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Lessons From The Cockpit - August 01, 2023 04:47 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Welcome to the sixty-fifth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast!  I received word this week my book Tanker Pilot: Lessons from the Cockpit is now on the four-star commander of Air Mobility Command General Mike Minihan's "Leadership Library" reading list under the heading We Are the ...

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Sluggo's Current Reading List

Lessons From The Cockpit - August 01, 2023 04:47 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Welcome to the sixty-fifth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast!  I received word this week my book Tanker Pilot: Lessons from the Cockpit is now on the four-star commander of Air Mobility Command General Mike Minihan's "Leadership Library" reading list under the heading We Are the ...

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Battle Management with Colonel Mark "Boner" Waite

Lessons From The Cockpit - July 15, 2023 03:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Welcome to the sixty-fourth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast! I am your host Mark Hasara, Air Force vet and KC-135 pilot. Colonel Mark Waite took a very interesting route to fill one of the most critical positions in the Air Force as Airborne Battle Manager, surveilling the air ...

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Battle Management with Colonel Mark "Boner" Waite

Lessons From The Cockpit - July 15, 2023 03:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Welcome to the sixty-fourth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast! I am your host Mark Hasara, Air Force vet and KC-135 pilot. Colonel Mark Waite took a very interesting route to fill one of the most critical positions in the Air Force as Airborne Battle Manager, surveilling the air ...

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Centennial of Air Refueling

Lessons From The Cockpit - July 08, 2023 22:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Welcome to the sixty-third episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast! I'm your host Mark Hasara, retired KC-135 pilot and veteran of four wars. On Tuesday 27 June 2023, the Air Force celebrated a 100-year anniversary. On 27 June 1923 was an event making aviation history! For the first ti...

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Centennial of Air Refueling

Lessons From The Cockpit - July 08, 2023 22:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Welcome to the sixty-third episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast! I'm your host Mark Hasara, retired KC-135 pilot and veteran of four wars. On Tuesday 27 June 2023, the Air Force celebrated a 100-year anniversary. On 27 June 1923 was an event making aviation history! For the first ti...

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The Nerve Center of Air Mobility

Lessons From The Cockpit - June 18, 2023 00:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Welcome to the sixty-third episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit Podcast! I'm your host Mark Hasara, a retired KC-135 pilot of the United States Air Force. After five fantastic years and the greatest flying assignment of my career at Kadena Air Base on the island of Okinawa Japan, it was tim...

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The Nerve Center of Air Mobility

Lessons From The Cockpit - June 18, 2023 00:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Welcome to the sixty-third episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit Podcast! I'm your host Mark Hasara, a retired KC-135 pilot of the United States Air Force. After five fantastic years and the greatest flying assignment of my career at Kadena Air Base on the island of Okinawa Japan, it was tim...

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Desert Storm Tanker Lessons Learned

Lessons From The Cockpit - May 26, 2023 19:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Welcome to the sixty-second episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast and I'm your host Mark Hasara, a former Air Force KC-135 pilot, flying all over the world passing gas! Recently I had a conversation with a colleague on how far the Air Force tanker community had come since Deseet Stom...

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Desert Storm Tanker Lessons Learned

Lessons From The Cockpit - May 26, 2023 19:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Welcome to the sixty-second episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast and I'm your host Mark Hasara, a former Air Force KC-135 pilot, flying all over the world passing gas! Recently I had a conversation with a colleague on how far the Air Force tanker community had come since Deseet Stom...

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DoD Budget and Retiring Aircraft

Lessons From The Cockpit - May 10, 2023 02:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Welcome to the sixty-first episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast!  The Defense Department Budget is out and there are a number of aircraft coming into the inventory and a lot going to the Boneyard at Davis Monthan AFB Arizona. Platforms that I refueled from my KC-135 are going to be ...

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DoD Budget and Retiring Aircraft

Lessons From The Cockpit - May 10, 2023 02:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Welcome to the sixty-first episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast!  The Defense Department Budget is out and there are a number of aircraft coming into the inventory and a lot going to the Boneyard at Davis Monthan AFB Arizona. Platforms that I refueled from my KC-135 are going to be ...

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Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations

Lessons From The Cockpit - April 26, 2023 04:35 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Welcome to the sixtieth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast!  I've been reluctant to discuss current events but felt this was a good topic since the US Military has accomplished four Non-Combatant Evacuations or NEOs from four US Embassies in the last three years; Afghanistan, Ukra...

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Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations

Lessons From The Cockpit - April 26, 2023 04:35 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Welcome to the sixtieth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast!  I've been reluctant to discuss current events but felt this was a good topic since the US Military has accomplished four Non-Combatant Evacuations or NEOs from four US Embassies in the last three years; Afghanistan, Ukra...

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Pentagon Papers 2.0

Lessons From The Cockpit - April 22, 2023 03:21 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Welcome to the fifty-ninth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast! I'm your host Mark Hasara, retired Air Force KC-135 pilot and airplane nerd! I've been asked numerous times what my thoughts are on the leaked classified documents from the Department of Defense and Pentagon. I'm still...

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Pentagon Papers 2.0

Lessons From The Cockpit - April 22, 2023 03:21 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Welcome to the fifty-ninth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast! I'm your host Mark Hasara, retired Air Force KC-135 pilot and airplane nerd! I've been asked numerous times what my thoughts are on the leaked classified documents from the Department of Defense and Pentagon. I'm still...

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Ronald Reagan Era SAC Operations 1985 - 1990

Lessons From The Cockpit - April 07, 2023 03:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Welcome to the fifty-eighth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast. We are going to talk about nukes since there is so much about a possible WW III in all the media.  President Ronald Reagan created the world's best nuclear deterrent capability in Strategic Air Command as he poured mo...

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Ronald Reagan Era SAC Operations 1985 - 1990

Lessons From The Cockpit - April 07, 2023 03:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Welcome to the fifty-eighth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast. We are going to talk about nukes since there is so much about a possible WW III in all the media.  President Ronald Reagan created the world's best nuclear deterrent capability in Strategic Air Command as he poured mo...

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Shock and Awe at 20 Years

Lessons From The Cockpit - March 25, 2023 21:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Welcome to the fifty-seventh episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast! This episode is an anniversary episode. This past week marked twenty years since the opening of Operation Iraqi Freedom's Shock and Awe air campaign, a term those of us involved never used. To those planning and exec...

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Shock and Awe at 20 Years

Lessons From The Cockpit - March 25, 2023 21:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Welcome to the fifty-seventh episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast! This episode is an anniversary episode. This past week marked twenty years since the opening of Operation Iraqi Freedom's Shock and Awe air campaign, a term those of us involved never used. To those planning and exec...

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Low Altitude Air Refueling Operations

Lessons From The Cockpit - March 11, 2023 07:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Welcome to the fifty-sixth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast!  I really appreciate all of you tuning in and downloading this and previous episodes of the show. One of the great memories of my KC-135 career was flying at low altitude with a receiver behind us. My first introductio...

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Low Altitude Air Refueling Operations

Lessons From The Cockpit - March 11, 2023 07:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Welcome to the fifty-sixth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast!  I really appreciate all of you tuning in and downloading this and previous episodes of the show. One of the great memories of my KC-135 career was flying at low altitude with a receiver behind us. My first introductio...

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The World's only Air Refueling Graduate School

Lessons From The Cockpit - March 01, 2023 03:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Welcome to the fifty-fifth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast! Thanks for downloading and listening. A three-inch thick manila folder on my desk in my new assignment to the Air Mobility Command Director of Operations or AMC/DO staff ended up being the worst four years of my career...

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The World's only Air Refueling Graduate School

Lessons From The Cockpit - March 01, 2023 03:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Welcome to the fifty-fifth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast! Thanks for downloading and listening. A three-inch thick manila folder on my desk in my new assignment to the Air Mobility Command Director of Operations or AMC/DO staff ended up being the worst four years of my career...

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Busting the Chinese Spy Balloon

Lessons From The Cockpit - February 15, 2023 03:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Welcome to the fifty-fourth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast. I've waited to post this one because so much aviation history is happening over the US! Over the last weekend in Joint military operations, US Air Force F-22 Raptors and F-16C Vipers shot down the Chinese Spy Balloon ...

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Busting the Chinese Spy Balloon

Lessons From The Cockpit - February 15, 2023 03:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Welcome to the fifty-fourth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast. I've waited to post this one because so much aviation history is happening over the US! Over the last weekend in Joint military operations, US Air Force F-22 Raptors and F-16C Vipers shot down the Chinese Spy Balloon ...

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Strategic Air Command Operations in the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

Lessons From The Cockpit - February 01, 2023 04:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Welcome to the fifty-third episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast, the second in a series of Strategic Air Command bomber and tanker operations during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October and November of 1962. Strategic Air Command's Cuban Missile Crisis After Action Report was declass...

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Strategic Air Command Operations in the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

Lessons From The Cockpit - February 01, 2023 04:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Welcome to the fifty-third episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast, the second in a series of Strategic Air Command bomber and tanker operations during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October and November of 1962. Strategic Air Command's Cuban Missile Crisis After Action Report was declass...

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Intelligence Ops during the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

Lessons From The Cockpit - January 21, 2023 04:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Welcome to the fifty-second episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast, this will be one of those extreme aviation moments! My Mom and Dad were very worried when I was just a kid starting school. They watched television a lot a month and a half into my first school year, a guy named Walte...

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Intelligence Ops during the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

Lessons From The Cockpit - January 21, 2023 04:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Welcome to the fifty-second episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast, this will be one of those extreme aviation moments! My Mom and Dad were very worried when I was just a kid starting school. They watched television a lot a month and a half into my first school year, a guy named Walte...