TOP GUN

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ON MARCH 3, 1969, THE UNITED STATES NAVY ESTABLISHED AN ELITE SCHOOL FOR THE TOP 1% OF ITS PILOTS. IT'S PURPOSE WAS TO TEACH THE LOST ART OF AERIAL COMBAT AND TO INSURE THAT THE HANDFUL OF MEN [AND LATER WOMEN] WHO GRADUATED WERE THE BEST FIGHTER PILOTS IN THE WORLD.

THEY SUCCEEDED.

TODAY, THE NAVY CALLS IT FIGHTERS WEAPONS SCHOOL.

THE FLYERS CALL IT:

TOP GUN.

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