John "JP" Peters: Tornado Shoot Down, Part 1
10 Percent True - Tales from the Cockpit
English - July 18, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 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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00:00:00 Introduction
00:04:00 fast jet first impressions
00:07:25 life after fast jets, choosing your own path
00:14:30 Buccaneers to instructor tour to Gulf in Tornados
00:18:43 reconciling the love for the job and the requirements of fighting a war
00:28:30 TACEVAL and (no) life after the 1st strike
00:32:05 the call to war….where’s Kuwait???
00:34:10 preparing for war
00:38:05 Squadron leadership - swapping corporate knowledge for cannon fodder
00:44:30 the low level mission in detail
00:53:20 the simplistic view
00:56:20 the target
00:59:50 ready or not?
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