Mike Durant
Army Black Hawk pilot captured in Mogadishu; Lechner's pilot and longtime colleague
Mike Durant (Army Black Hawk pilot captured in Mogadishu; Lechner's pilot and longtime colleague) is discussed on podcasts in TMT.
Discussed in
#346 James Lechner - Army Ranger Recounts the Battle of Mogadishu: Black Hawk DownThe Shawn Ryan Show · Oct 8, 2026 · 3 h 20 min
Retired Army Ranger James Lechner tells Shawn Ryan about fighting and being wounded in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, turning around Ramadi, Afghanistan policy failures, and the war in Ukraine.