Don Bentley: Operation Red Wings [Rebroadcast]
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Jack Carr
4.9 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2022
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Note: The interview in this episode first aired in October of 2021 in Season 1, but it features a new gear spotlight.
Don Bentley is a former U.S. Army Apache helicopter pilot who flew QRF in support of Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan. Launching with only a frequency, call sign and last known location of the four-man SEAL reconnaissance element, Don and the QRF flew into harm’s way. One helicopter and the 16 warriors aboard would not make it home. This is a powerful conversation with someone who has spent years dealing with the emotional aftermath of that mission and who has learned to channel those feelings into his writing.
Following his time in the Army, Don worked for General Electric before once again stepping up to serve as an FBI Special Agent focused on foreign intelligence cases and as an FBI SWAT Team member. Today, Don is the New York Times bestselling author of the Matt Drake series.
His latest book in the series, Hostile Intent, released on May 3, 2022. He is also continuing the legacy of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan Jr. series. Zero Hour is on shelves now. You can learn more about Don at donbentleybooks.com and follow him on Twitter @bentleydonb.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is The Danger Close Podcast. |
| 0:08.7 | Beyond the Books with me, Jack Carter. |
| 0:18.1 | Welcome to The Danger Close Podcast, Iron Cloud Original, presented by Navy Federal Credit |
| 0:22.3 | Union. |
| 0:23.3 | This is a rebroadcast of a conversation I had with Don Bentley in Season 1. |
| 0:27.9 | Don Bentley is a former Army Apache helicopter pilot who flew in the QRF, that's a quick |
| 0:33.0 | reaction force for Operation Redwings in Afghanistan. |
| 0:37.9 | That's the operation that is detailed in Marcus LaTrell's book, Loan Survivor, and the |
| 0:42.0 | Peter Berg movie of the same name. |
| 0:45.2 | It was a very emotional conversation and I can't thank Don enough for sitting down with |
| 0:50.6 | me and sharing his perspective on that operation. |
| 0:53.8 | He's a fantastic human being, always loved talking to him, he's a dear friend now, and he |
| 0:59.4 | is an author of the Matt Drake series. |
| 1:02.7 | The latest is Hostel Intent in that series, and he is the author of the Jack Ryan Jr. series. |
| 1:08.7 | That's right, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Jr. |
| 1:11.7 | The latest in that series is called Zero Hour, and it is out right now. |
| 1:18.0 | So let's do this one again. |
| 1:20.2 | For those who missed it the first time around, this is Don Bentley. |
| 1:24.5 | Don Bentley, what's up, man? |
| 1:28.6 | Hey, how was it going Jack? |
| 1:30.3 | It was great to be here with you at BoucherCon. |
| 1:33.1 | At BoucherCon. |
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