FPP162 - U.S. F-16 Pilot Explains Infamous 'Dodging Iraqi SAMs' Video

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 March 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Former U.S. Air Force F-16 Viper pilot Jeff "Tico" Tice was callsign 'Stroke 1,' the flight lead for the ill-fated "Package Q" strike on Iraq just days into Operation Desert Storm in 1991. Stroke 3 miraculously dodged multiple Iraqi SAMs and made it home safely where his HUD footage became a sensation. Tico was not so lucky... Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pilot-podcast/donations

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0:00.0	I realized that that missile had just come off the rail, and I saw it.
0:04.5	And I yelled on the radio, Crudford to break, right, break, right.
0:08.0	Because I knew that's who it was heading.
0:10.0	He breaks right.
0:11.0	And the missile speared him, and his airplane literally vaporizes.
0:15.0	Samlock is working at all five.
0:18.0	Oh, okay, get he got. Black one, back one.
0:22.6	Another sandwich.
0:24.4	Another sandwich.
0:24.4	All right.
0:25.2	Roger Havana.
0:26.8	Wait, somebody got to hit on your world with $500,000.
0:29.5	Get out of here.
0:30.3	God, stop in the terminal.
0:31.9	Oh, fine.
0:32.4	And, boys.
0:34.7	Hello and welcome to the fighter pilot podcast.
0:37.0	I'm your host, Vincent Aiello, Calls, Iangelo.
0:39.5	And on this episode, we are again repurposing one of our happy hour conversations from our Patreon page.
0:46.6	Now, if you saw episode 159 with Fred Clifton, then you know that this is a Zoom recording.
0:52.8	So the audio and video quality is not quite as good.
0:55.2	But based on the response to that video, I really think you're going to like it.
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