180 - Why We Need TOPGUN Adversaries with "Farley"

Fighter Pilot Podcast

E. Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello, Retired U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot

History, Personal Journals, Technology, Society & Culture, Government, Leisure, Aviation

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Retired U.S. Navy F/A-18 pilot Jack "Farley" Stewart explains who "adversary" pilots are, what they do, how TOPGUN trains them, and why it is vital to have professional adversaries (or "aggressors," as the U.S. Air Force calls them). Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pilot-podcast/donations

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0:00.0	When I looked at my role as an adversary in my mind those guys are getting ready to go overseas and I wanted them to be the absolute
0:07.8	Sharp as they can be so that if for some reason they end up in a shooting war with whoever.
0:12.8	I want them to have the confidence that they know how their adversaries are going to
0:17.6	perform in real world. Sam Get out of here. We can get on your own window sizes.
0:33.4	Get out of here.
0:34.4	God stop the inter-line!
0:36.4	Oh, and find it me, boys.
0:39.4	Hello and welcome to the Fighter Pilot Podcast.
0:41.2	I'm your host, Vincent Iello, Call Signello, and joining me in
0:44.0	Studio today is Jack Stewart. Jack, how you doing today?
0:47.4	I'm doing great. I'm in sunny San Diego, get us down and talk with you about Fighter
0:51.1	Jets, so I'm doing awesome. Fantastic, yeah, we're going to talk about fighter jets so I'm doing awesome.
0:52.6	Fantastic.
0:53.2	Yeah, we're going to talk about top gun and a whole bunch of cool stuff and you go by Farley.
0:57.2	I go by Farley.
0:58.2	Yeah, I have since I was a Wii J.O.
1:01.2	Back in VFA 87.
1:03.0	Well let's hear about that.
1:04.0	Where did you get your start?
1:05.0	Where did you go to school?
1:06.0	Tell us about your military career and maybe a little bit about what you're doing now.
1:09.0	Well, let's see, I grew up in a suburb of Seattle, Washington.
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