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- [Bond] I uh, wanted to become

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the best tactical aviator I could be.

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(dramatic music)

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You'll never really find out
how good you could possibly be.

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(dramatic music)

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Coming to Top Gun is not just
to make them good in the jet.

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(dramatic music)

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It's to make them effective teachers.

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(techno music)

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- Gentlemen.

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You are the top one percent
of all naval aviators.

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The elite.

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- Being a Top Gun instructor is rewarding.

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Teaching the students
during the Top Gun course,

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seeing them improve and also working with

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your fellow instructors who's common goal

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is to develop and teach tactics
to the F/A-18 community.

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If someone could become a
Strike-Fire Tactical Instructor,

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or SFTI, I would definitely
encourage them to do so.

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The Top Gun course, while
challenging, is rewarding.

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You learn how to become
a better instructor,

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and you learn how to fight the aircraft

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in ways you've never done before.

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The Top Gun course is
challenging, but uh, I think...

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probably gonna depend on
each person going through,

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but the most challenging
for me was just the level of

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preparation required for every flight

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in order to be successful.

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- All right Jester, see if I can give

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you a run for your money here.

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(jet engine roaring)

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- The movie I'm guessing
just kinda shed a light

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on the Top Gun program, Top Gun course,

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as well as naval aviation,
specifically to carrier aviation.

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(soft music)

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(intense music)

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- But with the advances
in technology since then,

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the aircraft today have much
more capable and advanced

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combat systems and sensors
than aircraft 30 years ago.

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- The F/A-14 certainly had it's strengths,

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but I would say that the F/A-18
team has done a nice job of

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proving itself in the war
since the 9... since 9/11

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specifically and also
involved in Desert Storm,

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but I think so far as an F/A,
the Fighter and attack roll,

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the F/A-2 has done a pretty good job,

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pretty nice service to the United States.

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(techno music)

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- In ten years I see
Top Gun doing what it's

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been doing for forty-seven
years, and that's developing,

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implementing, and teaching
tactics for the fleet employment.

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(jet engine roaring)