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NAVAL STRIKE AND AIR WARFARE CENTER, FALLON, NV — The US Navy has graduated its first pilot from the world-famous Top Gun School by correspondence. Lieutenant Carl Samulson completed the grueling eight-month course completely by mail and online, flying simulators twelve to fourteen hours a day from his home. His accomplishment earned him the call sign “HOT,” an acronym for “Hands Off Throttles,” a reference to the fact that Samulson never saw an actual jet during the course.
Top Gun, officially named the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor Course, is designed to teach pilots the latest tactics for defeating America’s most dangerous adversaries, and it normally requires hours of study while flying with and against the best fighter pilots in the world.
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