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	Podcast:		Former Action Guys Podcast
	Episode:		Ep. 202 \| Michael Durant \| 160th SOAR Black Hawk Pilot
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		02:18:17
	Publish Date:		2024-01-16 16:30:15
	Description:		Michael is a former 160th SOAR Black Hawk pilot who served in Operations Prime Chance, Just Cause, Desert Storm, and Gothic Serpent. Michael was held captive after his Blackhawk was shot down in Mogadishu and wrote about the ordeal in his book In The Company of Heroes. Support the show https://patreon.com/formeractionguys https://jcramergraphics.com https://ANGLICOshop.com 00:00:00 Intro / Joining the Army 00:10:35 Drive to Become a Pilot 00:18:20 Midair Collision in Flight School 00:21:11 From OH-55s to Black Hawks 00:24:05 Learning to Fly From Vietnam Pilots 00:28:00 Medevac in Korea 00:37:39 Hearing About The 160th 00:42:01 Accidentally Checking into the 101st Airborne 00:50:09 Most Difficult Type of Flying 01:01:09 160th Assessment \| Green Platoon 01:06:01 Surprised by the Mission \| 1st Deployment with 160th 01:10:34 Black Hawk Armament 01:12:53 Operation Just Cause 01:21:27 Hunting Scuds in Iraq 01:28:45 Gothic Serpent \| Mogadishu 01:38:34 Things are Starting to Go Wrong 01:43:34 Super 64 is Going Down 01:51:35 I Thought They Were the Rescue Force 01:54:02 Prisoner of War
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