U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation (Rebroadcast)

Fighter Pilot Podcast

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

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🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

June 14, 2025, marks the U.S. Army's 250th birthday

To celebrate, the entire month is dedicated to army aviation, concluding with this rebroadcast of episode 160 exploring the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment with U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Trey Williams and retired U.S. Army CW5 Stan Wood.

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0:00.0	June 14th, 2025 marks the United States Army's 250th birthday, and to commemorate here on the
0:07.4	Fighter Pilot podcast, we are dedicating the entire month to Army Aviation.
0:12.1	You longtime listeners may recall we first celebrated Army Aviation Month way back in August
0:17.6	2020. Well, for every Monday in June 2025, and there are five, we will
0:24.5	replay the four original Army Aviation Month episodes, plus the aptly numbered Episode 160
0:30.7	on the nightstockers of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.
0:36.4	Happy semi-quincentennial birthday, U.S. Army, this month is for you.
0:41.6	Our whole job was to try and figure out where he was.
0:44.4	We knew he was alive.
0:45.5	The night of the fourth, he ended up showing up on TV, and that's the only reason we knew
0:49.3	he was alive.
0:50.5	And then it's like, okay, now we have a rescue mission.
0:52.9	We have to go do happily, but where is he? Say it a like, okay, now we have a rescue mission. We have to go do happily.
0:55.2	But where is he?
0:57.4	Sam Lodge is working at Torres-5-0.
1:02.6	Black one, back one.
1:04.0	Power Slamline.
1:04.9	Another Samblux.
1:05.8	Same position.
1:06.6	Roger that.
1:07.5	Wait, somebody got a hit on-year-old and 500,000.
1:17.5	Get out of here. Jack, got me, boys. All right now. service in the one-sixth and hard for the mission is constantly demanding and hard service in the 160th is a calling fuel answer for the mission is constantly demanding and hard my only true
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