good evening. i am lauren rosenberg with smithsonian associates. i would like to welcome you to this program. to our members, it s your support that makes events like this possible. if you are joining for the first time, and equally warm welcome and invitation to explore the wide range of programs we offer. now is the perfect time to talk off your cell phone or anything that may make noise. this past march marked the 50th anniversary of the u.s. navy fighter weapon program. we welcome the program s founder, dan pederson. he formed he served in combat during the vietnam war with a flying crew on the uss hancock and three on the uss enterprise. he retired as a captain, having accumulated 6000 flight hours and 1000 flight carrier landings with 39 different types of aircraft. for those of you who know his story from the 1986 movie top gun, jerry bruckheimer is producing a sequel in 2020. his book is available for purchase and signing. here to keep the conversation going is la
we are thrilled this evening to welcome the program s founder, dan pedderson. he went on to become the senior officer in the group of nine men who formed the navy s legendary top gun program at navy air station in march 1969. he served in combat during the vietnam war with the flying crews. he retired as a captain having accumulated 6,100 flight hours and 1,005 carrier landings. for those of you who know his story from the 1986 movie top gun, you will be happy to know that he is producing a sequel which is scheduled to be released in 2020. pedderson s book is available for purchase and signing following this conversation. and here to keep the conversation moving is larry burke, cure ator of u.s. naval aviation at the national air and space museum. so now please welcome dan pedderson and larry burke. you ready to go? i m going to take about ten minutes to just set the stage here for larry and i to go back and forth in final preparation for the questions coming from you. the
will to continue and exist to continue and fight. but they made a mistake. they made a very grave mistake, and the outcome will be the dismantling of hamas. the day hamas committed its terrible murders, it actually doomed the fate of gaza and decided the fate of hamas. any ending image must include clear aspects, one dismantling hamas as a government and military framework organization, and number two, the return of all the hostages to the state of israel. i am fully committed to that. so is the security establishment, the idf is committed to that, and we will carry out this mission of ours. for almost a month, idf forces have been operating inside the gaza strip. they are operating with determination, precision, and lethality. it is achieved through cooperation and combination of ground forces, air forces, and from the sea. everything is accompanied by very precise intel, provided by the intel director and by the isa and other agencies, and we are achieving two very importan
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