Mike Durant
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Podcast Appearances
When we went to the range, we only had the bird running for like 15 minutes.
But on these long-range missions, the bird's running for like two hours.
I want to put power to the aircraft for two hours and see if anything happens.
And sure enough, a component in the freaking gun control box, powered up for a long period of time, was overheating and failing.
And then it would cool off, and it would work.
And I don't know what electronic component that is, if it's a resistor, a diode, or what the hell it is.
So they went to freaking Radio Shack in Saudi Arabia.
It's not really a Radio Shack, but a place like that.
Bought a new component, came back, put it in, fixed the problem.
No way.
And then the war's over.
I never got to shoot again.
Damn.
But I did fire miniguns on a scud.
And it was the first rounds in anger of the defensive arm penetrator.
I got that to say.
My last ordinance, by the way, that I did drop was a piss bottle I threw out of the aircraft before we crossed the border.
At a scud?
Yeah.
Before we crossed the border.