A Kiowa Pilot's IED Story

December 19, 2019 00:47:55
A Kiowa Pilot's IED Story
The Spear
A Kiowa Pilot's IED Story

Dec 19 2019 | 00:47:55

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Show Notes

As a lieutenant, Maj. Jesse Lansford was deployed to Afghanistan. A Kiowa helicopter pilot assigned as an aviation platoon leader, he rarely found himself on foot outside the wire. But on one day his helicopter had to land. He spent a brief time on the ground, but it was enough for him to encounter an IED. He joins this episode of The Spear to tell the story.

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