Podcasts about airmanship

In this episode of the Afterburn Podcast, host John “Rain” Waters sits down with Vincent “Jell-O” Aiello, former Navy fighter pilot and host of the  @FighterPilotPodcast  for a deep dive into the highs and hardships of naval aviation. From his first spark of inspiration at an airshow to flying over 700 successful carrier landings, Jell-O shares a candid and compelling journey through the world of military flight. They discuss the grit required to survive flight school, the evolution of airmanship and training, and the life-changing experience of attending Top Gun. JJell-O recounts intense moments from deployments aboard the USS George Washington and John F. Kennedy, reflects on the emotional toll of military service, and gives insight into his time flying as an adversary pilot in the F-16. He also opens up about his book, Through the Yellow Visor, and how storytelling plays a crucial role in honoring those who serve. This episode is rich with wisdom on perseverance, mentorship, and what it truly means to be a fighter pilot. Through the Yellow Visor: https://amzn.to/4jaAfc6 Get a signed copy: https://www.fighterpilotpodcast.com/product-page/through-the-yellow-visor

Max talks with Dr. Tony Kern about human error, airmanship, and the hidden threats pilots pose to themselves. Tony shares how his passion for understanding error began with the tragic loss of two of his former B-1 bomber students in 1992. The crash, attributed to "a failure of airmanship," prompted him to research the elusive meaning of that term—work that eventually led to his book Redefining Airmanship. Beyond medical transport, they assist military veterans by flying them to camps designed for rehabilitation, as well as special events like Major League Baseball games. They also provide commercial airline tickets, through partnerships with JetBlue and Southwest, as backup transportation. Tony emphasizes that even the best pilots are “one decision away from disaster” and discusses how errors often don't result in negative outcomes, which falsely reinforces bad habits. He introduces the concept of a “personal fingerprint of error” and advocates tracking errors—both in and out of the cockpit—to identify behavioral patterns. The conversation also touches on complacency, fatigue, and how inexperienced team members can sometimes better sense danger than veterans. He recalls the Thirtymile Fire as a case study in poor decision-making and leadership under stress. Tony concludes by stressing the instructor's responsibility not to pass along a faulty product, and encourages pilots to be relentless students of their own behavior. He also shares resources from his company, Convergent Performance, and his books, podcast, and LinkedIn newsletter. If you're getting value from this show, please support the show via PayPal, Venmo, Zelle or Patreon. Support the Show by buying a Lightspeed ANR Headsets Max has been using only Lightspeed headsets for nearly 25 years! I love their tradeup program that let's you trade in an older Lightspeed headset for a newer model. Start with one of the links below, and Lightspeed will pay a referral fee to support Aviation News Talk. Lightspeed Delta Zulu Headset $1199 Lightspeed Zulu 3 Headset $899Lightspeed Sierra Headset $699 My Review on the Lightspeed Delta Zulu Send us your feedback or comments via email If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. News Stories Airline pilot demand back to pre-pandemic levels AOPA leads national GA safety campaign Laser strikes down from record 2023 Airline pilot fined after RAF intercepted flight Two United Pilots Forget Passports Before International Flights Mentioned on the Show Buy Max Trescott's G3000 Book Call 800-247-6553 Lightspeed Delta Zulu Headset Giveaway Dr. Tony Kern's Convergent Performance company Only Human with Dr. Tony Kern podcast Dr. Kern's Books Blue Threat: Why to Err Is Inhuman Redefining Airmanship Flight Discipline Going Pro: The Deliberate Practice of Professionalism Darker Shades of Blue: The Rogue Pilot Armored Knight The Ghost of Nathan Hale Dark Wind by Buck Myles (Tony Kern) 13 Bullets: A Blue Walker Action Thriller Series by Buck Myles Free Index to the first 282 episodes of Aviation New Talk So You Want To Learn to Fly or Buy a Cirrus seminars Online Version of the Seminar Coming Soon – Register for Notification Check out our recommended ADS-B receivers, and order one for yourself. Yes, we'll make a couple of dollars if you do. Get the Free Aviation News Talk app for iOS or Android. Check out Max's Online Courses: G1000 VFR, G1000 IFR, and Flying WAAS & GPS Approaches. Find them all at: https://www.pilotlearning.com/ Social Media Like Aviation News Talk podcast on Facebook Follow Max on Instagram Follow Max on Twitter Listen to all Aviation News Talk podcasts on YouTube or YouTube Premium "Go Around" song used by permission of Ken Dravis; you can buy his music at kendravis.com If you purchase a product through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.

Modern avionics like glass cockpits and sophisticated autopilots demand a new approach to pilot training, what airline pilot and author Chris Lutat calls “automation airmanship.” He explains what that means, why the distinction between pilot flying and pilot monitoring matters even for single pilot operations, and why humans have an essential role—especially in the age of AI. Chris's flying career began in the Coast Guard, so he also shares lessons learned there and how he's giving back now as a mentor for cadets. In the Ready to Copy segment, Chris talks about the chances of single-pilot airline flights, what CRM really means, and his tips for handling sea sickness. LINKS: - Automation Airmanship book: https://www.amazon.com/Automation-Airmanship-Principles-Operating-Aircraft/dp/0071815864 - Chris's article in AIN: https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2024-05-01/if-you-believe-hype-we-should-all-be-looking-work - Sporty's Pilot Training+ membership: https://www.sportys.com/sportys-pilot-training-plus.html

Threat and error management has been with us for a while now, with Airmanship being replaced by a more rigorous set of guidelines in order to help mitigate risk whilst flying. In this episode I am focussing on threats and how to identify them.Safety behaviours human factor for pilotsSupport the showEmail: info@trentrobinsonaviation.com.au Facebook: http://www.facebook.com.au/trentrobinsonaviation Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/trent_robinson_aviation YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@flighttrainingaustraliaTicTok https://www.tiktok.com/@flighttrainingaustraliaPodcast Episodes: http://www.flighttrainingaustralia.com.au

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We speak to Tech Sgt. Aaron Hero and Staff Sgt. Michael Leavitt, two recent participants from the Massachusetts National Guard's Best Warrior Competition – a three-day event where Soldiers and Airmen are pitted against one another to see who is the most competent and effective in basic military tasks. A physically and mentally taxing event that pushes service members to their limits and challenges them to be the best they can be. Also joining the conversation is Tech. Sgt. David Manzo, a prior years' competitor who helped prepare these Airmen for “battle”.

In der dritten Folge des ersten Hubschrauberpodcasts Deutschlands erzählen wir euch über unsere Erfahrungen als Fluglehrer und geben euch Tipps für die Ausbildung als Flugschüler. Was haben wir schon erlebt? Was erwarten wir von Flugschülern? Wie versuchen wir unser Wissen weiter zu geben? Was unterscheidet für uns einen guten von einem nicht so guten Flugschüler? Hier erfahrt ihr, was wir als Flightinstructor schon erlebt haben, wie es bei uns in unserer Ausbildung so lief und wie auch wir versuchen uns immer wieder zu verbessern. Falls ihr euch fragt, wie sich Fluglehrer einen guten Flugschüler vorstellen und was wir überhaupt so erwarten, erfahrt ihr in dieser Folge von unserem Abgehoben - der Hubschrauber Podcast. Viel Spaß beim Zuhören

In der heutigen Folge geht es um das Konzept des "Good Airmanship" in der Luftfahrt. Ein kompetenter und erfahrener Pilot sollte in der Lage sein, gute Entscheidungen im Flug zu treffen, um Ziele sicher zu erreichen. Eine wichtige Komponente davon ist das Verständnis von Umgebung, Flugzeug und Crew, um ein hohes Maß an Situationsbewusstsein zu entwickeln. Wie wird das Good Airmanship in der Praxis der Luftfahrt angewendet? Diese und andere Fragen beantworte ich in dieser Episode.✈️ Reinhören lohnt sich.Wenn du davon träumst, selbst die grenzenlose Freiheit über den Wolken zu erfahren, dann geh auf unsere Seite und erfahre mehr über dieses außergewöhnliche Hobby.

I've been studying the dynamic of the human-machine interface since 2001, the year I transitioned to my first fully integrated, glass-cockpit airplane. Even then there was a lot of published research, yet nowhere could I find a thought-through, uniform approach that would explain most of the capabilities and challenges of the modern flight deck and an organized approach to developing the kind of performance the most experienced pilots around me were demonstrating already. For almost 10 years, my “Handbook for Glass Cockpit Airmanship” was a row of loose-leaf binders containing hundreds of research papers from some of the finest human factors and engineering organizations in the world. Forced to distill the knowledge and expertise of a rapidly expanding field of human performance, I managed (with some help) to find a way to organize the vast amounts of research, results of our field work and observed “industry best practices” into a group of principles that aviators of every stripe could access and identify with. We eventually turned this into our first book, “Automation Airmanship: Nine Principles for Operating Glass Cockpit Aircraft” (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2013). I have told many pilots and crew that we didn't set out to write a book. All we really wanted to do was help others succeed faster. But in the end, we wrote the book that in the beginning we could not find. Defining AirmanshipIn the first chapter of my friend and colleague's seminal book on modern aviation human factors, “Redefining Airmanship,” Tony Kern writes:“Expert flyers are said to have good hands, judgment, discipline, common sense, and situational awareness, but no one seems to agree with an all-encompassing picture of superior airmanship. Perhaps the inability to put our finger on a precise definition of airmanship illustrates a problem that goes beyond mere semantics. How can we train to become what we cannot define and might not fully understand?”In the 25 years since the book's publication, the global aviation fleet has had a nearly 100% turnover in its makeup of primarily “steam-gage” (round-dial) aircraft whose cockpits were manned, in many cases, by a crew that included a dedicated flight engineer. And like many researchers have observed (including myself), no one could have foreseen the complications and unique problems that a smaller crew in a more complex cockpit would create. Our definition of “Automation Airmanship” has remained unchanged for over 10 years—perhaps a sign that it just may possess the resilience to hold its meaning for another decade. Here it is for your reference:“Automation Airmanship: the understanding and application of automation to airmanship, to ensure balanced situational and mode awareness and crew workload through the full realm of automation, from no automation to fully coupled, to provide for the safest and most efficient flight.”When in Doubt, Fly FirstI've had the opportunity to examine accidents and near-accidents over the span of two decades, specifically when they involve advanced, highly automated aircraft. One theme continues to be present in nearly all of them. Crews that have experienced an undesired aircraft state (UAS)—while managing the flight path through the flight guidance system fully coupled (both speed control and flight guidance engaged)—consistently attempt an unsuccessful first course of action. They try to manipulate the flight guidance and autoflight to regain control of the aircraft flight path and exit the undesired c

Today's Story: Outstanding Feat of Airmanship

What's it like to complete 98 inverted flat spins from 24,000 feet in a Pitts? Spencer Suderman is the only person in the world who knows, and he describes that incredible experience in this fast-moving episode. He also shares his opinion on what airmanship is and why it is so important for safe flying: "Pilots communicate with the airplane through the flight controls… you have to know how speak the language." Spencer has plenty of tips, including which flight control really makes the airplane turn, what his favorite maneuver is for improving airmanship skills, and how he handled the loss of a propeller in flight. Spencer's website: http://spencersuderman.com Inverted flat spins record: https://youtu.be/kIF8OJ2Q51A Spencer's new YouTube series on airmanship: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBHmEXretS0o_ZBP7zyO7FTjBI25fjM1F Sporty's Tailwheel Checkout Course: https://www.sportys.com/tailwheel-checkout-course-with-patty-wagstaff.html

Internal medicine physician Natasha Spottiswoode reflects on her flying days from Oxford while teaching a green intern how to recognize whether patients are "sick" or "not sick." The Nocturnists are partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE CME credits for healthcare professionals. Visit ce.vcuhealth.org/nocturnists to claim credit for this episode. Find show notes, transcript, and more at thenocturnists.com.

The 100 days of airmanship has passed already, and Airman Khan is not even done, as he briefs up on his appreciation of watching people and their families tap into the business opportunities offered virtually to learn about day trading and bringing high energy and get rolling to make more money through these trading sessions. Now, his plans of expanding sources of flights to the Midwest and Western regions of the nation and keeping his flight training team headstrong from issues relating to change of staff or flight officer instructors, or even not hesitating to train at flight academies that has less issues with change of staff to complete the necessary objectives he needs to be successful in the frameworks he has implemented earlier this year are his absolute top priorities for an effective airmanship. Weather patterns and its impact for flying are also another great priority the Pilot wants to consider for, so flight missions for training and for official duty do not get impacted by them and training agendas can be completed in a timely fashion by 2022. The Pilot concludes that so many more things are on the way with volunteer service and is hopeful that the people can keep in touch with them and his ambitions for the rest of the year and 2022. He is thrilled, excited, and cannot stop giving back to the people he passionately represents and serves for that it is unparalleled with anything else going on in his youthful life.

In this episode, Senior Roberts and Chief V talk about Airmanship and a few other related topics. Lean in, Listen and Learn!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realtalkwithcaleb/message

With the First 100 Days of Airmanship officially happening on this special date, Airman Khan reflects on what he has been able to accomplish so much within these past 100 days, such as already impacting hundreds of individuals and their families to learn about the day trading valuable skill set and introduce them through meaningful incentives as well as resources, establishing checklist agendas for high ratings of Private and Instrument on a timely fashion, finishing unmanned aerial aircraft systems training at a record high from early 2021, and so much more with mentorship and finding the industry-level advisors for success. Taking leadership in a time of new renewal and strength is challenging, yet rewarding, as mentioned by the Pilot, and discussed setting forth for incoming FAA Wings' initiative that dedicates for former and current pilots to take advantage of resources needed to strengthen airmanship with safety, peace, prosperity, and harmony. As the length of 100 days is just nothing, but arbitrary, he briefs and concludes that service projects remain another priority for the people, and will never be left out of his desk, as impacting the lives of America and the globe is what makes our world a powerful civilization, no matter how long it takes or how difficult the mission gets. Manifestation for space exploration is real, and many people will see and recognize its power in the upcoming months, and the Pilot is hopeful that the nation will join him in his effort.

The Pilot has summarized the overview of the incoming Instrument Pilot Checklist Agenda for the 2021-22 annual year, while in a family visit at West Virginia, and discussed concisely about what he looks forward to achieving at the Private rating stage, including taking the time off briefly from flying due to the holy month of Ramadan observance by April 2021. He expands on his goal to experience flying in military or experimental aircraft jets through training programs out in the West, and emphasized safety before anything in these upcoming and future flights at the end. He extends his best wishes for a great Spring Break of the year, while pushing his economic goals for the people to be successful and start making income again through opportunity.

Student Pilot Khan specifies from his previous weekly address on aviation safety as his top priority when he takes over on January 22nd. Airman Khan reflects on the importance of time and effort, and these two principles are precious to deal with and care for. Despite how quick the first week of 2021 surpassed, Mo Khan emphasizes the confidence he places both in himself and the people to shoot for long-term goals in a upward direction, regardless of the level of challenges and obstacles faced, and take daily objectives one at a time. He understands the purpose of aviation for the American people and what it can provide to them in many years to come for exploration, so he shares that knowledge with them as a tool to outline his broad vision of establishing his airmanship library. He brings in a series of examples of how the United States has gone through a tough year of 2020, and suggests what the country can do to relieve from these tough incidents. Ultimately, Mo Khan concludes that in order to reclaim a better future for America and the world, the "new" normal mindset is the way to go for the people's "new" way of life. Link to this Weekly Address Transcript: The Student Pilot's Weekly Address (01_10_2021).pdf

So today’s story isn’t about serial killers or gruesome details of murders, No, no.. but... instead it is a terrifying true story that involves miscommunication, faulty equipment, calmness in chaos, a diploma award for Outstanding Airmanship, and the effectiveness of teamwork. Would you agree a passenger's greatest fear is being onboard an aircraft whose engines suddenly lose power? Well... This is the story of Air Canada Flight 143 aka “The Gimli Glider”Resources:- Smithsonian Channel Documentaries of Air Disasters Season 1, episode 2 “The Gimli Glider” https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/air-disasters/episode-2-season-1/gimli-glider/405552/- The Legend Of The Gimli Glider | Air Canada Flight 143 - YouTubehttps://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1281360451571/- News clipping ar-gimli-glider_2500kbps_852x480_1281834563825- Wikipedia/Metrication in the US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_the_United_States#Aviation- CBC's Barbara Frum, interviews passenger Bryce Bell two days after the incident https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2395832030/- Author - Bruce FrazerAOPA, of Arlington, Virginia, is a former Army aviator and demo pilot for Bell Helicopter wrote a book about outstanding airmanship. The "Gimli Glider" story will appear in his book.

Captain Chesley Burnett Sullenberger, III (Sully) was born in Denison – a small North Texas town on the Oklahoma border. There, as a teenager, he learned to fly a single engine prop plane off a grass strip. A serious and talented - but shy and introverted - high school student, Sully was admitted to the highly competitive United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. When he graduated in 1973, he received the Academy’s prestigious Airmanship award as its top flyer.Sully flew the F-4 Phantom jet fighter in the Air Force, acquiring thousands of hours of flight time, always honing his airmanship. That ability, that skill to perceive his environment, to be situationally aware, to anticipate issues, and to solve problems – that airmanship – enabled him as a commercial airline pilot, to safely navigate a crippled passenger jet to a dramatic water landing in the Hudson River on a frigid January day in 2009.That flight - US Airways flight 1549 – lost thrust in both engines shortly after takeoff from New York’s LaGuardia airport when it struck a flock of Canada geese. Thanks to the remarkable skills of Sully and his co-pilot, Jeff Skiles, everyone aboard that plane survived the harrowing landing.Sully’s story is moving – humble beginnings, exceptional hard work, exacting dedication to his craft, and a lifetime of experience and knowledge that enabled him – in a moment of unprecedented crisis – to solve one problem after another, step by step, in 208 seconds, to navigate his crippled plane to the river, and to save the lives of its 155 passengers and crew.Sully shares with host Chuck Rosenberg fascinating insights about his childhood, his education at the United States Air Force Academy, his passion for flight, and his dedication to his craft.Sully is also the author of two books:Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters, with Jeffrey Zaslow (2010), andMaking a Difference: Stories of Vision and Courage from America's Leaders, with Douglas Century (2013)If you have thoughtful feedback or questions, please email us at theoathpodcast@gmail.com

A Southwest Airlines flight crew finds themselves in a situation they'd never experienced before when their Boeing 737 suffers an uncontained engine failure on a flight from New York to Dallas, leaving them mere moments to make the right decisions to save their compromised aircraft and their passengers. Although the crew is able to maintain control of their stricken aircraft and later guiding it to a successful emergency landing in Philadelphia, the event was not without casualties - something that continues to weigh on the mind of the flight’s captain, who was heralded as a hero. Today, Tammie Jo Shults shares her aviation story, her thoughts on training proficiency and cockpit automation... and the lessons she took away from Flight 1380. Participant: Southwest Airlines Captain Tammie Jo Shults

What is the difference between learning to fly and becoming a pilot? We get to the bottom of it with Joel Haski and Jared Parker from The Aerobatic School

Episode #16 - Airmanship by Check Six Podcast

Want to know a pretty good way of killing yourself? Fly an aircraft long enough that you get lazy, let your standards slip and do something stupid. Highly skilled jobs need razor-sharp concentration but sometimes people lose focus. Look at some sportsmen who got to the top of their game and then messed up, think Tiger Woods or Lance Armstrong. It wasn’t their technical skill that let them down, it was their standards. I’m currently writing a book about decision-making and analysing how I have made decisions over the last 20 years of flying military fast jets. Some decisions have been intuitive, ‘do or die’ ones and others have been long, drawn out rational thought processes. In flying training, decision-making is not something you are ever formally taught and tends to be wrapped up in the catch-all of ‘airmanship’. ‘Airmanship covers a broad range of desirable behaviours and abilities in an aviator. It is not simply a measure of skill or technique, but also a measure of a pilot’s awareness of the aircraft, the environment in which it operates, and of his own capabilities.’ ​Although I might have hinted at ‘skill-fade’ as a precursor to a pilot’s untimely demise, awareness, environment and capability also play a part. I tend to fly less than I used to as now my primary role is office based. I make sure that contractors give the RAF the aircraft they’ve promised to deliver, on time and to the required specifications. What this means, however, is that when I do fly, I tend to see a ‘snapshot’ of flying that was previously not available to me when I was doing it full-time. And this interests me a lot.   http://www.fastjetperformance.com/podcasts/why-you-should-forget-the-awesome-for-now See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mastering the art of flying is a continuos journey along a path towards an elusive and worthy destination. Mastering the art of flying is a worthy goal which has a positive affect on of those who we fly with and those we fly over. Our journey towards mastering the art of flying leads us to […] The post Episode #13a – Video Interview with Dave English, Author of The Inner Art Of Airmanship appeared first on Stuck Mic AvCast - An Aviation Podcast About Learning to Fly, Living to Fly, & Loving to Fly.

Bruce McQuain from Blackfive joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and he is a veteran of the Vietnam war. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match. This week Bruce told us about Staff Sergeant Robert Gutierrez, Jr. Here is the citation to his Bronze Star Medal (With Valor), "Staff Sergeant Robert Gutierrez, Jr., distinguished himself by heroism as a Special Tactics Combat Controller, 21st Expeditionary Special Tactics Squadron, Combined Joint Special Operations Air Component while engaged in ground combat against an enemy of the United States in Afghanistan on 6 April 2008. On that day, Sergeant Gutierrez was attached to Army Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha 3312 as a Joint Terminal Attack Controller, in support of Operation COMMANDO WRATH. He provided critical Airmanship skills during a violent 6 and a half hour battle against heavily armed and entrenched enemy fighters. While approaching the objective, while climbing near-vertical terrain, the assault force was ambushed by anti-Coalition forces which pinned down the lead team on a 60-foot high rock cliff and produced several friendly casualties. Sergeant Gutierrez coordinated with the engaged element and directed lethal gun, missile, and bomb attacks from AH-64s and F-15Es. Despite these strikes, the attack intensified onto his team’s position. Despite being struck twice by 7.62 millimeter bullets in the helmet, Sergeant Gutierrez maintained his calm demeanor and continued to prosecute targets. As the fight continued, the insurgents shifted their efforts toward arriving helicopters and engaged them with heavy fire. Sergeant Gutierrez coordinated with the ground force commander to delay friendly force extraction until the enemy positions could be suppressed. Enabled his systematic control of air power during the fight, all 17 friendly casualties were safely evacuated and 40 enemy fighters were killed. By his heroic actions and unselfish dedication to duty, Sergeant Gutierrez has reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force." The Someone You Should Know radio collaboration began as an extension of Matt Burden’s series at Blackfive. Bruce does an incredible job with the series every week. The SYSK archive can be found here and The Pundit Review Radio Podcast RSS feed can be found here and you can find us on iTunes at Pundit Review Radio. What is Pundit Review Radio? On Boston’s Talk Station WRKO since 2005, Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week we give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Called “groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to the radio every Sunday evening from 6-9pm on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.

Bruce McQuain from Blackfive joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and he is a veteran of the Vietnam war. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match. This week Bruce told us about Staff Sergeant Robert Gutierrez, Jr. Here is the citation to his Bronze Star Medal (With Valor), "Staff Sergeant Robert Gutierrez, Jr., distinguished himself by heroism as a Special Tactics Combat Controller, 21st Expeditionary Special Tactics Squadron, Combined Joint Special Operations Air Component while engaged in ground combat against an enemy of the United States in Afghanistan on 6 April 2008. On that day, Sergeant Gutierrez was attached to Army Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha 3312 as a Joint Terminal Attack Controller, in support of Operation COMMANDO WRATH. He provided critical Airmanship skills during a violent 6 and a half hour battle against heavily armed and entrenched enemy fighters. While approaching the objective, while climbing near-vertical terrain, the assault force was ambushed by anti-Coalition forces which pinned down the lead team on a 60-foot high rock cliff and produced several friendly casualties. Sergeant Gutierrez coordinated with the engaged element and directed lethal gun, missile, and bomb attacks from AH-64s and F-15Es. Despite these strikes, the attack intensified onto his team’s position. Despite being struck twice by 7.62 millimeter bullets in the helmet, Sergeant Gutierrez maintained his calm demeanor and continued to prosecute targets. As the fight continued, the insurgents shifted their efforts toward arriving helicopters and engaged them with heavy fire. Sergeant Gutierrez coordinated with the ground force commander to delay friendly force extraction until the enemy positions could be suppressed. Enabled his systematic control of air power during the fight, all 17 friendly casualties were safely evacuated and 40 enemy fighters were killed. By his heroic actions and unselfish dedication to duty, Sergeant Gutierrez has reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force." The Someone You Should Know radio collaboration began as an extension of Matt Burden’s series at Blackfive. Bruce does an incredible job with the series every week. The SYSK archive can be found here and The Pundit Review Radio Podcast RSS feed can be found here and you can find us on iTunes at Pundit Review Radio. What is Pundit Review Radio? On Boston’s Talk Station WRKO since 2005, Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week we give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Called “groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to the radio every Sunday evening from 6-9pm on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.