TOPGUN: The US Navy Fighter Weapons School: Fifty Years of Excellence

This book provides a unique, illustrated history of the US Navy Fighter Weapons School’s 50—year history. Currently located at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, TOPGUN was formed in late 1968 at Naval Air Station Miramar, California, to create a graduate—level course in fighter tactics for Navy pilots deploying to Vietnam. Before TOPGUN, Navy F—4 Phantom II fighter crews in Vietnam managed only a 2.5:1 k...