FPP174 - Green Phantoms, Pink Jags, and the Shah of Iran with "Ed"

Fighter Pilot Podcast

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

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

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Nelson "Ed" Cobleigh is a former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and Vietnam veteran-turned author who flew the A-4 Skyhawk, F-4 Phantom, Jaguar, F-104 Starfighter, and F-16 Fighting Falcon, among others. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pilot-podcast/donations

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0:00.0	What we saw was the F4 coming down the road line.
0:04.0	Missile launches comes off the aircraft and turns right towards the viewing star.
0:09.0	And I thought if I survive the missile strike,
0:12.0	these secret service guys are going to take me out
0:15.0	because it looked exactly like we were trying to assassinate the shot.
0:31.0	Get someone out of here!
0:32.0	On the road, let's go!
0:33.0	Get out of here!
0:34.0	Get out of here!
0:35.0	Get out of here!
0:36.0	You're fighting me, boys.
0:39.0	Hello and welcome to episode 174 of the Fighter Pilot Podcast.
0:43.0	I'm your host Vincent Iolo Carl Sangello.
0:46.0	And this week we have a repurposed happy hour from 2022.
0:51.0	If you're not familiar with those, happy hours are Zoom recordings
0:54.0	that I have with various folks in military aviation
0:57.0	who come on and just have a casual discussion.
0:59.0	And I used to play them just for our Patreon supporters as an exclusive perk.
1:04.0	But once in a while we pull them out and clean them up a little bit
1:07.0	and let everybody have a chance to listen.
1:09.0	Now, because of that, a couple of caveats before we listen.
1:13.0	One is this is a Zoom recording, so the audio quality is not terrific.
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