We are thrilled this evening to welcome the programs founder, dan pedderson. He went on to become the senior officer in the group of nine men who formed the navys 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. Peddersons 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 . Im 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 assumption is
also tonight, the dangerous escalation. the pentagon saying a u.s. warplane killed several iran-backed militia members after american forces were attacked by a ballistic missile in iraq. what we re learning. the massive storm moving east, disrupting thanksgiving travel. thousands of flights canceled or delayed. al roker is tracking it. north korea claiming it has successfully launched its first spy satellite. how the u.s. is reacting to that news. the dramatic body cam. an officer entering an ohio walmart after a gunman opens fire. four people injured. what police are saying. the mystery illness spreading to dogs across the country. and the big sister and the little sister, and the audition that landed them in this year s macy s thanksgiving day parade. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. as we come on the air, a tentative deal is on the table outlining terms of freedom for some of the israeli hostages kidnapped by hamas. that s
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