10 Percent True #6 P2: Adm (ret.) Jim "Rookie" Robb, TOPGUN Instructor and Commanding Officer
10 Percent True - Tales from the Cockpit
English - March 09, 2020 09:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBAviation Leisure Science aviation history fast jet fighter jet war military flying air force combat fighter pilot Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Rear Admiral (ret.) Jim "Rookie" Robb flew F-14s in the US Navy for 25 years, accumulating 4,000 hours on type in the process.
This is the second part of a two-part 10 Percent True interview, in which Robb discusses attending TOPGUN as a student, instructor and Commanding Officer, and reflects on the air combat manoeuvring characteristics of the F-14. He also sheds light on some of the analytical thought process behind comparing fighter performance.
You can see Robb at TOPGUN as a student in the following film, but these guys wanted me to pay $25 per second to put it in my video, and that's just greedy. So, take a look for free when you're done watching my video! https://youtu.be/r0wXvxXQ_RQ?t=172
Robb flew an exchange tour with the US Air Force's 4477th TES, Red Eagles, and commanded the Navy component responsible for flying CONSTANT PEG sorties.
His experiences as a student flying against America's MiGs were captured on the opening pages of my book, "Red Eagles: America's Secret MiGs": https://www.amazon.com/Red-Eagles-Americas-Secret-MiGs-ebook/dp/B01DPPTRD2/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
50 second plug for Red Eagles