Ian Fritz is a former USAF Airborne Cryptologic Linguist that was a crew member on the AC-130 W. Ian's more than 3 years of language training enabled him to listen in on enemy radio transmissions and update the AC-130 crew and ground forces in real-time. Ian attended the Defense Language Institute (DLI) to learn how to fluently speak Dari and Pashto before supporting the Air Force Special Operations Command during two deployments to Afghanistan.

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00:00:00 Intro | Joining the Air Force
00:09:59 Air Force Basic Training
00:13:44 Language Training
00:25:43 Maintaining Language Proficiency
00:32:27 AC-130 Gunship
00:36:47 Cryptologic Linguist's on an AC-130
00:40:24 Listening to the Enemy
00:47:43 First Mission
00:54:50 From Combat to Coffee | Aircrew Life
00:58:25 Finding an Outlet
01:14:14 Writing a Book Honestly
01:21:45 Fall of Afghanistan