Georgia Howe
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Now, we're still learning about what happened last week, but one pretty amazing story is the pilots that were shot down in Kuwait that somehow survived.
What do we know about that incident?
How did those pilots survive that?
I mean, just based on their training, what do they do in that situation?
Can you walk us through what that's actually like?
So how much time do they have from the time they realize they've been struck to making that decision, I presume, to shoot themselves out of their seats?
I mean, is that seconds?
Now, sorry, just to get really granular about this, if the pilot pulls the ejection thing, does that eject everyone out of the cabin together?
How does that work, the pilot and the co-pilot together?
So what are we up against when it comes to Iran's flight capabilities?
Now, something that military buffs, including my producers, were buzzing about this past week was the F-14 Tomcat jets that Iran has, which could now be destroyed.
First of all, why do they have those and why are so many people concerned about their destruction?
What's the story with the F-14 Tomcat jets?
Now, is this primarily a strike that's being fought by air?
Now, last question.
I have a very small amount of insight into this just through some of my family lore.
My maternal grandfather was a fighter pilot in World War II.
He was actually shot down twice into the Pacific.
And he didn't speak about it for many, many years because it was really traumatic.
But one thing I did glean from talking to family members discussing it is that he said this is basically a job that you can only get โ