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When Tom Cruise landed the role of Maverick in the 1986 box office hit "Top Gun," he probably wasn’t aware of how the Defense Intelligence Agency’s exploitation of captured MIGs played a crucial role in the Navy’s Fighter Weapons School program depicted in the movie. On this episode of DIA Connections, you’ll hear about it in a fascinating conversation with Dan Pedersen, the founder of TOPGUN. We also have a discussion with flight instructor Dave “BIO” Baranek, who not only flew aerial sequences in the film and participated in the editing process, but who also swapped stories off set with Cruise about the need for speed.
| Date Taken: | 04.22.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 04.22.2022 12:26 |
| Photo ID: | 7155670 |
| VIRIN: | 220422-O-JJ958-544 |
| Resolution: | 1400x1400 |
| Size: | 1.01 MB |
| Location: | DC, US |
| Web Views: | 87 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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