{"podcast":{"title":"Fighter Pilot Podcast","slug":"fighter-pilot-podcast-743430","podcast_index_feed_id":743430,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/87e44bb8-fa63-4642-a11d-e341c14c2243","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/the-fighter-pilot-podcast","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2026/4/20/14/8e496efa-4052-44d5-b0b8-f7a20c5f9bc6_screenshot_2026-04-20_at_10.10.16.jpg","author":"Tucker \"Cinco\" Hamilton, Retired U.S. Air Force Fighter Test Pilot","episode_count":344,"summary":"The Fighter Pilot Podcast explores the fascinating world of air combat: the aircraft, the weapons systems, and most importantly—the people. Each episode typically features a guest who helps explain the topic at hand such as how ejection seats work or what it's like to fly on and off nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. If you love the roar of a high-speed flyby or are enamored by the poise and confidence of the brave men and women who pilot these aircraft, then this show is for you! For advertising, partnerships or other business opportunities, please contact: fpp@fearlessotter.com","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T22:17:55.775067+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fighter-pilot-podcast-743430"},"episode":{"title":"The Air Boss, 2025","slug":"the-air-boss-2025","published_at":"2025-10-27T15:00:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fighter-pilot-podcast-743430/the-air-boss-2025","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fighter-pilot-podcast-743430","url":"https://www.fighterpilotpodcast.com/","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/audio3.redcircle.com/episodes/77127767-d5a2-4bce-b392-f3000b1d2981/stream.mp3","summary":"The U.S. Navy has one of the largest air forces in the world comprised of a wide variety of aircraft from helicopters to strike fighters to patrol planes. While squadrons, air wings, and type wings have a well-established chain of command, ultimately they all fall under the purview of a single person. Known formally as the Commander, Naval Air Forces , the position is known better as simply, the A ir Boss . On this episode, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral and air boss Dan “Undra” Cheever, joins us to discuss the current state and future of naval aviation. We touch on numerous high-level strategic issues and spend several minutes answering listener questions. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pilot-podcast/donations","meta_description":"The U.S. Navy has one of the largest air forces in the world comprised of a wide variety of aircraft from helicopters to strike fighters to patrol planes.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3157,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fighter-pilot-podcast-743430/episodes/the-air-boss-2025/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fighter-pilot-podcast-743430/the-air-boss-2025.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}