Larry the 5,000-hour Intruder Guy

Fighter Pilot Podcast

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

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4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2024

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

Larry "Mung" Munns is one of only two U.S. Navy aircrew (and the only pilot) to accrue 5,000 flight hours in the Grumman A-6 Intruder, including while forward deployed in Japan and during Operation Desert Storm.

How did he do it? Find out on this week's episode...

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0:00.0	About halfway through our flight in the Arabian Gulf, we looked down below us and we see all these little
0:07.1	These little sparks all over the Gulf. There must have been 50 of them. Came down, landed, went into our maintenance control.
0:14.6	And this was now 45 minutes after we'd seen all the
0:17.4	which coincidentally is the time of flight for a tomahawk to see the land
0:21.6	missile.
0:22.2	And we were standing there on our satellite TVs
0:24.9	and watching that video of the tomahucks going right
0:27.9	over Wolf Litzer's head.
0:29.8	Wow.
0:30.8	It's like, I'll be damned. I think we just saw those. Last one, last one. Last one. Another sandwich.
0:44.0	There's a lot.
0:45.0	Watch a head.
0:46.0	It's still on.
0:47.0	Quick, somebody got hit on the wall with the car hundred dollars.
0:49.0	Get out of here.
0:50.0	Dad, stop getting the terminal!
0:51.0	Oh, don't find me, boys. back up in the tournament. Hello and welcome to the fighter pilot podcast.
0:57.0	I am Vincent Iello, call sign Jello.
1:00.0	And I am Matt Arnie Col sign Flounder.
1:02.0	And you are listening to the internet show
1:04.4	that explores the fascinating world of air combat,
1:06.5	the aircraft, the weapon systems,
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