Why the ‘Top Gun’ Program Tests the Limits of Even the Best Pilots ✈️ The Real Top Gun

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Only the top 5% of Navy pilots make it to the ‘Top Gun’ program, where they face 12-hour days, 6-7 day weeks, for 3 months straight. Some lessons are in a classroom, but most take place in a fighter jet, where dogfighting skills are honed at MACH-1.

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