TOPGUN Fighter Pilot Explains Everything From Drones to UFO'S | Max Afterburner Podcast #08

Retired Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Tim "Monk" Miller — TOPGUN graduate, F/A-18 Hornet pilot, and former squadron commander — joins the Max Afterburner Podcast to talk about what fighter pilots actually see up there, and why the UFO conversation looks completely different from inside the cockpit. We get into Iran's jellyfish drone swarm and what a formation like that means for aircrews flying into contested airspace, the air war over the Strait of Hormuz, and whether cheap autonomous drones are about to end the era of the manned fighter jet entirely. Monk also breaks down the Strike Fighter League, the professional air combat league he founded to put real fighter pilots and real aircraft data into competitive simulation. Check out the Strike Fighter League here: https://the-sfl.com/ Check out my book 'Take Command' : https://www.mabbook.com My Aviation Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MaxAfterburnerusa Max Afterburner Energy: maxafterburnerenergy.com