If youre joining us for the first time an equally warm Welcome And 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 Pedersen. He entered the u. S. Navy in 1953, went on to become the senior officer of the group of nine men who formed the Topgun Program at naval station miramar in 1969. He serve in combat during the Vietnam War with the flies crews on Uss Hang Caulk and three on uss enterprise. He retired as captain accumulated 6,100 flight hours, flying 39 types of aircraft 50 50. For thoesz of you know his story from to it 1986 Movie Topgun Youll be happy to know jerry bruk heimer is producing topgun maverick, a sequel, he had scheduled to be released in 2020. Pede
Events like this possible. And if youre joining us for the first time in equally warm welcome andany 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. Were thrilled this evening to welcome the programs founder, Dan Pedersen. 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 Air Station Miramar in march 1969. He served in combat in the Vietnam War with the flying crews on Uss Hancock and three on uss enterprise. He retired as a captain, having accumulated 6100 flight hours and 1,005 carrier landings while flying 39 types of aircraft. For those of you who knowpedersens story from the 1986 movie top Gun Youll be happy to kno
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 Pedersen. 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 in march 1969. He served in combat during the Vietnam War with a flying crews on Uss Hancock and three on uss enterprise. He retired as a captain having accumulated 6,100 flight hours and 1,005 carrier landings while flying 39 types of aircraft. For those of you who know his story from top gun, youll be happy to know that Jerry Bruk Hiemer is producing a sequel, which is squeded to be released in 2020. Pedersens book, top gun, is available for Purchase And Signing following
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