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The Afterburn Podcast

John "Rain" Waters

Society & Culture, Aviation, Leisure

5 • 961 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Welcome to the latest episode of "Lowdown" on the Afterburn podcast, where we dive into aviation and defense news. This week, we look back into a bit of recent history with iTurkey's failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016, and its impact on the F-35 program. Turkey's shift towards Russia led to its removal from the F-35 program.

We also cover the latest in aviation mishaps, including a tail strike incident involving a 777, a food poisoning scare on a Delta flight, a tragic maintenance accident on a Varesh Airlines 737, Boeing's Starliner mission, and the groundbreaking KC-46's nonstop around-the-world flight.

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Chapters

00:00 The Turkish Coup Attempt and Turkey's Removal from the F-35 Program

01:38 Aviation News: Tail Strike, Flight Diversion, and Maintenance Worker Fatality

03:07 Former Airline Pilot Pleads Guilty to Obstructing NTSB Investigation

04:04 Incident Involving Two Regional Jets and Stranded NASA Astronauts

05:00 Aura: Identity Protection and Data Breach Notification

06:28 Defense Updates: KC-46 Around-the-World Flight and ICBM Upgrade Program

08:12 Issues with TR3 Upgrade and Delayed F-35 Deliveries

09:37 Chinese Military Ships Spotted off the Coast of Alaska and Russia's Presence in Cuba

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Transcript

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0:00.0	He Who Dare wins is the model of the British SAS and that kicks off our newsletter for this week.
0:05.5	Let's jump into the low down.
0:08.7	Sam watch, stroking nose five low.
0:15.0	That's the victory defending. 5 low. 3rd 3 defending the ghost. July 15th, 2016, 8 years ago, Turkey experienced a coup attempt.
0:20.0	The coup attempt resulted in the deaths of over 300 people and over 2,000 people
0:23.9	being wounded. Looking at it from the Air Force side of the house, it fell on both
0:28.7	sides of the coup attempt with F-16s attempting to find, locate, and target and
0:34.1	destroy the presidential plane which had the president on at the time as well as
0:37.6	F-16s trying to protect it.
0:39.3	Two plotters use F-16s to target strategic location and conduct low shows of force with Sonic Booms trying to disrupt and
0:47.1	overthrow the government. Ultimately, they failed. Loyalists quickly responded and were able to
0:52.0	recapture air bases and stop the coup attempt.
0:56.2	But remember, Turkey was in the F-35 program at the time.
0:59.2	They were slated to get their first F-35s in the next couple of years.
1:03.3	In fact, they'd already sent one or two pilots
1:05.9	to the United States to begin training in the F-35.
1:09.3	I was actually in Fort Worth in 2018
1:10.9	and saw the first F-35 going down the line.
1:13.4	It had the Turkish flag on it.
1:15.0	Turkey was ultimately removed from the program
1:17.0	as a result of them aligning more closely with Russia
1:19.6	in trying to buy the S400 surface-air missile system.
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