<p><strong>Get the full episode:</strong></p><p>https://www.10percenttrue.com/pricing-plans/list</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Pinbag Shaw | 10 Percent True | EP83 Part 2</strong></p><p>In Part Two of our conversation, Thomas “Pinbag” Shaw takes us operational.</p><p><br /></p><p>From Korea to Germany, this is life in a Cold War Phantom squadron — where Victor Alert was real, nuclear strike planning was routine, and NATO air defence timelines were measured in minutes.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode we discuss:</p><p>• What sitting nuclear Victor Alert actually meant</p><p>• How QRA posture worked in Europe and the Pacific</p><p>• Intercept geometry against Warsaw Pact aircraft</p><p>• NATO strike planning and readiness discipline</p><p>• The psychology of Cold War aircrew culture</p><p>• Transitioning from Phantom to the Strike Eagle era</p><p><br /></p><p>This is Tactical Air Command at its most serious — a force built around the assumption that the next launch might not be an exercise.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you enjoy long-form, technical conversations with the people who flew the jets, subscribe and join the conversation.</p><p><br /></p><p>0:00 Intro teaser – North Korean MiG-21 intercept</p><p>3:52 Welcome back, Pinbag</p><p>4:28 The Nellis influence</p><p>9:28 Leaving MacDill – SERE school</p><p>20:28 Korea and PACAF disposition</p><p>27:15 36th Fighter Squadron</p><p>33:35 Introduction to Korea</p><p>38:00 Areas of responsibility, command structure, and settling in</p><p>44:20 Training, digesting the vault, and other in-theatre assets and threats</p><p>49:10 Equipment – F-4E variants</p><p>53:25 Radar presentation, trade-offs, and features (TISEO, Combat Tree, Pave Spike)</p><p>1:04:44 Turnover of airframes</p><p>1:06:02 Operation Paul Bunyan – the axe-handle murders and redeployment of assets (including GBU-15 / AGM-65) for possible engagement with a tree</p><p>1:11:35 One year later – the Army’s turn and the lost Chinook</p><p>1:15:38 North Korean Air Force and South Korean MiGs (and Beagle)</p><p>1:26:12 AN-2s and skunk boats</p><p>1:27:30 How a prospective war would have unfolded</p><p>1:32:05 North Koreans in Vietnam; Soviets and North Koreans flying with the Egyptians</p><p>1:34:24 GCI and bullseye intercepts</p><p>1:36:50 Integration, improvement, and the prospective order of battle</p><p>1:40:40 Evolution in war planning and the birth of Large Force Employment</p><p>1:46:30 Lakenheath leadership influence and differences from PACAF</p><p>1:54:40 Battles over the Taiwan Strait and ROKAF checkouts – similarities and rumours</p><p>1:57:30 Alert story – possible SA-2 site</p><p>2:01:12 Peacetime Aerial Reconnaissance Program (including intro teaser story) and alert scramble</p>