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Hey, everyone. Vincent, ILO here, founder and host of The Fighter Pilot Podcast. And I am excited

because today is May 27, 2022, and we finally get to see Top Gun Maverick after years of waiting,

including some delays. Now, courtesy of our amazing sponsors, the Cupid Corporation,

we have an entire theater reserved right here in San Diego for a private screening of Top Gun

Maverick for Fighter Pilot Podcast family and friends. And immediately after the screening,

we are going to have a panel where we will record the reactions of some former Top Gun instructors.

Let's meet them. First up is Andy Mariner, call sign grand. He was our guest on episode seven called

Top Gun versus Top Gun, which you came back and we revisited that recently. And he was

also a Top Gun commanding officer in 2017. Grand, before that, you were a fleet squadron CO

of Super Hornets. And according to the trailer, it looks like Super Hornets really feature heavily

in this film. What do you hope to see about the Mighty F18 E&F? No, I think it'll just be cool to see

it showcased in its own Hollywood documentary, if you will. You know, it's the backbone of the

fleet right now. It's the thing that we fly every day. So I think it'll be cool to see it showcased

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