Celebrating 75 Years of the U.S. Air Force

Fighter Pilot Podcast

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

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

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🗓️ 18 September 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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September 18, 2022 marks the 75th birthday of the U.S. Air Force and to celebrate, the FPP team created this special episode featuring many of our past USAF guests sharing their thoughts on this momentous milestone. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pilot-podcast/donations

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0:00.0	I'm Bruce Gordon, a USAF pilot who flew the F-86, F-100, F-102, and F-106 with 132 missions
0:17.7	in Vietnam.
0:18.7	I'm 88 years old, but I remember when the USAF was born in 1947.
0:27.2	The USAF's 75th anniversary marked the birth of air power as a separate branch of warfare,
0:35.7	independent of its traditional ties to terrestrial forces.
0:40.4	The Army always wants to see the planes over them attacking the forces in front of them,
0:45.8	close air support, but that's not the most efficient use of air power.
0:51.1	Air Force thought is much closer to the Navy's thought, thinking worldwide in the air
0:57.2	ocean.
0:58.2	Global reach, global power was our motto.
1:02.0	We formed squadrons as the Navy did.
1:05.0	We were taught the ideas of Admiral Alfred Faire Mehan's book, the influence of sea power
1:12.8	upon history.
1:14.7	The new Air Force would deal in the air ocean while the Navy dealt with the surface and
1:22.2	below the surface of the oceans.
1:24.8	Aircraft carriers were like floating air bases, but smaller.
1:29.4	The Air Force would build bigger planes and operate from larger bases.
1:34.8	But the strategic idea was similar.
1:38.2	Worldwide, strategic thinking affected the design of U.S. Air Force aircraft and distinguishes
1:46.0	us from other nations' air forces.
1:48.7	We built tankers to extend the range of our fighters and bombers.
1:53.3	Other nations protected the parameters of their countries and provided support for their
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