So There I Was
By Chuck Newton and Pete Harmon
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Episodes: 208
Description
So There I Was” is a weekly aviation podcast and YouTube show featuring true pilot stories from fighter pilots, airline captains, helicopter pilots, and other military and civilian aviators. “So – There I was.” It’s how ALL great aviation tales begin! Join hosts Fig and Repete as they bring in some great aviation raconteurs to relate the glamorous, hilarious, poignant, tragic, and incredible tales of aviation. Fig and Repete met more than 30 years ago as Marine Attack pilots in Marine Attack Squadron VMA‑223 flying the AV‑8B Harrier II. Both have since gone on to careers in the majors. Realizing that they are around the most accomplished professionals in aviation with amazing stories to tell, they decided these stories are too good to be kept quiet. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll laugh until you cry, but you’ll never be bored!
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That’s Not Our Runway! Episode 205
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Untethered Episode 204
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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I Can’t Even Spell Jumpseat Episode 203
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Nasty's Worst Day in the Navy Episode 202
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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He Heard Me Go By Episode 201
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Royce Williams Medal of Honor: 1v7 MiG Dogfight Episode 200
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Slightly Disappointed They Didn't Shoot At Us Episode 199
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Never Relax When Things Are Going Well Episode 198
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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John Steinbeck’s Ecstacy Leak Episode 197
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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The Beginning of My Crime Spree Episode 196
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Drop & Give Me 1 Episode 195
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Pushing Tin Episode 194
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Ready, Sleep, Now Episode 193
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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That's All She's Got Episode 192
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Just Trying to Keep This from Becoming a Musical Episode 191
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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Turns Like a Racquetball Off a Wall Episode 190
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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A Little Slice of Hell Episode 189
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Frankentanker Episode 188
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Switch Up, Auto Missile, Eat a Sandwich Episode 187
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Compressor Stalls and Varsity Jets Episode 186
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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If Your Friend Jumped Off a Bridge Episode 185
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Radar Inop Episode 184
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Going to LZ-3 Episode 183
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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From Box Canyons to Brotherhood Episode 182
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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My Introduction to Arizona Talcum Episode 181
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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I'm Here for My 45 Year Follow Up Episode 180
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Porpoises, FOQA, and the Art of Not Looking Stupid Episode 179
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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So There I Was Hangout Episode 178
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Squints and Moles Episode 177
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Don’t Be Afraid to Use the E-Word Episode 176
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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You Fly By Your Seat & Your Ears Episode 175
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Moon Child Episode 174
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Time Flies: The Harrier Watch Episode 173
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Hunting Tankers In The Desert Episode 172
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Disco’s Canteen Got a Refill Episode 171
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Twisted Balls & Flaming Intakes Episode 170
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Hook Slaps & Nozzle Flops Episode 169
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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They Had Their Shoes On and Everything episode 168
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Early Is On Time, Unless You're Too Early Episode 167
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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$174 in Pain and Pennies Episode 166
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Goat Hunters, Jet Jocks & a $3,000 Rifle Episode 165
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Just Get Airborne Episode 164
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Jun 28, 2025 |
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No Show – 19 June 2025
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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We're Gonna Piss on That Episode 163
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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I Was Only Going to Hit One Episode 162
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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A Case of Scotch the Hard Way Episode 161
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May 29, 2025 |
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Young Guns Episode 160
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May 22, 2025 |
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Tracer Fire; I Sorta Took That Personally Episode 159
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May 15, 2025 |
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The Enigmatic Aviator Episode 158
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May 08, 2025 |
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The Longest Rescue Episode 157
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May 01, 2025 |
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Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable Episode 156
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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He's Guilty, But He's a Nice Guy Episode 155
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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You've Got Me in Steerage Episode 154
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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We're Gonna Get Skinny Episode 153
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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500 Looks at the Ball Episode 152
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Ass Over Teakettle in a Spin Episode 151
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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That's Us You Moron! Episode 150
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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My Leading Edge Episode 149
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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You Can Run, But You'll Just Die Tired Episode 148
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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It's Like Surfing in the Sky Episode 147
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Don't Get Shot Episode 146
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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I'll Ram the Cockpit You Take the Tail Episode 145
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Put a Check Runway Strip Over the Guys You Don’t Want to Kill Episode 144
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Low, Heavy & Slow is No Way to Go Through Life Episode 143
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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A Pig in Space Episode 142
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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We’re Here - You’re There - Just Clear us Hot! Episode 141
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Best of 2024 - Happy New Year Episode 140
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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So There I Was Hangout Episode 139
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Hangar Talk Episode 138
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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3 Beers In: Are You Guys OK to Fly? Episode 137
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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DOOM Club Episode 136
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Oh $#¡+! Two's Hit! Episode 135
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Look At That Mustache! You Can Trust That Guy Episode 134
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Pissed Off the Skipper Episode 133
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Balls-13 Episode 132
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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You Can’t Just Pull Over on a Cloud Episode 131
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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It Has To Be 10% Truth Episode 130
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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I'm Going Back to Get My Nametag Episode 129
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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They Love You Until You Punt One Into the Stands Episode 128
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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I Didn’t Do It Episode 127
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Beautiful… Just ƒµ¢√¡π§ Beautiful Episode 126
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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I Hit Everything but the Tiger Episode 125
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Flying to Extremes Episode 124
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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A Stunned Mullet Episode 123
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Double Ugly Episode 122
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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I Could Teach a Monkey to Fly in 2 Months Episode 121
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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The Boss is HAM'N Episode 120
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Your Going to Have to Talk Me Out Episode 119
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Put the Thing on the Thing Episode 118
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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For Flying Outloud Episode 117
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Wings of My Father Episode 116
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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I'll Kick Your Little Pilot @$$ Episode 115
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Accidental Fighter Pilot Episode 114
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Is That A Trick Question? Episode 113
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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It's All Combat Episode 112
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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That Escalated Quickly Episode 111
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Pulled the Handle! Just Not Very Hard Episode 110
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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We’re Not Ready You Idiot Episode 109
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May 30, 2024 |
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It's a Lot Like Yesterday Episode 108
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May 23, 2024 |
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Bad-Assery & Jack-Assery Episode 107
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May 16, 2024 |
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Flying the “B-one” Episode 106
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May 09, 2024 |
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Halfway Around the World in 40 Days Episode 105
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May 02, 2024 |
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Coming Down Like a Gun Safe with a Lot of Guns Episode 104
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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What's Your Call Sign? Episode 103
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Warplane Episode 102
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Fun in the Mach Loop Episode 101
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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MG NW SAK Episode 100
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Naïveté Was a Gift I Was Given Episode 99
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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I Lived! Now I Gotta Do It Again Episode 98
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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I Saw the Ship's Propellers Episode 97
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Hoka Hey Episode 96
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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You Could Hear the Schrapnel Hit the Airplane Episode 95
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Fins on Pigs Episode 94
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Explaining Space to Neil Armstrong Episode 93
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Got Me a SAG Card Episode 92
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Treetop Level Across Gabon Episode 91
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Blues Brothers Episode 90
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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He Cold-cocked Me! Episode 89
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Smoke in the Tube Episode 88
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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So There I Was: Best Stories Ever Part 2 Episode 87
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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So There I Was: Best Stories Ever Part 1 Episode 86
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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The 5th Day the Ship Blew Up Episode 85
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Do We Need to Have a Talk? Episode 84
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Don't Worry, It's Insured Episode 83
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Logbook Entry: Almost Died Today Episode 82
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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I'm a Frickin' Piñata Episode 81
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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You Can't Make Me Airsick Episode 80
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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With Due Regard, You're Cleared Episode 79
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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I Went SERE School on Him Episode 78
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Fire Coming Out the Go End Episode 77
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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1000 Answers and No Questions Episode 76
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Don't Beat the Olympic Runner, Please! Episode 75
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Mattress 1, Harrier 0 Episode 74
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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156618, My Old War Horse Episode 73
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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A Bunch of Friggin' Balloons Episode 72
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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They Were Going to Die Anyway Episode 71
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Fly Wire: Where's The Rock? Episode 70
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Compulsive Story Teller Episode: Me Too Mom
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Too Busy for Officer Indoc Episode 69
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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I'm a Caveman Lawyer - I Don't Lie for Free Episode 68
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Blancolirio Episode 67
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Full Throttle Episode 66
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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You Tight Like Onion Episode 65
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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You're Going To Have to Talk Me Out Episode 64
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Get the Money First Episode 63
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Stay In the Ejection Envelope Episode 62
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Don't Ever Do That Again Episode 61
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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White Horse Scotch & Vinegar Episode 60
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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I'll Get an A for Effort Episode 59
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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The Hammer of God Episode 58
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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A Water Buffalo for Tam Ky Episode 57
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Beware the Duck Episode 56
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May 25, 2023 |
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High Wire Episode 55
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May 18, 2023 |
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You Quit or You Move Forward Episode 54
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May 11, 2023 |
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Burial at Sea… Not So Fast! Episode 53
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May 04, 2023 |
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Fifty Thousand Feet & Nothing Running but My Watch Episode 52
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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What If It Was Me? Episode 51
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Why’s There a Hot Air Balloon in the Traffic Pattern? Episode 50
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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John Wayne in the Break, Woody Allen on the Ball Episode 49
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Cat Shots & Orgasms
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Dude, I Have Your Harrier
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Carefully Check the Fuel Cell with a Torch Episode 46
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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4 MiG Kills, 1 Fight
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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120Kts, 10' Off the Ground & I was Bored Episode 44
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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The Honeypot Mission Episode 43
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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I Crashed Every Time Episode 42
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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That's NOT a Tanker! Episode 41
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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You Can't Be Married Episode 40
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Start With the End in Mind Episode 39
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Learn How to Lead to Win Episode 38
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Today We're Flying Beer Can Width Episode 37
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Like a Couple Gorillas in Your Chest Episode 36
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Southwest Airlines 1380 ~ She Hit Me Episode 35
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Jan 07, 2023 |
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Nerves of Steel Episode 34
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Which Kid Is Your Favorite Episode 33
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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They Lack Judgment Episode 32
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Don't Do Anything Stupid Episode 31
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Are You Sure It's Mine? Episode 30
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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He Left His Footprint on My Face Episode 29
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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The Boss is HAM'N Episode 28
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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NEVER Talk to the Boss Again Episode 27
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Keep an Eye Out for Me Episode 26
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Here's to Woody. The Last Worst Day Episode 25
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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The Lieutenant Savoy Incident Episode 24
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Nowhere To Go But Up Episode 23
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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It's a Small World Episode 22
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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A Vicious Pack of Lieutenants Episode 21
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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The Eagle Was Grounded Episode 20
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Semper Fi, Do or Die! Episode 19
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Best Job in the Galaxy! Episode 18
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Here's to Bug Roach Episode 17
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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True Lies Episode 16
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Sir, Don't Eat the Donuts Episode 15
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Happy Birthday, Yogi! Episode 14
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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It Was a Dark & Stormy Night Episode 13
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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One Hook on the Wheel Episode 12
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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We Were on a Mission from God Episode 11
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Fig-Dogs Now Being Served Episode 10
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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YeeHaw - Pester's Dead! Episode 9
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Big Beaver Up & Ready Episode 8
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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4-Wheelin' & Fires & Snakes, Oh My! Episode 7
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Sounds Like the Beginning of a Dirty Joke: Episode 6
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Harrier: 1 - Nine-Point Buck: Zero Episode 5
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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I Shoulda Been Thrown In Jail 35 Years Ago Episode 4
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Two's Off - Winchester! Episode 3
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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We Weren't Naked ALL the Time! Episode 2
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May 25, 2022 |
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So there I was... Callsigns and Other $#¡+ - Show #1
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May 19, 2022 |
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Show Trailer
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May 17, 2022 |