Hogs in the Sand with "Buck"

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

🗓️ 16 October 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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A discussion on flying A-10s in Operation Desert Storm and details on the guest's new book chronicling his experiences in the war. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pilot-podcast/donations

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0:00.0	Thanks to our sponsor National University.
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0:31.0	Hey everyone, Vincent I Y back again from the Fighter Pilot
0:37.1	podcast to talk to you about another great military aviation book.
0:41.3	Here today is Buck Windham, author of Hogs in the Sand. How you
0:45.9	doing, Buck? I'm doing great. How are you doing yellow? I'm doing fantastic.
0:49.9	Thanks very much. And yeah, unfortunately this is one of those books I haven't read,
0:54.1	but I'm looking forward to learning about it with you.
0:57.3	And then we'll talk about where folks can find it,
0:59.7	and maybe we'll even offer one up.
1:01.6	But anyway, let's start with you real quick.
1:04.0	Who's Buck Windham?
1:05.2	I am 55 years old, flew 8-10s back in the good old days,
1:09.3	back when they were green in the Air Force, of course, flew in the first desert storm, the first time the A10
1:16.9	went to war, was a T38 instructor pilot after that, about to experience a little bit of the Navy
1:22.3	after that for a brief time, and then went back to the T38 and flew that for the rest of my career.
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