An in-depth conversation with retired U.S. Navy fighter pilot C.J. "Heater" Heatley about his time as a Top Gun instructor (including several years flying MiG out of Area 51), an extra in the movie "Top Gun," the commanding officer of a Tomcat squadron that developed tactics used in Desert Storm, and the author of the greatest selling coffee table book of all time.

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