F-4G to F-15E & Flying In Combat | Starbaby Pietrucha (Part 2)

Former USAF EWO, Starbaby shares what it was like transitioning from the F-4G to the F-15E, being stationed at RAF Lakenheath and flying in combat with some incredible stories!
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Пікірлер: 40

  • @BenjaminThomas-me3nm
    @BenjaminThomas-me3nm10 ай бұрын

    This dude hasn’t ever forgotten anything.

  • @DanBlake3rd
    @DanBlake3rd11 ай бұрын

    Great interview. Starbaby delivers. When I was a young lad, dad flew Voodoos with Robin Olds at Bentwaters Woodbridge. They had ranges in England then. When they would return from Europe, RAF Lightnings would intercept the Voodoos. Of course dad had and MGB! Living the dream.

  • @charlesmoss8119
    @charlesmoss81198 ай бұрын

    Brilliant and very witty - I loved the window to check wing still there for B1 crack

  • @stuartb9194
    @stuartb919411 ай бұрын

    SB looking studly as ever. Great interview, cheers

  • @Aircrewinterview

    @Aircrewinterview

    11 ай бұрын

    Cheers

  • @taylorc2542
    @taylorc254210 ай бұрын

    The F-4G still has one of the best RWRs in the business. Also: this guy is brilliant.

  • @davidsmith8997
    @davidsmith899711 ай бұрын

    Very cool that he got stick time in so many 90s jets, has a bunch of combat experience, did exchange tours, flew the Phantom, great career! Hope he does a Q&A although I suspect much of his EW work is/was classified.

  • @Aircrewinterview

    @Aircrewinterview

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @BenjaminThomas-me3nm

    @BenjaminThomas-me3nm

    10 ай бұрын

    90’s jets. Lolz

  • @shirleydrury5565
    @shirleydrury556510 ай бұрын

    My friend I live in bury st Edmonds and my door is always open and welcome to u.s personal and there familys😊😊

  • @NoelRodriguez-uj2iq
    @NoelRodriguez-uj2iq11 ай бұрын

    Starbaby should be the new Aquaman (Scuba) and new Hawkeye (Archer) in Marvel movies! What a Renaissance man! Love the interview! I hope he comes back - great interview, guys!

  • @Aircrewinterview

    @Aircrewinterview

    11 ай бұрын

    Brilliant! Thanks, Noel.

  • @petebravo7180
    @petebravo718011 ай бұрын

    494th bleed red baby….. loved my time in that squadron 96 to 99

  • @AndrewH2791
    @AndrewH279111 ай бұрын

    Great interview and interviewee cheers!

  • @Aircrewinterview

    @Aircrewinterview

    11 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @sharizabel2582
    @sharizabel258211 ай бұрын

    Loved to fly both the Phantom and the Strike Eagle. Then there was the Vark, Spark Vark, and the Prowler.

  • @KRGruner

    @KRGruner

    11 ай бұрын

    Wow, you flew all of those? Well done! Where/when did you fly the Vark? Maybe we crossed paths...

  • @sharizabel2582

    @sharizabel2582

    11 ай бұрын

    @@KRGruner I flew the Vark and Spark Vark at Cannon from 1992-1997. The F in the 524 Hounds and the EF in the 429 Ravens.

  • @KRGruner

    @KRGruner

    11 ай бұрын

    @@sharizabel2582 OK, great. That was after my time in the jet. By the 90s I was in the F-16. I was never stationed at Cannon, but spend a few days there a couple of times. Sounds like you were with the Vark/Spark Vark at its very end (in US service anyway).

  • @sharizabel2582

    @sharizabel2582

    11 ай бұрын

    @@KRGruner I was and went to the Prowler as initial cadre in VAQ-128. For the new joint program post EF.

  • @KRGruner

    @KRGruner

    11 ай бұрын

    @@sharizabel2582 Very cool!

  • @Jarlerus
    @Jarlerus11 ай бұрын

    That'd be a pilot's biography I'd read: "Don't tell mom" xD

  • @troyledbetter6597
    @troyledbetter659711 ай бұрын

    Thanks to both of you phor an enjoyable interview!

  • @Aircrewinterview

    @Aircrewinterview

    11 ай бұрын

    Cheers

  • @StarbabyAirPiracyProductions

    @StarbabyAirPiracyProductions

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks for cheerleading, Troy.

  • @user-ww4jh9yh8r
    @user-ww4jh9yh8r10 ай бұрын

    Don't ask don't tell brother!!! Descraice

  • @wiesenbefeuchter
    @wiesenbefeuchter11 ай бұрын

    How was PB mode entered on the -47 ?

  • @mohawksniper79
    @mohawksniper793 ай бұрын

    Noice👊🏽🤠👍🏽

  • @brettar1
    @brettar111 ай бұрын

    "Been at their minimum altitude and had an RAF jet pass underneath them" 😂

  • @georgesheffield1580

    @georgesheffield1580

    11 ай бұрын

    A Buccaneer most likely .

  • @KRGruner
    @KRGruner11 ай бұрын

    LOL, great interview but you'd think he would have learned how to pronounce "Cambridgeshire."

  • @legodragonxp
    @legodragonxp11 ай бұрын

    Great video, but you need to check your audio, this one was WAY quieter than the last.

  • @viperdriver82
    @viperdriver8211 ай бұрын

    We all know u broke the jet in Finland

  • @esaucairn7589
    @esaucairn758911 ай бұрын

    Great vid, this guys honesty, was so revealing and under a Bidens FBI he should worry of a Clinton-ciding end of existence the outcome was honest and intelligent most surprising from an Wiso/Ewok back seat Ballast. His memories of uk and Mil life were reftreshingly believable i really respected his Candour. Good stuff Geordie lad! Though your hope for an F3 encouraging or promising story never occurred, as usual.

  • @Aircrewinterview

    @Aircrewinterview

    11 ай бұрын

    There is always hope…