Flying the CF-18 Hornet in Combat. "Bones" Ledsham (Part 3)

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0:00 Welcome back, leaving Coningsby and the F3….
4:05 North Bay jobs
10:26 Bagotville and back to the Hornet
13:10 NATO TACEVAL
23:10 Staging to Italy for Kosovo
25:00 Planning and executing the first strike & lessons learned
35:05 Subsequent mission
36:50 Rotating out and getting replacements up to speed
42:00 B-1 story
46:00 Target timeline and process
51:05 IR MAV
52:20 ATO issues/frustrations
59:00 back to the B-1 guys
1:02:30 ground mapping radar
1:03:10 Serbian threat
1:10:38 Reflection on contribution
1:12:30 Near misses
1:19:15 Losing friends
1:21:42 Another mishap story
1:26:15 Guns on the “tennis court” - fighting Eagles
1:33:40 Radar sort considerations
1:36:05 NCTR
1:36:52 FWIC
1:42:10 Wrapping up

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