Retired Rear Admiral Mike "Nasty" Manazir, former Tomcat pilot, nuclear power aircraft carrier CO, and Strike Group Commander, joins Ward a Tailhook '22 in Reno to discuss how he got his callsign, his side of an F-14 flat spin story, what it was like to fly the F-14D, and how defense procurement needs to be fixed.

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