Fight's On! Aim High

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

🗓️ 15 October 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

The third Fight's On! episode explores Air Force flight school from selection through primary and advanced training to winging, culminating in assignment to a pilot's first combat unit as told through the eyes of an F-16 combat veteran. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pilot-podcast/donations

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0:00.0	Fightson is produced with commercial consideration from Kubik Corporation.
0:04.3	Since 1972, Kubik's ACMI has been a cornerstone of air combat range instrumentation.
0:10.9	Kubik's LVC will expand that capability into the future across multi-domain operations.
0:17.0	Truth in training, Kubik LVC, yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
0:23.0	Welcome back to Fightson.
0:24.8	Today, we round out the flight school phase of the series with Air Force F-16 pilot
0:29.9	Brian Rainwater's talking about training philosophies, being an instructor pilot,
0:35.3	and the infamous sear school.
0:37.3	Aim high because once again, the fights on.
0:44.6	That competition is out there and it's in the open because steel sharpened steel.
0:50.2	It's learning from mistakes, it's learning from others, trying to make,
0:54.9	not only yourself, but making the team through.
0:59.1	One of the things you say three times is bail out, bail out, bail out.
1:03.9	On the third bail out, you pull the handles.
1:08.7	Spoiler alert, no matter how good you are, everyone gets captured.
1:19.8	Roger, tell you, I've got one man, he's in a left hand turn.
1:30.5	Turn in, Fightson.
1:33.5	Hi, welcome back to Fightson.
1:35.4	I'm your host Scott, and today we're talking with John Rainwater's.
1:39.6	Rain is an F-16 pilot.
1:42.0	From the US Air Force, welcome Rain.
1:44.7	Hey, thanks for having me on.
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