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Hello and welcome to the Fighter Pilot Podcast, the internet radio show that explores the fascinating world of air combat, the aircraft, the weapon systems, and most importantly, the people.

I'm your host, Vincent Aiello.

As you heard during our end of year episode back on December 31st, this is the

podcast's fifth year in show business. So we're shifting our release schedule to the fives.

That's the fifth, 15th, and 25th of every month and at 5 a.m. Pacific time. But for this, the very first episode of the year,

we're playing an intermission show, otherwise we would have had to work straight through the holidays

instead of taking a well-deserved break.

So what you're about to hear is from our happy hour series on Patreon.

Patreon, you may recall, is a social media platform that allows enthusiastic listeners to

financially support the show while gaining access to exclusive

content like these happy hour sessions, among many other offerings.

This particular happy hour recorded in mid1 is with one of only two pilots to ever barricade

a stricken FAA 18 aboard a carrier at sea.

Now if you want to view the video we refer to repeatedly during our discussion, well then head on

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