Retired USAF A-10 Pilot - Dale Stark | BRCC  

Sir Dale Stark saved my life(he knows how and what he did), I will forever be grateful and thankful for this man and who he is as a human being! Protect Pork Chop at all costs! Much love and respect sir!🇺🇸

I'm an A-10 Crew chief, deployed several time to Gwat and Southern watch, and '94 to the Baltic battles. This Interview was awesome guys, Thankyou. we personally knew our pilots (A-10_ , and we had a huge respect for them and they had a huge respect for us as maintainers. I also experienced alot, the respect the troops on the ground that had them support. Amazing stuff. and an amazing career. I was in the Massachusetts Air National Guard 104th FW, (full time(, retired now.

Wow, so awesome to see my cousin telling his story. Great job BRCC

you can see the infantry getting hard under the table as the A-10 guy lists how much firepower a 4 flight of A-10s could drop....because they've seen what 1 can do

The A-10 Warthog did saved my Ass twice in Afghanistan. And I'll never forget that.

Hell Yeah!! Fellow A-10 Crew Chief here!!!! 81st Fight Sq - Spangdahlem AB

I grew up near Richards Gebaur AFB and remember A-10s flying over as a child every day. They moved to Whiteman when I was in HS. Still my favorite fixed wing. They used to target the pool at boy scout camp for practice so it was pretty badass to see them fly in formation.

I was in the Army from '88-'92. Our Battalion HQ was in a compound next to KFIA during the Gulf War. I remember watching the A-10s taking off and landing next door. I was always amazed at how tight of a turn they made when in a knife edge.

B52 Crew Chief-- Always heard the A 10 was a dream to work on.

Evan NAILED it. People don't have the discipline to step away from the material world and dedicate their lives to their family... kids.

You guys have tons of hard-won wisdom from your experiences. Your voices have immense value. The overlap factor is well observed. Thank you for sharing!

Who was Stark's Fundy's(Fundamental's) instructor? Betcha I knew him... 20 years Crew Chief on the A10'S....

They've been trying to seriously get rid of that thing since 2002. I remember doing LAAD training in Fairbanks, when that was the last squadron and dudes talked about how they were headed out. However, once you saw them operate both in training and in real it was seriously obvious nothing else could fill that roll and they're insanely effective. The AV8B was the closest thing but burned insane amounts of fuel and had to operate like a regular fast mover, just couldn't loiter and fuck shit up for extended periods of time like the A10.

Great interview, thinking of listening to it again.

Love the AF content! Excited for this!

The machine gun in the warthog is ridiculous awesome...brrrrrt tank slayer...

Just realized Evan was the voice of Shipwreck in the 80’s GiJoe cartoon.

late 90s early 2k I built targets for Lockheed and the A10 was awesome to watch

Reference Self Sealing Fuel Tanks: Harry Robertson and his brother, I think, raced cars as youngsters. Post crash fires were a common thing. So, Harry got the idea to develop self sealing frangible fittings and self sealing tanks prevent fuel from spraying out of lines and spilling into hot engines and killing the drivers. Harry became an Army helicopter pilot and developed his system for Army aircraft which had the same problem. Robertson Aviation was born and they build systems for all kinds of aircraft in Tempe, AZ. Harry served under Dr James W Turnbow, who wrote the math and science of accident kinematics. He was a professor at Arizona State University.

Can I be a guest facilitator for one of these podcasts... super jealous of Logan in this one. hahahaha

"The village apple shiner" 🥰 with or without the stache Evan is a 🐐 🇺🇸!!

“That seems like a lot of thrust! Ehhh F it!” 😂

3 hours, couldn’t turn it off. Extended coffee break.

Well why the hell can they not build fresh new A-10's to replace the old worn out ones since they are obviously capable of letting the enemy find out when they fuck around?

Love this podcast Keep it up guys

Closing remarks, where do they find your beef? Not at this time. Stark has reached the level we can all only dream of.

I’m with you Evan!!🤍🙏🏽🩵

You know, listening to the definition to Mozart in a fighter pilots mind transcends across the whole us military. If you took a russian soilder, they dont train or work towards that reactionary skill set. Only in the us military do we repeat training till its correct and accurate. As proof, our veterans will sit here on this pod cast and have conversations about what they were programmed to do, I doubt any other countries soilders sit around and have that conversation on how they could have improved their skills even after leaving service.

Great Episode Brochochos!

My wife hears “Juicy Targets” and turns to me and asks “is he talking about people?” Lol. 😂

How are you sir.Was wondering if you had a good time at the burn out competition at Garrett Mitchell's freedom factory.What did you think about it.

Super dope episode Evan ! 😅😁

Army retired with Desert Storm, Afghanistan and Iraq deployments…there’s no better air platform than the A10 when you’re on the ground engaging the enemy. Salute

What ball cap is Logan stark wearing? Where can I get one? TIA 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Solid stache

For me, this has been a giant “you people actually lived like this” and then the tbi stops and I remember I lived like this. lol Just about everything but the minutea is everything I carried. Things like optics, rifle, a couple of pouches and MG accessories. The pouches are probably because we got RFId molle where you guys could buy it. I was in heaven when I learned the exchange in KBay actually sold molle gear. And that molle assault pack is my biggest loss in life. I keep chasing that assault pack in all these other assault packs. I wake up some times with a weird assault pack in my cart and I pray it’s actually that molle assault pack, but it’s a grey ghost gear and I just feel so used. lol

The A-10, It was simple to maintain, parts shortage really started becoming a pain though.

Still in the process but going to go through a commissioning program to fly for the Air Force and the A-10 is my dream! Love that plane!

Like the Huey cobra or the A-4 phantom in VIetnam 1st infantry Divisions 1970

The only aircraft that has a sound effect that has nothing to do with the propulsion. Brrrrrrrrrrt!

Maybe its just me, but the audio doesn't match up by a fraction of a second. Having some hearing problems, its super hard to watch. Good podcast though!

You would think that in the sphere of protecting our ground forces, the Air Force would hand the A10 program over to the Marines and Army who would suffer without it.

Not that you'll read these comments , but our black beret's a real thing , and have you ever heard of a black beret

When you are in it and hear those GE Turbo fans whine and then the gun let's it rip your entire being changes into a can't lose mentality!!! It's a heavenly sound I will never forget

"You don't hear about the A-10 in the Gulf" ... really? You didn't hear about their highway of death

Would love to understand more the politics and what is behind the "Retire A-10" debate.

It's funny none of these military podcasters. Ever respond to comments. None of them, they all got the same complex. In my opinion, and 1 on 1 I'd like to see each one of them 1 at a time. So we could have a little chat and fix that complex

Nice.

Didn't they look at the AT-29 Super Tucano as a loitering aircraft for close support ??

As I recall the air Force didn't want the ground attack mission. What I couldn't understand is why the army wouldn't step up when the program was in jeopardy. You'd think they have an interest in the mission as it affects soldiers on the ground.

Outfuckinstanding

lol I’m a Canadian soldier in Fairbanks Alaska on exercise I hope American op for doesn’t have a10s

Porkchop!!!!

Am I the only one who thinks he sounds kinda like Nicolas Cage

If I met this guy on the street... I would either assume he is a pilot oooorrrrr a complete nerd that goes fishing all the time. 🤣🤣 maybe even both... like me. bahahaha

Does it get tiring holding the gay in all day Logan?

Holey America. I'm not gay but that guy made me start to get a chubby a few times.

The c-130....the Cobra helo....CH46 and 47...Oldass air frames that keep delivering. The money grab is real getting rid of them.

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The Maine Corps will take the A-10.... It will only enhance our combat effeteness. Air Force, come over brothers.

If you dont teach them someone else will.

I have heard as big as a 37mm shell.

Vermonts National Guards, Camp Johnson has the best F35 pilots on the planet.And,they were 1st on the sence of 911

Never confuse knowledge and wisdom. I've met some of the smartest people. But didn't have a lick of common sense

I don’t know why we don’t use our veterans more to help with equipment advancement more often instead of those knuckleheads we have elected into an office?

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Lol fuck that was funny as fuck

My favorite was a Jewish USMC member who referred to the a10 and more aptly the 30mm as the Metatron, "herald of the almighty and voice of the one true God" I mean biblically it appears as a pillar of fire and a pillar of fire is what the Gau produces when Brrrt'ing

Black Rifle Coffee DONATES TO THE LIBERAL PARTY!!!!!!!!

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Lol fuck that was funny as fuck