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Podcast: The Helicopter Podcast
Episode: Episode #166: From Army Interrogator to Combat Pilot, Michael Benton Part I - The Helicopter Podcast
Description: Send us Fan MailWelcome to The Helicopter Podcast, brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS!In this two-part conversation on The Helicopter Podcast, host Halsey Schider sits down with Michael Benton, whose career in aviation began in an unexpected place. Before flight school, Michael served as a U.S. Army interrogator and Korean linguist, a background that shaped how he evaluates human behavior, decision-making, and risk. That path ultimately led him into Army warrant officer flight training, combat operations as a Kiowa Warrior pilot, and later into air medical operations, accident in...