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The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

How To Make Decisions Like A Fighter Pilot

The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

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4.1738 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

United States Airforce Pilot Hasard Lee has flown over 80 combat missions while serving overseas and is the only fighter pilot ever to fly two different types of jets into combat on the same day. U.S. Airforce Pilot Hasard Lee joins Martha to talk about how he became obsessed with aviation from a young age and shares stories from his time serving in Afghanistan. Later, he discusses his new book The Art of Clear Thinking: A Stealth Fighter Pilot's Timeless Rules for Making Tough Decisions, and how flying fighter jets has informed his decision-making process.   Follow Martha on Twitter: @MarthaMacCallum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.0

Welcome to this edition of the Untold Story podcast.

0:45.6

I'm Martha McCallum.

0:47.3

Thanks for joining us today.

0:58.5

And I'm really pleased to speak today with Hazard Lee, who is the author of the new book, The Art of Clear Thinking, something I think we all struggle with once in a while.

1:04.9

And the subtitle is A Stealth Fighter Pilots Timeless Rules for Making Tough Decisions.

1:08.5

Hazard Lee is a U.S. Air Force Combat Pilot and Instructor.

1:13.0

And as a flight commander, he led pilots into combat during one of the most intense periods of the war in Afghanistan. And there he flew over 80 combat missions and became

1:18.4

the only fighter pilot to ever fly two different types of jets into combat on the same day

1:24.1

while supporting troops under fire. He was hand-picked to fly the F-35, which is the most

1:29.8

advanced and expensive weapon system in history, which was still in development at the time. So he just

1:35.1

has an incredible resume of serving our country. So first of all, thank you for your service to our

1:39.7

country, Hazard, and welcome. Thank you, Martha. It's great to be on. Did your parents name you Hazard?

1:45.0

No. Havs is actually my call sign. Tell me about that. What's your, what's your birth

1:50.2

name? Birth name is Justin. So, but all the fighter pilots that I'm with, we don't know our first

1:55.8

name. So in fact, we have games sometimes where you have to guess your, you know, wingman's first name, and most of us can't do it.

2:03.1

So most of us, just like in the movie Top Gun, go by our call signs.

2:06.9

So mine is hazard.

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