Hello and welcome to the fighter pilot podcast. I am your host, Vincent Iiello, call

sign Jello. If you caught last September's CH47 Chinook episode hosted by our friend Tremors,

you may remember my intention to go off a set episode release schedule beginning in 2006 after eight years of three

to four monthly episodes. Well, because of that, I envisioned an end of year wrap-up episode,

like during our first several years of podcasting. You may remember those. And as part of such a

wrap up, I thought it would be fun to provide updates

on what past guests have been up to since their appearance on the show. So I emailed them to

find out who had retired from service, started businesses, been selected for NASA's next astronaut

class, written books, whatever. Now, most responses, as you might imagine, were very pleasant

providing updates and

congratulating me on an amazing run on this show. One in particular said, you've had a remarkable

impact on people. Thank you for sharing your love of aviation and superb storytelling and

interviewing skills to the world. When this guest went on to mention his forthcoming book,

which, in his words, takes readers through his most impactful and hair-raising aviation,

combat, and life experiences, helping people unlock their full potential, I suggested, somewhat on

a whim, that to fully do so, perhaps he might consider keeping this show going more regularly.

He was intrigued, we talked, I shipped him some recording equipment. He lined up several

potential guests. And before you know it, we had a plan. So this episode is no longer

simply an end of year wrap-up. It is now the announcement of a fighter pilot podcast

succession plan. Ladies and gentlemen,

please join me in welcoming back the guest of episodes 78 on the F-35 Lightning 2 and 148 on

collision avoidance systems, recently retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and your new fighter pilot podcast host,

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