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Everybody, it's Steve talking to
you from my garden. 

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It's springtime here in the UK. 
I'm in the northern hemisphere. 

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We don't get many days like 
this. 

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So I'm doing it for my garden. 
That's that's it. 

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I'm apologising for it. 
I hope you guys are well. 

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If you're a subscriber, you're 
listening to this. 

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I wanted to just let you know, 
thank you for supporting the 

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channel and to give you a heads 
up as to what's coming up in the

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next 4 weeks or so, the content 
I'm going to be releasing to 

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you. 
If you're not a subscriber but 

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you're listening to this 
thinking that sounds 

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interesting, you can become a 
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You can go to tempcentury.com 
and hit the subscribe button, 

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take out a plan. 
So this month really is going to

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be French Air Force Month, which
is for me a very interesting set

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of subjects. 
So my guest, Benji joined me on 

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three occasions. 
I think we did two hours each, 

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so you know, it's probably 6 or 
7 hours of content, but it's 

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fascinating. 
It's fascinating with technical 

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point of view because he talks 
about Mirage, Mirage F1, Mirage 

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F1 CT, talks about the 
capabilities of the aeroplane, 

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talks about the missions, talks 
about the stores, talks about 

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the avionics, talks about the 
electronic warfare, talks about 

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what it's like to operate, how 
you BFM. 

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It's absolutely fascinating and 
he also talks about his time 

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flying super estimate on 
exchange with the French Navy. 

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Again talks about the challenges
of flying that aeroplane on and 

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off of the shoulder wall. 
Also talks about Exocet, talks 

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about the mission set, talks 
about how you plan anti 

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shipping. 
It's really interesting and he's

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very candid, as much as he can 
be. 

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For me, one of the most 
fascinating elements of these 

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three interviews with him is his
discussion of combat. 

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So as most of you all know, the 
French have been busy for many 

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years in North Africa. 
So he talks about Djibouti, he 

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talks about going out and flying
in Libya in 2011. 

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And he was also part of the 
first detachment of supraton 

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dads to go to combat in 
Afghanistan, which I think was 

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2011. 
I interviewed him a couple of 

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months ago, actually. 
So I'm stretching my my memory 

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with that might have been 2007. 
But anyway, it doesn't matter. 

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He talks about that as well. 
And again, he's really candid 

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about the learning experiences, 
how they work with coalition 

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partners, providing close air 
support to the guys and girls on

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the ground. 
And I don't think that really 

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any of this stuff is available 
in English language anywhere. 

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I mean, there might be some 
French, French language stuff 

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somewhere on the Internet, but 
as far as I'm aware, this is the

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first time it's been covered. 
And, and it fulfils one of my 

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ambitions, which is to expand 
the scope of the Channel. 

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I do a lot of US and UK centric 
stuff. 

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And I really would like to start
working with guys and girls who 

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have different experiences from 
different air forces. 

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So it helps fulfil that 
obligation. 

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But like that desire, I hope you
enjoy it. 

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I think you will. 
And if you again, if you're 

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thinking about subscribing, you 
know, these would be good 

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episodes to subscribe for. 
And then the final episode that 

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I'll be releasing in the next 
month or so is the episode I had

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or conversation I had with Cinco
Hamilton, who ran the Air forces

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or this or the Department of the
Air Force's AI evaluation and 

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sort of developmental tests and,
and operational test type 

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affair. 
So he was responsible for 

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looking at how AI can be 
incorporated for the war fighter

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into aerospace programmes for 
the Air Force. 

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So he has a really interesting 
perspective. 

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He has lots of experience as a 
fighter pilot and then as a test

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pilot. 
And so his insights into how you

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can make AI work for you as a 
war fighter at the pointy end of

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the spear, again, very, very 
interesting. 

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I'll release that episode in 
full actually to everybody. 

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You won't have to be a 
subscriber if you want that 

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episode. 
And the only reason I'm going to

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do that is because Cinco is also
has written a book. 

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And I'd like to help him get the
message of his book out into the

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public space and to help him 
sell copies of that. 

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So if you're not a subscriber, 
you'll get that full episode. 

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And in fact, that will be the 
next episode to drop, which will

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be in about two weeks or so. 
Anyway, that's what's coming up.

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I just wanted to let you guys 
know, keep you in touch. 

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Sorry for the poncy sunglasses 
and being out in the garden. 

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I'm not trying to be 
pretentious. 

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It's just a nice day. 
I wanted to make the video and 

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talk to you guys. 
And so this is what it ended up 

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being. 
Whatever is happening in your 

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world, I hope you're well. 
I appreciate your time and your 

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support. 
I'll speak to you soon. 

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Cheers.