FPP195 - Comms & Bombs, Vietnam F-4 Phantom Pilot Tell-All

Fighter Pilot Podcast

E. Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello, Retired U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot

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🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Jim "Reaper" Dunlap was a Marine F-4 Phantom pilot who flew nearly 200 missions during his year in Vietnam.

...But it wasn't all flying—Reaper earned his callsign while spending three months on the ground with his fellow Marines, patrolling with them as an imbedded FAC or forward air controller coordinating air power for his ground unit.

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0:00.0	I could tell you on my first patrol, I'm getting my rifle in 400 rounds, and it
0:05.3	dawns on me. We're getting ready to go out and hunt for some people. And the people were
0:09.1	hunting for are hunting for us too. And the guy says lock and road, it was sobering. This is the real deal. Last one, one, one. One, another standby,
0:24.0	another sandwich.
0:25.0	One location. Roger Het.
0:26.0	It's still.
0:27.0	Quick, somebody got hit on the wall.
0:28.0	What's the call ten of dancers?
0:30.0	Get out of here. There's nothing, back up in the detergill! Hello and welcome to the fighter pilot podcast.
0:37.0	I am your host Vincent Iello, call sign Jello.
0:40.0	And today I have another host on my side of the table. You longtime viewers and
0:44.4	listeners might remember him. He was with us on episode 161. He's a former
0:48.7	Marine F4 Rio, Rick Hartnack, and you're also a supporter of the show. Thank you.
0:53.0	Yep. I'm a pleasure to be here and a pleasure to bring my friend with me.
0:57.0	Yeah, well that's what we did last time when we talked about I think we called it high risk supply missions or something like that.
1:03.4	C7 Caribou.
1:04.4	We had Bob here to talk about the C7 Caribou.
1:06.6	Well, so you dragged in another friend?
1:08.6	I dragged in another friend.
1:09.7	Why don't you tell us who he is and a little bit about him?
1:12.1	Well, it's my pleasure to bring to our audience.
1:15.0	Jim Dunlap.
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