The Road to a MiG Kill. Muddy Watrous, EP71 Part 1

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Don "Muddy" Watrous discusses his route to the F-15 Eagle and the first 10 days of Operation Desert Storm leading up to his MiG-23 kill with the 32d TFS, the Wolfhounds. Buy merch and books today! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/baotd Support me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh 0:00 intro teaser thirsty ‘winder 1:55 Welcome Muddy and episode background 4:50 Muddy’s introduction 8:50 did the feeling of flight live up to the expectations? 10:40 refining the ambition, looking toward fighters 12:05 UPT 17:20 FAIP’d before Eagles 19:30 how the instructor gig set up later success? 21:32 students providing scares? 25:10 any IMC flying (preparing for European Theatre) and curtain take offs? 30:45 dealing with not getting Eagles on first assignment 33:10 getting the Eagle assignment 35:20 FTU and walking up to the jet for the first time, adjustment after the Talon? 40:40 systems assimilation 43:10 realising the dream/feeling like you’ve made it? 48:10 fighter culture/Eagle community 51:30 Wolfhounds mission at Soesterberg and a cross country to Germany 58:15 Intercept practice 1:00:37 Flogger threat/knowledge? 1:03:48 MSIP? 1:04:12 10percenttrue.com/shop 1:04:55 lead up to war, losing jets to Saudi, being sidelined, northern front in Iraq 1:15:40 expectations upon arrival with just 4 jets? 1:18:10 any study prep on Iraqi AF prior to deployment? 1:23:15 arriving in Turkey and getting oriented in the composite wing 1:28:00 is Intel from the southern forces and engagements filtering through? 1:32:12 objectives of the northern mission? 1:35:35 not so smart/“adding to the war effort 1:38:00 initial combat missions and compartmentalisation 1:43:35 NATO AWACS shortcomings 1:45:52 “EAGLEWACS” 1:48:42 observed IAF behaviour in the initial 10 days?