Topgun
Topgun
Synopsis
Written by the first commanding officer of the U.S. Navy's Fighter Weapons School, Topgun recounts how a small group of aviators, alarmed by poor kill ratios over Vietnam, built an elite training program from scratch to rebuild American air-combat dominance. Dan Pedersen combines firsthand memoir with the broader history of naval aviation, tracing the school's methods from its scrappy 1969 origins through its enduring influence on fighter tactics.
The book pairs cockpit-level combat detail with an inside account of the bureaucratic fight to get TOPGUN taken seriously — the real history behind the name later popularized by the films.
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TopgunHardcover, Mar
320 pages
Hachette BooksISBN: 97803164162695 editions available
