Fight's On! Down Low

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

🗓️ 5 October 2022

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

The second Fight's On! episode, "Down Low," explores the world of Army Aviation 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 OH-58 Kiowa Warrior and AH-64 Apache combat veteran. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pilot-podcast/donations

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0:00.0	Faitzon 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.
0:22.8	Welcome back to Faitzon.
0:25.0	Last episode, we sat down with Navy Pilot Brian Sunshine Sinclair
0:29.0	to discuss earning wings of gold in Navy Flight School.
0:32.2	Today, we're going down low with retired Army helicopter pilot Brian Kasmoharis
0:37.8	to learn all about Army Flight School, the OH-58 Kyle Warrior,
0:42.2	AH-64 Apache, and how the Army integrates aviation into ground combat.
0:47.7	So hang on, because the Faitzon, whoah!
0:51.2	Covering it in and out of the cell is the absolute hardest thing.
0:58.5	You are clawing at the sky.
1:02.6	So I called my crew chiefs over.
1:04.2	You know, Blade of Justice said, hey, take that missile off.
1:06.5	That's a hundred pound missile.
1:11.4	And trying to find that good sweet spot between
1:15.3	over-torking the hell out of the aircraft,
1:17.2	just banging the piece of ground.
1:20.8	The aggressors earning, entering the airspace at this time.
1:26.3	Pre-section of the combat spread, close tight.
1:29.0	Roger, tell you, I've got one man, he's in a left hand turn.
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