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Let's take a look at how Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Sweden have joined their air forces to produce a 200+ sized fighter force, what this means for the region and NATO. 


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Sean and Brad interrupt the feed to review their second Timeout: Top Gun: Maverick.  They talk about The Transformers Movie, The Black Hole, and The Karate Kid?  but they also discuss the lack of stars from the first movie and how Tom Cruise is methodically killing everyone off so he can be the last man standing.  The also discuss Tom Cruise's body parts.  It gets weird.  Just listen.  

The next movie is still Elvis's Kid Galahad.  It's still not streaming anywhere.

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Let’s take a look at the X-51 Waverider and how the Super Hornet could be getting a hypersonic weapons upgrade!
The Navy’s current air deployed anti-ship weapon is the AGM-84 Harpoon, which has been in service for decades.  With over 7,000 examples built it is hard to argue that the Harpoon has been a successful design, however with its subsonic speeds and the quickly escalating capabilities of near peer adversaries, a faster longer ranged missile is needed.  As a result the  US Navy has begun  researching what it would take to produce a hypersonic anti-ship missile that could be deployed from the Super Hornet.  

Today we will take a look at some of the developments in the ongoing hypersonic missile research programs and how they would conceptually work on the Super Hornet. 

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Lets listen to the story of  the latest version of the Super Hornet - the block III

Recently the US Navy has begun accepting deliveries of the Block III super Hornets.

This latest version enhances the already legendary Super Hornet to be even more survivable and networked into the modern battlefield.  

Previous Episodes about the F/A-18 Hornet:

From Cobra to Hornet:
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From Hornet to Super Hornet:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1555784/7465435

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My guest today is Matt Hall, Australia's top aviator. He has logged over 6,000 hours in various aircraft, including the F-18 Hornet and the F-15 Strike Eagle. He is a decorated Wing Commander in the Australian Air Force, a Fighter Combat Instructor (Australia's version of Top Gun), and in 1997 was named Australia’s Fighter Pilot of the Year.

Matt has also competed on the international level in aerobatics, winning the Australian Advanced Aerobatic Championship and finished first in Freestyle and second overall in the Unlimited category. 

For the last 10 years, Matt has been flying at the pinnacle of aviation racing--The Red Bull Air Race series. He is one of the top pilots, coming in second overall a record three times. With the final Red Bull race ever coming up, Matt is in second place with a chance to win the championship. 

What struck me most about Matt was his system's approach to winning. He has merged the training he did in the Air Force with an Olympic athlete's mindset. Every aspect of his life has been optimized so that on race day he can fly as fast as possible. In our conversation we talk about what it's like to pull 12G's, the time his wing hit the ocean during a race, his sports psychology training, and more. Below are the show notes with the associated timestamps:

• Where passion for aviation comes from (min. 02:45) 
• Highlights of your military career and stories (min. 08:00)
• Lessons learned from combat (min. 12:15) 
• How he got into racing (min. 14:45)
• How difficult the transition to racing was (min. 17:45)
• How to reduce jet lag (min. 20:15)
• Red Bull Air Race weekly schedule (min. 23:45)
• How the military background helps now (min. 27:45)
• Using sports psychology for flying (min. 30:15) 
• Mental and physical training (min. 33:15)
• Pulling upwards of 12G's in turns! (min. 35:15)
• Race overview (min.37:15)
• Strengths and weaknesses flying (min. 39:45)
• Challenges he's had to overcome (min. 41:15)
• Being the CEO of the team and the pilot (min. 43:45)
• Crashing a Red Bull plane into the water (min. 47:00) 
• Whats next now that the Red Bull series is canceled (min. 54:45)

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Jell-O has been the most requested guest since this podcast started. Today he was kind enough to be interviewed and lived up to the hype.

Jell-O spent nearly 25 years in service flying mainly the F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet but also the F-16 Fighting Falcon during an adversary tour. He accrued over 3,800 flight hours and 705 carrier landings, having served as a TOPGUN instructor and air wing operations officer. Jell-O left the Navy in 2017 and now flies for a major airline. He also started the "Fighter Pilot Podcast" which explores the fascinating world of air combat.

Jell-O is a great speaker with lots of stories. He has the wisdom of an experienced fighter pilot and is able to communicate it in an easy going way--a trait he shares with the first guest I interviewed, Matt "Freq" Casey. In this episode we talk about his advice to a new fighter pilot, what it feels like to land on a carrier at night, his favorite aircraft to fly, his views on leadership, and more.

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