Ep 584: The A-10 Refuses to Die - Won Bier

Ones Ready

Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras

Education, Special Reconnaissance, Special Operations, Air Force, Pj, Combat Control, Tactical Air Control Party, Self-improvement, Fitness, Selection, Health & Fitness, Pararescue, Special Warfare, Tacp, Government, Assessment And Selection, Cct

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Peaches sits down with legendary A-10 attack pilot "Won" Bier—and this one is equal parts war stories, aviation nerd-out, and straight-up calling BS on billion-dollar defense decisions. Fresh off Operation Epic Fury, with A-10s once again doing what everybody swore other platforms could “totally replace,” Won breaks down what Sandy missions, combat search and rescue, and real close air support actually look like when people’s lives are on the line. Then it gets spicy. W...

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0:00.0	One's ready?
0:01.0	Pointing!
0:02.0	Go!
0:03.0	Team!
0:04.0	Rally!
0:05.0	Next to guys!
0:07.0	One!
0:08.0	One!
0:09.0	Three!
0:10.0	One!
0:11.0	Three!
0:12.0	One!
0:13.0	Two, three, two, two.
0:15.0	Two!
0:16.0	One two,
0:17.0	one.
0:18.0	One two, I'm two locked in. I've been on a run like God. Critics want to hate. I'm a certified problem. Bloods, sweat, that's 24 hours. Respect on my name, I'll trust you cow. Independent winner, but I count my blessing. I don't know about second. Like I learned my lesson. Don't test them. Let me go put it on wet that I'm in the top five of a top five network.
0:39.3	Way back where they ain't believe in me.
0:41.1	This took years.
0:41.9	You know, I ain't due to see in me. Tell me what they're seeing me. Ain't nobody better now I've got them all fear. Ain't nobody better what I'm done in that's peer. On my point like a period. in the rule this a tyranny one shot out here left i'm gonna take love my i made it
0:53.1	hey everybody before we get into this next episode with Juan Bierre, who's a legendary A10 fighter pilot, well, I guess fighter pilot, attack pilot, rather, is the correct terminology, an attack pilot.
1:08.1	We'd love you guys to go over to tasteaggains.com to check them out. They've got great
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