E185 - #185 | F-15 Pilot’s Alaska Whiteout Story | Christopher Coyote on Military Aviation, Pentagon Strategy & Apollo Wept

Former F-15E Strike Eagle aviator Christopher Coyote joins Talks with Gallagher to share the unforgettable story of flying low-level through the mountains of Alaska at night, hitting an unexpected snowstorm, and navigating a terrifying whiteout at 500 feet. In this episode, he also opens up about losing his eyesight during ROTC, becoming a navigator, flying the F-4 Phantom and F-15 Strike Eagle, working inside the Pentagon as a strategic planner, and why those experiences inspired his sci-fi novel Apollo Wept.John Gallagher and Christopher also discuss military training, tactical decision-making, AI, drones, space, future warfare, Western civilization, and the cultural the...