10 Percent True - Tales from the Cockpit

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Intercepted 10 Times in One Mission: Inside a US Navy Spy Plane

Intercepted 10 Times in One Mission: Inside a US Navy Spy Plane2 oct.14 min

<p>This is a clip. For the full episode, subscribe: 10percenttrue.com</p><p>Former US Navy Naval Flight Officer Hoover Coggins takes us inside the secretive world of the EP-3 electronic-intelligence aircraft. Flying from Spain and forward bases around the Mediterranean during the Cold War, Hoover progressed from navigator to senior tactical electronic-warfare evaluator and mission commander. In Part 1, he explains the EP-3’s enormous mission crew, its sensors and linguists, how operators identified hostile radar systems, and what happened when Soviet, Israeli or Libyan fighters came to investigate.</p>