We’ve all heard that ‘war is hell,’ but this week we hear it from a different perspective: that of a young pilot, new to the fleet and the F/A-18 Hornet, who finds himself fighting far from home in the fog of war, on the heels of the death of a beloved squadron mate.
On this episode, retired U.S. Navy) Captain Nick “Mongo” Mongillo tells the harrowing story of his downing an Iraqi MiG-21) on day one of Desert Storm). Live the experience as you hear the actual in-flight audio, then dissect it to learn what each call meant then, and how times have changed now.
Bumper music by Jaime Lopez / announcements by Jim Hendershot).
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