January 16, 2024 • 138 mins
Michael is a former 160th SOAR Black Hawk pilot who served in Operations Prime Chance, Just Cause, Desert Storm, and Gothic Serpent. Michael was held captive after his Blackhawk was shot down in Mogadishu and wrote about the ordeal in his book In The Company of Heroes.
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00:00:00 Intro / Joining the Army
00:10:35 Drive to Become a Pilot
00:18:20 Midair Collision in Flight School
00:21:11 From OH-55s to Black Hawks
00:24:05 Learning to Fly From Vietnam Pilots
00:28:00 Medevac in Korea
00:37:39 Hearing About The 160th
00:42:01 Accidentally Checking into the 101st Airborne
00:50:09 Most Difficult Type of Flying
01:01:09 160th Assessment | Green Platoon
01:06:01 Surprised by the Mission | 1st Deployment with 160th
01:10:34 Black Hawk Armament
01:12:53 Operation Just Cause
01:21:27 Hunting Scuds in Iraq
01:28:45 Gothic Serpent | Mogadishu
01:38:34 Things are Starting to Go Wrong
01:43:34 Super 64 is Going Down
01:51:35 I Thought They Were the Rescue Force
01:54:02 Prisoner of War
Support the show
https://patreon.com/formeractionguys
https://jcramergraphics.com
https://ANGLICOshop.com
00:00:00 Intro / Joining the Army
00:10:35 Drive to Become a Pilot
00:18:20 Midair Collision in Flight School
00:21:11 From OH-55s to Black Hawks
00:24:05 Learning to Fly From Vietnam Pilots
00:28:00 Medevac in Korea
00:37:39 Hearing About The 160th
00:42:01 Accidentally Checking into the 101st Airborne
00:50:09 Most Difficult Type of Flying
01:01:09 160th Assessment | Green Platoon
01:06:01 Surprised by the Mission | 1st Deployment with 160th
01:10:34 Black Hawk Armament
01:12:53 Operation Just Cause
01:21:27 Hunting Scuds in Iraq
01:28:45 Gothic Serpent | Mogadishu
01:38:34 Things are Starting to Go Wrong
01:43:34 Super 64 is Going Down
01:51:35 I Thought They Were the Rescue Force
01:54:02 Prisoner of War
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