FPP159 - Flying & Fighting the MiG-29 Fulcrum with "Spanky"

Fighter Pilot Podcast

Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton, Retired U.S. Air Force Fighter Test Pilot

Leisure, History, Aviation, Technology, Personal Journals, Government, Society & Culture

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Former U.S. Air Force F-15, F-5, and F-16 pilot, and Fighter Weapons School graduate, Fred "Spanky" Clifton, describes flying the MiG-29 Fulcrum as a Luftwaffe exchange pilot following German reunification after the Iron Curtain fell. Sponsored by National University. To find out more, visit nu.edu. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pilot-podcast/donations

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0:00.0	I got to fly against all the NATO S-16s. I got to fly against US Air Force F-15s, F-16s,
0:06.8	Hornets, Tomcats, Marines, Navy, the Brits, the French and the Mirage 2000s.
0:13.0	If they were in Europe, we got to fly against them.
0:30.0	Hello and welcome to the Fighter Pilot Podcast. I'm your host, Vincent Ayelo Callsine-Gello.
0:39.0	And I hope you have enjoyed our pivot to video in 2023.
0:43.0	We've had several episodes now, and most of them are recorded right here in our studios in San Diego.
0:49.0	But we're trying something different this week.
0:51.0	Now, our Patreon supporters for the last couple of years have had access to dozens of interviews
0:57.0	that are casual and just fun, and we call them happy hours.
1:00.0	Well, for this week, we are going to repurpose one of those with a gentleman named Fred Clifton,
1:05.0	who is a former Air Force fighter pilot, flew a lot of different aircraft, including the MiG-29 Falkram.
1:11.0	And we're going to adapt that for this episode.
1:14.0	Now, it was recorded on Zoom, so the audio and video quality is not quite as good,
1:18.0	but I think you're really going to enjoy the content and the discussion. So, let's get to it.
1:25.0	Clifton, Spanky, hello.
1:27.0	Hey, how you doing?
1:28.0	Good. You got me on lights on and everything back there, so...
1:31.0	This is my man cave.
1:33.0	One of the few houses in the entire Las Vegas Valley that actually has a basement.
1:37.0	Yeah. Oh, wow. It's probably cooler down there.
1:40.0	Anyway.
1:41.0	Well, just to set the stage here, so we're just meeting,
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