Interview with "Spike" Booker (T-6/F-15E/T-38A Pilot)

[@1919champ]

What a great interview. Mover you have the best pals. Spike is so inspirational. Thanks!

[@CWLemoine]

I agree! Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@davidsmith8997]

Yup, another great interview. It's very interesting to hear about all the different routes that lead to military aviation.

[@ronneglia5164]

Spike is definitely an inspiration. Best of luck with your business. Mover, thanks for another awesome interview!

[@TorToroPorco]

One of the best reasons for following this channel is getting to meet the great colleagues and friends Mover has accumulated during his career. They have all been inspiring individuals with exceptional character and Spike is certainly one of them.

[@daylengipson1556]

I usually fall asleep while watching videos on KZbin. However, on a fine Wednesday night I stayed up watching this video and I can tell you how much my eyes were drilled into this video. I want to personal thank you Mover for choosing a great person to your videos. I feel like that was my inspiration and can say now I have a pathway to becoming not only a Air Force pilot but a fighter pilot. I’m at a university getting my degree and I feel like I have a pathway to become a pilot for the Air Force that is the most successful. Thanks for all your videos and I will continue to watch.

[@adrienneb3291]

Loved this interview, I have watched every one! Great to be able to show my son and daughter the diversity that exists but is often not seen in the military aviation community. What he said about if you can see me you can be me is a real thing and I am glad for his inspiring message. Both of my kids will see this. Thank you both for what you do!

[@i_9_power_allah321]

Thats what I love about teaching as well. When the student gets the UNDERSTANDING, which is UNDERSTANDING is the HIGHEST form of LOVE.

[@CallsignOutdoors]

Thanks for this interview, Mover. I was a recent select for OTS and RPA pilot! I’m literally just switching seats. Your videos and motivational interviews is what encouraged me and continues to help me keep pushing. I still aspire to go to UPT later on in my career, but if that doesn’t open up, the opportunities are endless. I’ve always wanted to get a hold of you, but my messages must have never made it your way. I do not have social media or anything. Thanks Mover! -Tide

[@georgecooksey8216]

Catching up here. Terrific interview. Hope you have Spike back on the show.

[@Flipper-mno13]

Totally Awesome Interview. Major Booker, you are an amazing role model and instructor. Best of luck with your straighten-up fly right project. With fly right and make them tell you no, our future generation looks brighter. Hope the airline gig is what you're looking for. Mover, you've done it again.👍🇺🇸💜

[@usanswiss]

Spike is an awesome dude. Ty for your Service and good luck in your future adventures 👍🏻

[@Axepilot]

Great interview! Spike, you are the real deal. It's very cool to hear how people get their seats in fighters.

[@michaelstidham5957]

The 15-E, F-15EX, and F-22 are my favorite Aircraft. I like the F15-E for it's awesome speed, range, and weapons capability. Long live the Eagle! The F-22 is an amazing Aircraft! I was pissed when I heard they had cancelled F-22 production. I believe they decided to build way too many F-35s. I believe the money would have been spent wiser on building more F-22s, fixing problems experienced by F-22s, and upgrading existing F-22s.

[@msammon1]

Love Spike plans to inspire and guide the next generation, he has the tone and delivery to make a difference. It's not so much how or where you landed on this planet but the choices you make...

[@arnie24070127]

Spike is awesome. What a great guest and interview.

[@Orvulum]

Awesome! Thanks C.W. for the interview and Spike for your inspiring story! 🙂

[@jeffhanson9244]

Another great interview. My career was very similar to Spike’s, only 40 years earlier. My nurse wife only worked nights the first 6 weeks of UPT and we didn’t have a baby until the end of my T37 FAIP tour.

[@donszabo7558]

Very cool. I love the F-15 and the E model. I've only seen them at airshows and clearly remember a pilot taking one straight up to being a glint in sky. Thanks Spike and Moover!

[@rusnsc7622]

Thanks Mover, Enjoyed the interview, Spike is an impressive guy, best of luck with what sounds like an honorable business venture.

[@johnb7490]

Great job gentlemen, enjoyed the you both.

[@ChristopherSterwerf]

Great story! Thanks for sharing what you went through Spike!

[@xaviebennett9669]

Awesome interview, I wish I would have studied harder. Thanks Mover

[@missyroades4533]

Fantastic interview! What an inspiration

[@boggy8557]

Great interview. It's so nice to see race being brought up without awkwardness and Spike being such a cool dude about it. It just shows you can be whatever you want to be no matter the race, sex or whatever as long as you apply yourself!

[@SwagTac]

This is my 8th time listening to this podcast, inspiring me every time!

[@i_9_power_allah321]

Peace!!!!Great interview, I was born and raised where the home of the 1st fighter wing is. Seeing F-15c formations and hearing them burners when I was probably 2 or 3,I came up wanting to be a fighter pilot. WINGS OF THE RED STAR and the regular WINGS episodes was all I cared about on the discovery Channel as a kid. I couldn't talk to any of my friends about aviation because I was the only one with interest. Flight Sims and DCS, gunship 3 mobile, it all gets played. 😆🤣😂 YOUR SUPREME G. AWSOME BRO and thank you for protecting our skies.

[@MikeJamesMedia]

Great stories, Dwanye, and congratulations on all of it! And, thanks to you, C. W., for hosting this interview. Loved that "I just felt more.... lethal." comment. :)

[@kengarvin5341]

Great interview 👍 Thank you for your service

[@billbrockman779]

I am so impressed and proud of this fellow Atlantan and Yellow Jacket!

[@marks93cobra]

Yet another great interview Mover, Spike seems like a top notch guy, hopefully he can inspire some kids to follow in his path, what a class act.

[@LouT1501]

This was another outstanding interview. Thank you, Spike and Mover!

[@olsondavid1084]

Another great interview of another outstanding American. Thanks and keep it up please.

[@christianarboleda7872]

Mover thank you once again for an incredible interview!

[@caleblindgren8211]

I love all your interviews (and the whole channel) Mover, but this was especially good! Agreed with earlier commenter, very inspirational. Spike's tenacity (pilot training with wife pulling night shifts and an infant?!) and the high quality of his communcation skills really stood out to me. Makes me wish I stuck with my own dream of becoming a fighter pilot years ago. I didn't "make them tell me no." I said it myself. I love my life now, but I regret not going out for it and finding out if I had what it takes. Keep up the good work!

[@CommomsenseSmith]

Awesome interview as usual 🇺🇸

[@kencramer2232]

Excellent excellent excellent!

[@slipstream5542]

absolutely awesome addition to the honorable legacy of our fighting men of the REDTAILS SEMPER FI

[@nicolaisen1]

Awesome interview! Spike you are a badass.

[@toddie4usa1]

Excellent interview, we need more role models like you two

[@perspicator5779]

Another great interview! Keep 'em comin'!

[@cshamm]

GREAT VIDEO!! Love Spike!

[@misticace95]

This is awesome! Love all the info about UPT. I just finished up at Wright Patterson last week for IFC. Next stop to graduate! Ha

[@jeffr6280]

Mover, this was a great video. I was thinking how great this discussion would be under the pavilion during a night at Oshkosh. Seriously, you and Spike with the encouraging message you bring, especially to young people interested in aviation, it would be a great time. I'd also encourage Spike to reach out to some Civil Air Patrol Squadrons in Florida and arrange to talk to them. They have some big squadrons down there and those kids would LOVE to hear from him....and you to if you haven't done that already.

[@Mrbumbons1]

Ordered some swag from the merch store. Great interview.

[@ScottHirons]

I always see your interview videos, and think it's not going to be interesting enough to watch for an hour+. I'd rather watch helicopter flights. Next thing I know I'm an hour+ in and loving every word your interviewee is sharing. Another great one. Great to meet and hear from Spike.

[@kevinmadore1794]

Oooh, so Spike is still in the active duty, eh? I think this guy could be a General. That was my impression after the first 15 min. of this interview. Great guy, great interview. I can see why you're going to miss all of bros from this unit.

[@mackerel1875]

Fantastic interview with Spike. When they make a better Fighting Redtails movie, I know who they should tap for a lead role...

[@booneboone9705]

Extremely smart guy🤯🤯

[@helipapi]

Awesome interview!! Spike, you are truly a bad ass. And a girl's dad too..lol love it. Also, props to your parents for supporting the dream!!

[@ranimbill9331]

Been waiting for this ! Thank you

[@historyg1940]

Great interview Flying an F15 would be the best job in the world

[@GaryLevin]

A real leader and inspiration for all kis,black,whit,yellow or purple

[@markgr1nyer]

Make them tell you know and if you can see me you can be me I can relate to that last one strongly. I have always wanted to be a train driver (engineer in the US) but have a wonky eye which is noticeable but doesn't effect my vision. So many people in the past have said it would stop me driving trains. But when I started working as a conductor (get the foot in the door on the way up the stairs) I met a driver who had a wonky eye much worse than mine. It was such a powerful sign that I could do it that I'm still applying at 32 despite 39 failed applications for different jobs on the railways, which is where the make them tell you no comes in, then if they do say no explore other options to get in

[@marcin4015]

Top Gun: Spike

[@flightkimulator3113]

I love this interview! Thank you for doing these! do you know any harrier pilots who'd be willing to come onto your channel?

[@shoaib3036]

Sir CW lemoine/mover can u pls upload a timer many hours before your streaming.

[@CWLemoine]

This video was scheduled 10 hrs in advance.

[@shoaib3036]

@@CWLemoine My bad I can't Get that one.

[@CWLemoine]

It’s just part of the channel.

[@larryroseke3238]

Did Spike want to fly the F-15EX?

[@markusnachname1619]

I initialy was disapointed, but then after a few disapointing seconds the technical super future began and I new everything's still fine on planet earth 😇

[@ftc9258]

A great interview!!! He may be a perfect guy to command a new Eagle II squadron. BTW, is it just me, or doesn't he look kinda like Michael B. Jordan? Handsome Major. 😄

[@daddynichol52]

These guys can fly multi million dollar, complex fighter platforms, but Zoom is beyond their expertise! 1🤣

[@CWLemoine]

*Streamyard.

[@NarutokunJB]

@@CWLemoine Having encountered the likes of yalls at Randolph and Sheppard I can sorta understand now. Unless you grow up as a geek you end up with a totally different skillset and mindset.

[@NarutokunJB]

@@CWLemoine I worked on a VR IFR ops trainer for the T-38A guys at Langley. Curious if Spike might be one of the guys who used it?

[@SammyTheDitchDoctor]

If he’s saying it sounds like a voice filter it’s his downstream / bandwidth on his end. That’s what causes the fish tank sounds….

[@ranimbill9331]

Oh yeaaaah

[@TomSmith-kc8mz]

Simple question. Toe to toe, heads up. Can the USAF establish air superiority in Ukraine of we needed to or would it be too difficult and not worth the price?

[@Error_404_Account_Deleted]

And to top it off he doesn’t even look like he’s above 25 years old. I need his DNA 😂 Total BAMF

[@i_9_power_allah321]

Lol , Are you in here again? Yeah, I can't help it. That would have been me. Peace

[@mohawksniper79]

👍🏼🤠🇨🇦

[@highkicker11]

i just dont get what skin color or heritage has to do with flying. after all we are all human and as such one race one blood. it makes me angry to no limit to hear people say white or black lives matter its all human lives matter skin pigmentation has nothing to do with it.