Tactical Talk With Allison Barrie

Fighter jet crashes in the Atlantic Ocean…imagine flying more than 1000 mph in a Hornet and having to eject. Go inside this extraordinary story of calm courage in the face of extreme danger. Our remarkable guest today, Duane Liptak, is both an original member of Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command- now redubbed the Raiders- and a Marine Corps fighter pilot. He will take you inside moment by moment what it was like as both engines suddenly caught fire and failed. Then having to eject with a damaged parachute, far away from any coastline stranded out in the Atlantic with a storm coming in…Their emergency signaling devices and location beacons were smashed. How did they survive and escape? Duane also takes you inside the fighter pilot world. You’ll get insider knowledge on what it is truly like from inside the cockpit (like how they pass the time on long missions in ways that will surprise you) through to beers in bars and preparing for missions on the ground. Check out the story about a strike to a f