When I think about what the in-jab pilot is gonna do largely you're gonna be a mission manager

And as we make the journey into artificial intelligence you'll see sophisticated pilots assistance operating as part of the team a manned and unmanned aircraft

Hello, and welcome to the fighter pilot podcast. I am your usual host Vincent ILO call sign Jell-O

But you long-time listeners know that every so often I hand the microphone over to a co-host who has a great guest lined up to discuss another cool subject

Well, my friend Matt Arnie did the honors for our last show of the month in January

And he's back to round out February with another big thinker talking about another forward leaning topic

I got to get back in the studio to work on more videos. So I'll see you again next week

But as for this week take it away flounder. Thanks Jell-O

Joining me today is Mike Mobile Homes retired fighter pilot and a general officer

Mobile enjoyed a 40-year career in the Air Force including time leading the transformation of air combat command

Which is a global organization operating a thousand aircraft at 11 paces

He also served as Air Force deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and programs and the deputy commander of air education and training command

Welcome mobile to the fighter pilot podcast. I'm happy to be here. Thanks. I'm really looking forward to this conversation

You've got an amazing background to be able to talk about some aspects of the future of air warfare

But let's start a little bit further in your background

So you were a UT volunteer and you have commissioned the Air Force out of that

So can you give us a couple minutes of what your career looked like? Sure, so I was at Tennessee

I've walked on and tried to play football. I learned I was small and slow but lazy

Through that I had everything they were looking for so I was an engineering school

I needed help with college and I did a cooperative education program with NASA Kennedy Space Center

And I learned to fly in Patrick Cheryl Club and decided I wanted to pursue a military flying career

I kind of shot between the Navy and the Air Force

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