1 on 1 with Shane Osborn

Today on Battleground Live, we are sharing a previous interview between Sean and Shane Osborn, US Navy aviator who’s reconnaissance aircraft was damaged and forced to land in China in the infamous Hainan Island Incident in April, 2001, followed by 12 days of imprisonment by the Chinese. This interview aired on the Battlelground podcast in June, 2023.

Sean and Shane discuss Shane’s unexpected path to flying in Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One. Shane Recounts the harrowing Hainan Island Incident in April, 2001, where his EP-3E Aries reconnaissance aircraft was downed by a Chinese aircraft, before he and his 23 crew members were detained and interrogated by the Chinese for 12 days.

Shane Osborn is a former Naval Aviator who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross following the Hainan Island Incident, and later served as the State Treasurer of Nebraska.

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