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The Most Insane Low-Level Bombing Raid of WWIl | The Ploiesti Raid

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300 Combat Missions in the F-4 Over Vietnam | Ron Cooper

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Russia Just Sent 69 Jet-Powered Drones at Ukraine

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America's Answer to China's Best Missile, the PL-15

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Romania takes down two Russian drones with F-16s

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Did Houthi's use Drones as a Decoy

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The Navy's Secret Fighter Is Back and Boeing Has It

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Taiwan’s First New F-16s Land After a Month Stuck in Hawaii

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The Air Force Fixed a Shot-Up KC-135 While the Base Was Still Being Attacked

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US Air Force Just Named Its First Two Robot Fighters

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NASA Pulled Its Last SR-71 Into a Hangar and Won't Say Why

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His Apache Was Hit Twice Over Jalalabad. He Went Back Up | Brad Young

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Gary "Wolfman" Wolf | A-10 Fighter Pilot

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A-10 Hit over Baghdad: The Story of 8 April 2003

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Commanding the Wing That Flew Into Iran | Operation Midnight Hammer | Col Kevin "Flint" Hicok

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Why the F-16 Flew Into Iran | Operation Midnight Hammer | Weapons Officers "Cash" and "Ghost"

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F-16 Compressor Stall Over Iran | Operation Midnight Hammer | "Smalls" & "Scar"

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8 Seconds to Save my Wingman | Operation Midnight Hammer | F-16 Wild Weasel "Glitch"

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We'll See You in a Couple of Days" | Operation Midnight Hammer | Director of Ops "Cuffs" Kimber

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I Thought Our Pilots Were Not Coming Home | Operation Midnight Hammer | Intel Officer "Glib" Richard

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548,000 Gallons in One Night | Operation Midnight Hammer | Fuels NCOIC MSgt. Edge

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House of Cards Behind the Iran Strike | Operation Midnight Hammer | Logistics Cmdr Lt Col Tilton

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First Time Launching an F-16 Was the Iran Strike | Op Midnight Hammer | Avionics Tech SrA Michalenko

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Launching the F-16s into Iran | Operation Midnight Hammer | Maintenance Chief CMSgt. Hilliard

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If That's What Saves Your Life, It Has to Work | Operation Midnight Hammer | Weapons Tech SSgt Dray

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The Buildup Before the Iran Strike | Operation Midnight Hammer | Logistics Director Capt. Grooms

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"We Knew Something Was Coming" | Operation Midnight Hammer | Maintenance Leadership

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#150 Combat Search & Rescue: HH-60 Pave Hawk Into a Firefight to Save 2 Wounded Marines

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Why Iran Holds the Better Hand Against the US Right Now | Dr. Mike Bosack

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Operation Midnight Hammer | Part III - Striking Iran's Nuclear Facilities

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Operation Midnight Hammer | Part II - The Plan to Strike Iran's Nuclear Facilities

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Operation Midnight Hammer | Part 1: Before Iran, There Was Yemen

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[Official Trailer] Inside Operation MIDNIGHT HAMMER | The F-16 Wild Weasels Who Flew Into Iran

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#149 Rob "ZMan" Zettel | Inside the USAF's Red Eagles

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Raul Castro Indicted | Is Cuba the Next Venezuela?

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OA-1K Sky Raider II | Exclusive - How AFSOC's Newest Aircraft Is Built

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China's Fifth-Generation Fighter Production Exploding | J-20 Production Surging

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China Helped Pakistan in Combat | J-10CE's First Real War

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Dos Gringos June 13th - Denver

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#148 Col Roy "Deacon" Qualls | "Shoot Them Down If They Don't Respond" — The 9/11 ROE Nobody Talks About

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Aircraft BATTLE DAMAGE Repair: The Air Force Capability You Never Hear About

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The A-10 Just Got a Massive Life Extension | Air Force Secretary Announces A-10 Extension

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Indonesia Just Rejected America's Military Overflight Request — Here's Why

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$75 Billion in Classified Programs | America's Largest Military Budget Eve

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NO ESCAPE: US Navy's Full Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz

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Talks FAIL in Pakistan & Frankenstein KC-135 Returns from Desert

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Nuclear Bomber Base Just Got Overflown by Unknown Drones

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China & Pakistan ink J-35 Stealth Fighter Deal

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#147 Maj. Gen. John "Trapper" Winters on 40 Years of Fighter Aviation

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US Airman Still on the Ground in Iran - What the U.S. is Doing to Rescue Them

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F-35 Test Pilot Breaks Down China's J-36, CCA, & AI in the Cockpit | Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton

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Ceasefire? Iran & U.S. Appear to Escalate | Bunker Busters Hit Isfahan & Chechnya Threatens

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Col Bud Anderson Laid to Rest at Arlington National Cemetery

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War Over in 2-4 Weeks? A-10 Gun Runs Against Iranian Proxies, F-18 Near Miss

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Air Canada Flight 8646: Runway Disaster at LaGuardia

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FAT Targets: The Hidden Cost of Iran War — US Bases in the Middle East

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America's Newest Weapon | Iran Escalates Conflict with More Strikes

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Did Iran Finally Hit a US Fighter Jet?

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Why Dubai Is in Serious Trouble — And U.S. Allies tell Trump "No" to Helping

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US Strikes Iran's Oil Hub — Marines Heading to Middle East

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ATACMS Just Changed Naval Warfare | Heaviest Strike Day Yet

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Fighter Pilot Mount Rushmore: Do You Agree? | Bro Chat 21

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KC-135 Tragedy, Day 13 Epic Fury, & The Disappearance of Gen. McCasland

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Iran Updates | F-15E Shoot Downs & More

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#146 MiG-29 Shootdown to Testing the F-22 Raptor | Mike "Dozer" Shower

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Super Bowl LX Flyover Deep Dive: The Pilots of Super Bowl 60 Flyover

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#145 Dr. Anthony Vinci | Former NGA Chief Technology Officer | Future of A.I. & Espionage

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#144 Why the 2026 MH370 NEW Search is Different: New Tech & The Avionics Bay Theory | Jeff Wise

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#143 Fighter Pilot's Harrowing Dogfight: Aircraft on Fire, Enemy Closing In : Col Joe Peterburs

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Bro Chat 20 - "Brakes as Required"

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#142 Rob “Trip” Raymond | F-16 Combat, SEAD, Iraq, and Dos Gringos

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Lowdown 17 Nov | NATO Drops the E-7, Air Force Eyes New Anti-Drone Missile, Su-57 Activity

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#141 Greg "Hoser" Hansen | Carrier Landings, Soviet Intercepts & The Scariest Night Flight

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#140 Dave "Chip" Berke | TOPGUN Instructor to F-35 Commander: Fighter Pilot on Humility, Ego & Extreme Ownership

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#139 F-16 Fighter Pilot to Test Pilot | Keith "Coma" Colmer

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#138 Desert Storm: F/A-18 Hornet Pilot Bob “Bags” Simeone

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F-35 Block 4 Delayed | "Doomsday" Plane | Aviation & Defense News

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Aviation & Defense News: KC-46 Issues, ICBM Upgrades, and More | The Lowdown 7 Sep

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#137 Scott "Fester" Fredrick | F-16 Fighter Pilot | Surviving an Ejection over the Pacific Ocean

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F-15 Ejection - MiG-29 Parts Heist + More | Lowdown 18 Aug

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Bro Chat 19.0 | How to Get a Job Flying the F-35 in the Reserves

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NORAD Intercepts Russian Bombers | F-35 Delays | China’s J-35 Stealth Jet Enters Service

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#136 Lorenzo Harris | “The Day I Never Talk About” | Most Intense Mission

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KC-46s over NGAS? F-35s Make Moves | B-21 Raider Updates | Threat of the Day: SA-21 Growler

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David Bellavia: Medal of Honor | Battle of Fallujah (Re-Release)

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What is China's Latest J-20 Variant | KC-46 Loses Boom & More

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What's Really Impressive about Operation Midnight Hammer

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Bro Chat 18.0 Fighter Pilot Reality, F-35 Magic, Why Torching Waymo Cars is Bad

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F-18 Journey Through TopGun and Beyond | Ep 135 Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello

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#134 Vince "Snapper" Sherer | A-10 Fighter Pilot - Inside Close Air Support and Combat Operations

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Dos Gringos is Back! Live Concert 7 June 2025

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#133 Trent “Teddy” Meisel | F-16 Fighter Pilot

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#132 Denmark's F-16 Demo Pilot | Troels "TEO" VangTroels

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#131 Future of the Wild Weasel - Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD)

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B-2 Show of Force - Air Force Readiness Declines - F-47 Next Gen Fighter | Lowdown 4 Apr 2025

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#130 SEAD Part IV - Operation Iraqi Freedom

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Through the Yellow Visor - Fighter Pilot Podcast Host Jell-O's Book

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#129 SEAD Part III - Operation Allied Force - Wild Weasel Fighter Pilot

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#128 Desert Storm's Wild Weasels | Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses Part II

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#127 Vietnam Wild Weasels | Deadly Evolution of Surface-to-Air Missiles