Fighters: The Road to Fighters Part 2: Into Combat – Andrew “Hazno” Faith

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What does it feel like to fly a CF-18 Hornet into combat for the first time? What happens when the fighting is over, but the experiences stay with you? In Part 2 of our conversation with Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew “Hazno” Faith, we pick up where we left off: arriving in Italy with almost no warning, preparing for combat operations over Libya, and putting years of fighter pilot training to the test. Andrew takes us inside Canada's contribution to Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR, from enforcing a no-fly zone to flying strike missions against Gaddafi's forces. He describes the reality of flying into hostile airspace, the moment his aircraft was targeted by a…