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

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

🗓️ 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.

This episode is adapted from a 2022 'Happy Hour' discussion over Zoom.

Visit Ed's website here.

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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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