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Welcome back to FITSON! Now that we've heard how postgraduate level aviators are made,

and learned about the opponents they train against, part one of today's episode,

putting it all together, we'll look at how all of that is combined to prepare squadrons

and airwings to deploy. We'll start with Red Flag, the seminal large-scale exercise known

around the world, and attended by not only American crews, but allied as well.

Our guest today is F-15 Strike Eagle-Wizzo Mike Paco-Banitas. Let's step to the jet because the

FITSON! We lost 70 aircraft to MIGS, but we lost 2,500 from surface to airfire.

A Russian S-400, which is an S-A21, it can cover every square inch of that airspace.

People are always watching, they're always listening, whether it's from the ground,

if you're out of the desert, if you're at a fishing trowler, over water, airspace, or even from space.

The aggressors are entering the airspace at this time.

Roger, tell you, I've got one man, he's in a left hand turn.

That's true, you're about to get good.

Box one on the M-5, nose down.

Turn in, FITSON.

Okay, welcome back. We're here with Mike Paco-Banitas, who is a former USAF F-15E Strike Eagle

weapon systems officer, Wizzo, welcome Paco.

Thanks, Scott. Thanks for having me.

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