "Voodoo" Vidt: Rescuing Thousands from Afghanistan - C-17 Pilot Perspective
#73 Tyler "Feed" Davies - F/A-18 Engine Failures, Carrier Landings, and More
#72 Vice Admiral Mark "MRT" Fox - Part II - Post MiG Shoot Down to Commanding Navy's 5th Fleet
Bro Chat 13.0
Bro Chat Memorial Day Remembrance
Kelsie Hancok - Honoring Capt Nick Losapio - TAP Memorial Day Part II
Kelly Garin - Who was Rick "Guns" Garin? TAP Memorial Day Special Part I
#71 Mike "Flash" McVay - Flying the A-10, F-16, and F-35: Insights from USAF Weapons School Instructor
Bro Chat 12.0
#70 Ed Calderon - China's Influence in the U.S. Drug Trade
#69 Col (Ret) William "BIF" Mott | Fighter Pilot| From F-15C Eagle to F-22 Raptor
#68 Phil Bozek | World Record Holder - Fastest Single Engine Plane Across the Atlantic
TAP #67 Erick "Hom" O'Connor Canadian CF-18 Fighter Pilot
TAP #66 USAF Thunderbird Commander Lt Col "Astro" Elliot and USN Blue Angel XO "Fizzle" Fay
TAP #65 "Baldy" & Michael Thompson
TAP #64 Vietnam Marine Corps Pilot Dave Lorenzo | Ejecting & Surviving from an F-8 Fighter Jet
#63 Joseph “Croc” Atherton | F-16 Fighter Pilot - President Guns Garin Memorial Foundation
Bro Chat 10.0
TAP #62 General (Ret) Mike "Mobile" Holmes
Bro Chat 9.0
TAP #61 Vice Adm (Ret) Mark "MRT" Fox
Bro Chat 8.0
TAP #60 Dominic "Slice" Teich
Bro Chat 7.7 -
Bro Chat 7.0
TAP #59 Billie Flynn
TAP #58 David Bellavia
Bro Chat 5.0
Bro Chat 4.0
TAP #57 Richard McSpadden
Bro Chat 3.0 - "Vader" and "Bender"
Fight's On! Episode Three
TAP #56 Lt Col (Ret) Jack "Jocko" Trimble
"Vader" & "Bender" War Stories and More
TAP #55 Michelle "Mace" Curran
FAILED Ejection Seat - Pilot Killed - Counterfeit Components?
TAP # 54 Kris "Tanto" Paronto
TAP #53 Mark "Juice" Whisler (Part I)
TAP # 53 Mark "Juice" Whisler (Part II)
TAP #52 - Jeff "Vader" Brandon & Jeff "Bender" Page
TAP #51 Mike "Pako" Benitez
TAP #50 - Billie Flynn
TAP #49 Andrew McKenna
TAP # 48 Joel "Thor" Neeb
TAP: #47 Lt Col (Ret) Henry "Hank" Detering -
TAP: No Fly Zones - Mike "Pako" Benitez
TAP #46 General Mark “Grace” Kelly
(Bonus) Super Bowl LVI - The Flyover
TAP #44 Carl Miller
TAP #43 Dan "Satan" Levy
TAP #42 Part I - The Accident Investigation Board
TAP #42 Part II - Matt "Blitz" Ayres - 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron Commander
TAP #42 Part III - Stories of "Pyro"
TAP #41: Ryan "Motor" Riley - F-16 Pilot, Thunderbird, Det 24/CC
TAP #40 Mike "Pako" Benitez - F-15EX, F-15E, F-18F, CH-46, CH-53
TAP #39: Brad Thomas - Silence and Light Founder, Retired Delta Operator / Ranger
TAP #38: F-16 Test Pilot - Lt Col (Ret) Russ "Cranky" Prechtl
TAP #37: Capt Haden "Gator" Fullam - A-10 Pilot/Demo Pilot
TAP #36 Kevin Easley - Technical Rescue Fire Captain - Host: Tier 1 Talks
TAP #34 Mike "Hilts" Hilton - F-16/F-117
TAP #33: Col Doug "Smash" Yurovich - F-4, F/A-18, Test Pilot
TAP #32: Conor Daly - Indy Car Driver
TAP #31: Kevin Coleman - Air Racer - Air Show Pilot
TAP #30: John "Slap" McFarlin - F-15C Fighter Pilot - CEO Bogidope.com
"There I was..." with Lou "Shiner" Nolting
TAP #29: Steve "Sluf" Abshier - A-7, F-5, F-16, T-38, A-10, 727, 737, 747, & 777
#28: Yonel "Yogi" Dorelis - HH-60, Aeromedical Pilot, & Actor
#27: Martin "Perty" Pert - Harrier, Hawk, Eurofighter, Red Arrows
Q & A Session #3
#26: Army Ranger CSM (Ret) JB Spisso
Q & A Session #2
#25: SR-71 Blackbird Pilot - Lt Col (Ret) Les "Slash" Dyer
Q & A Session #1
#24: Discussion About F-16 Fatality - with F-35 Pilot Jeff "Bender" Page
#23: F-16 Mishap - Fatality - 30 Jun 2020 Shaw AFB, SC Lt. David "MEZr" Schmitz
#22: Brian "Casmo" Harris - AH-64 Pilot - Host The Low Level Hell Podcast
#21: A-10 Gun Malfunction Results in Blown Canopy & Gear Up Landing: Maj Brett "2Watt" Devries
#20: F-35 Test Pilot, USAF Director AI Accelerator at MIT- Col Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton
#019: F-117, A-10, F-18, F-4 & Warbird Pilot Lt Col (Ret) Charlie "Tuna" Hainline
#018: U-2 Dragonlady Pilot: Lt Col (Ret) Jon "Huggy" Huggins
#017 (Part 2) HH-60 Rescue Pilot: Maj Lou "Shiner" Nolting
#017 (Part 1) HH-60 Rescue Pilot: Maj Lou "Shiner" Nolting
#016 (Part 2) Into the Fire, Saving 260+ People Surround by Fire – Chief Warrant Officer Joe Rosamond
#016 (Part 1) Into the Fire, Saving 260+ People Surround by Fire – Chief Warrant Officer Joe Rosamond
#015 USAF F-16 Instructor Pilot Mason "Flint" Locke
#014 - USAF U2 Pilot Mike "Mongo" Ryan
#013 – USAF C-40, C-130J & Airline Pilot – Brian Park
#012 - Five Time World Aerobatic Champion, Airshow Pilot, Great American - Rob Holland
#011- F-16 Flight Surgeon turned Orthopedic Resident -Eric “Knuckles” Schweller
#010: Red Bull Air Race Pilot, Airshow Performer, Instructor, Business Owner – Mike Goulian
#009 - Combat Loaded F-16 Emergency Divert into Saudi Arabia: Kristin "Tally" Hollrith
#008 - IED Blast Survivor and Army Green Beret,- Caleb Brewer
#007 –Tornado, F-22 Pilot, & CEO of Red 6 Daniel “Bond” Robinson
BONUS - How to Become an Officer in the Air Force - Episode #006
#005 – Andy “Chaos” Davis -- “Humble, Approachable, and Credible”
#004 – A-10 Demo Pilot – Maj Cody “ShiV” Wilton
TAP #003 Steve Reichert
TAP #002 - F-35 Pilot Maj Matt "Fitty" Tucker
TAP #001 - A-10 Pilot - Maj Tyler "Leeroy" Schultz