The Afterburn Podcast
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NASA Pulled Its Last SR-71 Into a Hangar and Won't Say Why
October 1, 2026 · 10 minWatch on Afterburn Defense: https://youtu.be/DZTWj7NfOgc Today we discuss the SR-71 Blackbird that vanished from NASA Armstrong. Tail 844, the last Blackbird ever built and the last to fly, is gone from its display and NASA will not say…
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His Apache Was Hit Twice Over Jalalabad. He Went Back Up | Brad Young
September 28, 2026 · 1 hr 13 minBrad Young spent six years in the Air Force as a Korean linguist, including time at the National Security Agency in Hawaii, before an inter-service transfer put him in Army warrant officer flight school. He flew the AH-64D and then the…
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Gary "Wolfman" Wolf | A-10 Fighter Pilot
September 12, 2026 · 1 hr 39 minDuring a close air support mission over Baghdad on 8 April 2003, Maj Gary "Wolfman" Wolf and his A-10 Warthog were struck by an SA-16 MANPADS while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Battle Creek Bourbon: https://shop.w…
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A-10 Hit over Baghdad: The Story of 8 April 2003
September 10, 2026 · 28 minDuring a close air support mission over Baghdad on 8 April 2003, Maj Gary "Wolfman" Wolf and his A-10 Warthog were struck by an SA-16 MANPADS while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Battle Creek Bourbon: https://shop.w…
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Commanding the Wing That Flew Into Iran | Operation Midnight Hammer | Col Kevin "Flint" Hicok
August 14, 2026 · 41 minCol Kevin "Flint" Hicok commanded the 20th Fighter Wing during Operation Midnight Hammer, leading the largest Air Force wing in CENTCOM since Desert Storm. The three-part documentary series is on Afterburn Defense: Part I…
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Why the F-16 Flew Into Iran | Operation Midnight Hammer | Weapons Officers "Cash" and "Ghost"
August 13, 2026 · 1 hr 28 minOperation Midnight Hammer through the eyes of the F-16 Wild Weasel fighter pilots who flew into Iran. Ghost" Trembly and "Cash" Croghan were the wing and squadron weapons officers for the 55th Fighter Squadron, the F-16 Wild Weasels who…
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F-16 Compressor Stall Over Iran | Operation Midnight Hammer | "Smalls" & "Scar"
August 13, 2026 · 1 hr 50 minOperation Midnight Hammer through the eyes of the people who flew it. "Smalls" commanded the 55th Fighter Squadron, and "Scar" was one of the F-16 pilots who helped plan and execute the mission. They are the Wild Weasels who flew…
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8 Seconds to Save my Wingman | Operation Midnight Hammer | F-16 Wild Weasel "Glitch"
August 13, 2026 · 42 minOperation Midnight Hammer through the eyes of the people who flew it. "Glitch" was one of the youngest F-16 pilots in the formation, flying his first combat deployment with the Wild Weasels who flew Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses ahead…