Green Phantoms, Pink Jags, & the Shah of Iran with "Ed" (ep. 174)

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11 ай бұрын

Nelson "Ed" Cobleigh is a former #usairforce fighter #pilot and Vietnam veteran-turned author who flew the A-4 Skyhawk, F-4 Phantom, F-104 Starfighter, and F-16 Fighting Falcon, among others. This episode is adapted from a 2022 'Happy Hour' discussion over Zoom.
Visit Ed's website here: www.edcobleigh.com/
01:21 Introduction
01:49 Meeting Ed and his books
08:28 Vietnam part 1 and the Weapons School
10:39 Why there's Red Flag
13:30 The pink Jaguar
18:26 The F-104
19:30 Flying with the Iranians
27:00 Vietnam part 2
33:02 The F-16
38:37 Writing
51:58 Ending
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@jettsetter7 11 ай бұрын

I’ve read his books. They are awesome. My grandfather made it through 72 missions before being shot down and killed in Laos :/ he and his copilot were never recovered.

@FighterPilotPodcast 11 ай бұрын

#respect.

@On-Our-Radar-24News 11 ай бұрын

Great interview! My Dad flew F-4's with the 8th in Vietnam during the same time period Ed was there. I wonder if they knew each other. Sadly, my Dad passed away before I could get him to tell me his Vietnam story. It was only after he passed that all of these Fighter Pilots contacted me to tell me about what they went through in Vietnam. We cant ever let these stories die with the veterans that sacrificed so much. Please write your memoir! You may think that your story isnt unique or special but it is to the people who love you and to those of us who love aviation and the fighter pilots that went to war for our freedom.

@FighterPilotPodcast 11 ай бұрын

Thanks. Since recording this I have been, and am up to chapter 7. 😎

@On-Our-Radar-24News 11 ай бұрын

@@FighterPilotPodcast I will be among the first to purchase it!

@MustangPilot1 11 ай бұрын

Keep up the good work Jello. Looking forward to your book. For now I’m buying a couple of Ed’s books.

@user-et4vd2kp1b 10 ай бұрын

A great program . Cobleigh is one of my favorite aviation writers. Amazon Audible versions are great ...... The stories , if known at the time would have driven some XOs crazy. The RAF stories are awesome . ....

@ti1ion 11 ай бұрын

I have Ed's first book, War For The Hell of It. I enjoyed it. Have to admit that when I see a memoir with a Phantom on the cover, I buy it. If memory serves, Ed has an interesting chapter on mistakenly doing the most perfect bombing run on a sensitive, off-limits, building. Cool to see an interview with him.

@FighterPilotPodcast 11 ай бұрын

Ed was a lot of fun!

@ti1ion 11 ай бұрын

@@FighterPilotPodcast Jell-O, I hope you get that memoir written. I know you were concerned about the "what's the moral/point" sort of thing, but don't worry about it. It will come out in the storytelling. You said (at the time) you were re-reading Robin Olds' memoir (good book, I enjoyed it), but for a different take, you can have a look at "Once A Fighter Pilot," by Brig. Gen. Jerry Cook (Phantoms!), and also "Angels Three Six - Confessions of a Cold War Fighter Pilot," by Col. Chuck Lehman (a 106 driver!). Both have great anecdotes, the Lehman book, especially. They will certainly give you ideas about how you could write yours.

@FighterPilotPodcast 11 ай бұрын

@@ti1ion thanks! Have not heard of either of those, but will check them out. I am happy to report I am up to chapter 8 on my memoirs.

@bertg.6056 10 ай бұрын

I have ALL of Ed's books. Fantastic reading !

@RubyS.1 11 ай бұрын

Best channel i didn't know existed, glad i found it

@FighterPilotPodcast 11 ай бұрын

Us too 😎

@patriciac7697 Ай бұрын

Im from Northeast TN---Tri Cities TN 😅

@Marks-Law 8 ай бұрын

I don’t know what was inside the stainless thermos bottle but damn it looks like it was pretty damn good, looking at your expressions.

@jettsetter7 11 ай бұрын

Dude, Jello, I can’t believe you didn’t ask him about more missions about Vietnam!! His books are chalked full of insane night-bombing missions in Laos

@FighterPilotPodcast 10 ай бұрын

My bad.

@lukethedrifter8302 9 ай бұрын

This is one of those few channels that when you click on a video first thing you do is hit the like button.👍

@FighterPilotPodcast 9 ай бұрын

Thanks! 😎

@lukethedrifter8302 9 ай бұрын

@@FighterPilotPodcast your welcome you guys earned it.

@rostamr4096 11 ай бұрын

I cannot wait...Really like to know what you have to say about Shah of Iran...

@benjaminperez7328 11 ай бұрын

He did 20 f**kin years…..not a peep! That’s what about the Shah. 😉

@rostamr4096 11 ай бұрын

@@benjaminperez7328 You are ignorant at best

@forthwithtx5852 11 ай бұрын

Maverick is “probably running a 7-eleven store in Encino.” 😂😂😁

@FighterPilotPodcast 11 ай бұрын

That one definitely threw me off

@MustangPilot1 11 ай бұрын

Guy is a riot

@MustangPilot1 11 ай бұрын

Quote of the interview “the F-16 was like dating a pornstar. There was more performance there than I could access” 🤣

@FighterPilotPodcast 11 ай бұрын

That was my editor's choice for the hook at the very beginning of the episode.

@paulgriffith3549 10 ай бұрын

Write the book!

@FighterPilotPodcast 10 ай бұрын

Hah, I am literally working on it right now as your notification appeared.

@WinCan04 11 ай бұрын

The safety Air Force pilot / officer on that very day Ed describes actually lives in the Bay Area. I think his name is Col. Bahman Forghani.

@hb9108 11 ай бұрын

During WW2, the SAS drove pink landrover around the desert too. They were known as pink panthers or pinkies.

@user-fg2bf1gd7t 11 ай бұрын

Exactly, that paint scheme is called "Mountbatten Pink". It was created for the Royal Navy battleship to operate in the Mediterranean back in WW2.

@maximilliancunningham6091 11 ай бұрын

Astonishing !

@6172crew1 10 ай бұрын

My dad is a retired A7D and 0-2 pilot if you wanted to talk with one of those.

@davewolfy2906 11 ай бұрын

The predecessor to the SAS, the LRDG used pink vehicles in North Africa in WW2.

@pinchus34 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic stuff Jello...I hope all the schedules don't work out this well. 🤣

@johnferguson1455 11 ай бұрын

I am a Cavalry enthusiast, which unit was your Father in?

@FighterPilotPodcast 11 ай бұрын

It's bad but I don't know.

@johnferguson1455 11 ай бұрын

No worries

@johnferguson1455 11 ай бұрын

Rewatched “Pitching Deck” for the first time in years and recognized you in your cameo 👍🏻

@johnferguson1455 11 ай бұрын

He must have been in the National Guard? Most converted to artillery in 1940.

@rostamr4096 11 ай бұрын

Could you ask your guest about the Iranian F-4 pilots and how he thinks they performed during the Iran-Iraq war? Also, ask him if he knows about the H3 operation that was done by the 8 Iranian F-4 that reached out to the far west corner of Iraq and destroyed a large number of aircraft and helicopters.

@FighterPilotPodcast 11 ай бұрын

This episode is taken from a Zoom discussion that happened over a year ago.

@rostamr4096 11 ай бұрын

@@FighterPilotPodcast ok..next time I guess