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0:00 Intro and welcome back Jim - a quick return to Eglin for sim supersonic fuse testing
8:40 Maths
13:30 Simulation starting to replace actual testing?
17:11 Out of the black world and into Marine War College and Joint Staff
23:10 The road to Columbus, lack of recognition for secret work, avoiding Major Staff assignment, bypassing Systems Command promotion ladder
35:05 Columbus - reading the room/plan going in?
43:50 Red Eagles ad
44:43 Why was AETC lagging behind in terms of practices
46:40 Risk management
50:38 Bringing the influence of “Test Pilotisms” into training and the reaction of IPs to updated mission
54:40 Culture - changing traditions and attitudes, gender effects
1:01:55 AETC decision to stop formation landings
1:06:55 Technology advancements/influence
1:12:30 Comparing yesterday to today
1:15:14 “Gateway Jets” and the story of the picture behind Steve
1:18:15 Why the change in paint?
1:19:04 an appropriate/fulfilling way to wind up AF career - Final Flight - No love for airline world
1:23:29 Foreign Service - no flying any private flying? - do you miss it?
1:25:55 A yearning to have faced the “ultimate test” of facing the threat repeatedly
1:29:10 Cheesy question? Which experience would you repeat given the chance?
1:30:25 the “real” last question….we need those bar stories!!!!

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9 июл 2024

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@FoursInHot 5 месяцев назад

I must have been sleep deprived when I made this segment with Steve. What the old guy meant to say: - The AETC Commander who I credit with the Gateway paint scheme on the T-38 is Gen Fig Newton. I really admired Gen Newton and first met him up-range from Nellis when we took over the stink jets, aka dollar 17s, aka F-117s. We called them the stink jets cause they only came out at night. - LtGen Pace was the J-3 of the Joint Staff, not the S-3. LtGen Pace later became Gen Pace and the Chairman of the Joint Staff.

@matthayward7889 5 месяцев назад

The whole interview was a joy, thank you!

@nickforster748 5 месяцев назад

I agree wholeheartedly with your sentiment about the quality of the oral histories being compiled by Steve. It was plain to see that you enjoyed the interviews and I loved listening to your stories and thoughts. I reflected on your comments about formation landings and initially disagreed on the grounds of the number of speaking units created by singleton or trail recoveries. However, I then considered that the Tornado I flew only had a pulse radar for ground mapping and so we couldn’t do the sort of radar trail formation recoveries I see being flown into Lakenheath over my house on IFR days. The reality is that all modern fighters have multi-mode radars far more capable than the one I had, and this obviates the need for “welded wing” approaches & landings. As you said, we should continue to evaluate what we do, why and how! For some people that can become harder the older they get. On the other hand, some lessons are hard won and written in blood and should not be forgotten lightly. Thanks again Jim, I wish you well!

@FoursInHot 5 месяцев назад

Good comments Nick. To me, it comes down to one key issue. How do we best use our gas? Every fighter takes-off with min fuel. Do we use some of our precious fuel to learn formation landings, or do we practice another couple of engagements?

@HabitualButtonPusher 5 месяцев назад

You deserve way more subscribers. These are some of the best in depth aviation interviews period.

@TheErrorerrorerrorer 5 месяцев назад

Agreed

@BennyAndTheJets86 5 месяцев назад

Agreed!

@therocinante3443 5 месяцев назад

100% the best aviation podcast ever.

@rsuminsby 5 месяцев назад

Steve, I love it when you apologize for getting the interviews way off track....that's the whole beauty of your podcast!

@10percenttrue 5 месяцев назад

Thanks, Junior!

@obwan5101 5 месяцев назад

Love your interviews, your interviewing technique and your easy-going format. Makes for a very enjoyable viewer experience. --Not-so-old former U.S.A.F. JSTARS & AWACS Air Battle Manager.

@calebmartiny 5 месяцев назад

+1 --> pushing these to my Airmen. It's important to get the fighter perspective and increasingly hard to do with drawdowns of TDYs, exercises & actual airframes to train with.

@vinniemmmm 5 месяцев назад

Jim is a legend with an interesting outlook on life and a wealth of aviation and operational experience. Steve's podcast is the best aviation podcast out there. It is also one of the best podcasts period. Steve has such an easy way with his guests. You can tell the respect is mutual. If I were in Steve's shoes I'd be too much of a fan to get the best out the interview but Steve's calm, laid back and yet professional questioning really brings out the best from the encounter. Keep up the good work! Oh and Steve? When are you getting Adam Robinson back for the Chinook years?

@matthewnewnham-runner-writer 5 месяцев назад

Such an excellent interview, Steve @10PercentTrue and Jim @FoursInHot. Thanks for this superb series.

@FatBikeRacer 5 месяцев назад

Jim is just a great interview! I love every minute and every detail.

@FoursInHot 5 месяцев назад

And another thing... I must have mentioned Systems Command about 50 times. What I meant to say was Material Command. I started in Systems Command back in 1987, but Systems Command merged with Material Command in 1992. Material Command was and is based at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

@rsuminsby 5 месяцев назад

Very true. But the name change wouldn’t have made a staff job in Dayton suck any less. ;-)

@FoursInHot 5 месяцев назад

You are so right... Wright Pat by the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea, you can see, you can see, how unhappy we'd be...

@eicjc 5 месяцев назад

Reflecting on 3 wonderful episodes with Jim Jimenez, trying to not trot out the usual “pure gold”, “another fantastic entry in the back catalogue” platitudes Steve, but these rank very highly for me. As you said to him in closing - people are appreciative of his Joie de Vivre - most definitely!! Also his candour and consideration of your audience in answering every question. A true gentleman and I can only hope we get to hear the “bAR storiEs” from the “undisclosed locAtion”. 5o f1ngers crossed! And thanks to you both. 👏🏼 👏🏼

@martinhull3303 5 месяцев назад

Very enjoyable series of interviews. Humorous and honest. Lots of things I didn't know that I didn't know!. Thank you.

@10percenttrue 5 месяцев назад

Our pleasure!

@rsuminsby 5 месяцев назад

Jose's comments about cleaning up the comm in AETC really hits the mark. During Weapons School, if you made a 5-word radio call that could be have been said in 4, you'd get critiqued for it!

@stuartb9194 5 месяцев назад

Fantastic stories, thanks guys

@tedzehnder961 4 месяца назад

Nice interviewer and this channel should be getting more attention.

@matthewnewnham-runner-writer 5 месяцев назад

Great points about precise flying, Jim @FoursInHot. I still drive with that mentality, even on long cross country drives. Same with maintaining SA.

@FoursInHot 5 месяцев назад

I think it's one of the reasons automation is replacing pilots. The automation can fly much more precisely than we can. With today's slim fuel and profit margins, just a few knots off can add up to BIG bucks.

@FoursInHot 5 месяцев назад

And another thing... I think we all recognize that automation can fly a fighter at maximum turn rate or min turn radius better than a human can. The difference has always been when to do which maneuver, how much of God's g the pilot should blend-in, and which weapon's employment zone is the immediate objective. AI in the the past 10 years has come lightyears in solving those human decisions. In the not too distant future, surviving the merge is going to mean a single turn fight with a computer.

@matthewnewnham-runner-writer 5 месяцев назад

So well said, Jim. Agree 100%.