Airborne on 9/11: Defending Cheyenne Mountain

Fighter Pilot Podcast

תוכן מסופק על ידי E. Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello, Retired U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot, E. Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello, and Retired U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot. כל תוכן הפודקאסטים כולל פרקים, גרפיקה ותיאורי פודקאסטים מועלים ומסופקים ישירות על ידי E. Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello, Retired U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot, E. Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello, and Retired U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot או שותף פלטפורמת הפודקאסט שלו. אם אתה מאמין שמישהו משתמש ביצירה שלך המוגנת בזכויות יוצרים ללא רשותך, אתה יכול לעקוב אחר התהליך המתואר כאן https://he.player.fm/legal.

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This time last year we heard from Martin "Opus" Richard who was airborne in an F-15 Eagle over Manhattan during the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01.

This year, on the 20th anniversary of that fateful day, we hear from Tim "Conk" Conklin of the Colorado Air National Guard who was also airborne, only in an F-16 Viper and over Denver and Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, far from the actual attacks.

While we now understand who was behind those events and the extent of their plans, the fog of war present during the early hours of the attack was almost fatal for "Bob," the unwitting general aviation pilot who took off prior to the attacks and returned only hours later to a much different world...

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