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#131 - James ”Chef” Barlow - How to Start a Private Air Force

Black Rifle Coffee Podcast

Black Rifle Coffee Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

James "Chef" Barlow joins Jarred Taylor at his home studio to discuss his career as an A-10 Warthog pilot, starting a government contracting company that provides JTACs critical Close Air Support skills. Jarred and James also reveal an upcoming project that will include the airplanes in James' private air force.

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0:00.0

You have now entered Free Range American Podcast, presented by black rifle coffee.com.

0:15.1

Oh, well, hi, hi.

0:38.0

Oh, we're here. Are we or aren't we? We're here for real. We're here somewhere. See, look, I could come to your side of the thing and it's not from a kid. I actually ate breakfast this morning, which I've been drinking breakfast lately, so I'm in a better mood. Maybe. We'll see. I think so. You're here in town. Three coffees later and we're ready to do this. We're wrecking liquid death. Two coffees. Then I had a coffee in a can, a little espresso shot. It's like, we're fired up. Yeah. I asked for water and had to wash down my three coffees. And here's liquid death. Like, yeah, no way that gets me. I actually love this stuff. We are not sponsored by them whatsoever, but...

0:57.5

I don't even know who that is. It keeps showing up. I'm pretty sure we're buying it. But it's fun. It's nice. Spicy water. That's what Evan calls sparkling water. Yes. Spicy water. I got notes of spice. My spicy water is when I put cayenne pepper and saracha in my water.

1:30.7

I love bloody. That's what Evan calls sparkling water. Yes. Spicy water. I got notes of spice. My spicy water is when I put cayenne pepper and saracha in my water. Oh, no, no, just water, saracha. All right. People may recognize you. Yeah. I mean, you know. Should I do the face? From a movie, from a movie called Range 15. He was in there. You and Tool. You and Tool were in there.

1:35.2

You were in not a war story. Yes, we were. So you're in now? You've been in a lot of them. And then,

1:40.1

and then for those of you that have been around for a long time and remember quite a few years ago,

1:47.7

probably 2015, we went to Las Vegas and flew around in this man's air.

1:48.9

It's possibly it is 40.

1:50.2

It was before.

1:51.0

Still a classic.

1:53.4

It was before Range 15 filmed.

1:53.8

Yes.

1:54.2

Yeah.

1:55.9

We filmed that the summer before.

1:56.4

Yeah.

1:57.8

Yeah.

1:59.8

We went and used this man's airplanes.

2:00.7

Such a good story.

2:02.1

Inverted whiskey poor.

2:08.6

Yeah, that old school Pepsi commercial that came out before the last Top Gun has got nothing on that.

2:11.6

Because they did Pepsi, which I don't actually even like.

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