Evidence emerges that the government ignored warnings. On the growing dispute between greece and turkey of oil and gas drilling rights in the mediterranean sea. And mexicos former president in the eto get sucked into a major scandal in latin america involving brides from a brazilian Construction Company. That after much anticipation joe biden the presumptive u. S. Democratic president ial nominee has chosen his running mate for novembers election Campbell Harris is the 1st person of color to be nominated for the post of Vice President in a tweet confirming his pick biden praised senator houses record on social justice i have the great honor to announce that i picked harris a fearless fighter for the little guy and one of the countrys finest Public Servants as my running mate and this is what coming out harris tweeted joe biden can unify the American People because he spent his life fighting for us and as president he will build an america that lives up to our ideals im honored to join
Discussing his book top gun an american story, Aerial Combat and how his book inspired the 1986 movie to the gun. Good evening. Im Lauren Rosenberg with smithsonian associates. Welcome to tonights program. To our members, im so glad youre here. Its your support that makes events like this possible. And if youre joining us for the first time, an equally warm welcome and open invitation to explore the wide range of programs we offer at smithsonian associates. Now is the perfect time to turn off your cell phone or anything else that might make noise during the program. Thank you for doing that. This past march marked the 50th anniversary of the u. S. Navy Fighter Weapons program. We are thrilled this evening to welcome the programs founder, dan pederson. He entered the u. S. Navy in 1953 and went on to become the senior officer in the group of nine men who formed the navys legendary Top Gun Program at naval station miramar in march 1969. He served in combat during the vietnam war with the
Command planned a second front invasion to be the beginning of the end of the european war. Dday for operation overload was fast approaching in may of 1944, but americas number one ace in europe, bud mahurin was on the ground in france and caught up in a suffer real nightmare. With the help of the french resistance, he was able to avoid the gestapo while hiding in hey stacks while awaiting rescue. The airplane that was to pick me up got shot down. And it took about four or five days for the spy gang to reestablish a flight to come over and get us. During that four or five days, i lived with the inspector of police in the city of orleon. Bud was hiding in plain sight. If you were writing a movie, you couldnt write it any different than this. And unfortunately, without my knowledge, i was the star player. It was terrible. And each day as the inspector would go into gestapo headquarters, again, grade b movie, there would be a big flag outside with the gold ss signs out and german guys sta
Who battle in the sky like ancient knights, their single steed replaced by engines with thousands of horsepower. Good evening, im oliver north. Welcome to war stories. This is the u. S. Air force museum in dayton, ohio. Imagine a swirling mass of mustangs, f4s against mig 21s. The planes movements limited by thin blue sky, the air flow and daring and skill of their pilots. They twist and turn, climb and dive, all in pursuit of each other. To become an ace, a pilot must score five airtoair kills, requiring extraordinary proficiency and courage. Some say it also requires a killer instinct, a warrior gene that allows them to overcome fear, to engage in deadly combat. Climb into the cockpit and join us in the Wild Blue Yonder with some of americas greatest aces. If you dont get him, he will get you. You dont have time for fear. The next thing i say, he is a dead man and i dont care if i have to chase him back to the kremlin. From the mythical to Leonardo Da Vinci we have always dreamt of a
Who battle in the sky like ancient knights, their single steed replaced by engines with thousands of horsepower. Good evening, im oliver north. Welcome to war stories. This is the u. S. Air force museum in dayton, ohio. Imagine a swirling mass of mustangs, f4s against mig 21s. The planes movements limited by thin blue sky, the air flow and daring and skill of their pilots. They twist and turn, climb and dive, all in pursuit of each other. To become an ace, a pilot must score five airtoair kills, requiring extraordinary proficiency and courage. Some say it also requires a killer instinct, a warrior gene that allows them to overcome fear, to engage in deadly combat. Climb into the cockpit and join us in the Wild Blue Yonder with some of americas greatest aces. If you dont get him, he will get you. You dont have time for fear. The next thing i say, he is a dead man and i dont care if i have to chase him back to the kremlin. From the mythical to Leonardo Da Vinci we have always dreamt of a