Zaj Dab Neeg Tom Qab Phom Tiag Tiag

Ib qho ntawm cov tub rog tseem ceeb tshaj plaws niaj hnub no tau tshwm sim los ntawm crucible ntawm Nyab Laj Tsov Rog, thaum American aviators sai sai paub qhov zoo uas lawv tau nyiam thaum Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog II thiab Tsov Rog Kauslim tsis siv lawm. Qhov phem tshaj, thaum lub sij hawm thaum ntxov ntawm Tsov Rog Nyab Laj, ntau pua tus tub rog Asmeskas, zoo li US Navy Lt. Cmdr. John S. McCain thiab Cmdr. James Stockdale, tau raug tua los ntawm cov yeeb ncuab MiG fighter dav hlau, foob pob hluav taws saum npoo av, lossis hluav taws hauv av. Vim lawv rov mus tsev, lawv kuj yog cov muaj hmoo heev; ntau lwm tus raug tua tam sim ntawd lossis tuag hauv kev poob cev qhev. US Navy pilots, uas tau loj hlob los ua tus tswv lub ntuj thaum Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog II thiab Tsov Rog Kauslim, pom lawv tus kheej ntawm qhov tsis zoo nyob rau lub sijhawm no.

Tej yam tsis raug. Raws li lawv qhov kev ua tau zoo thaum muaj kev tsis sib haum xeeb ua ntej, Navy pilots yuav tsum ua tau zoo hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua hauv huab cua. Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog II tau pom tua qhov sib npaug ntawm kaum rau ib qho: kaum tus yeeb ncuab dav hlau tua rau txhua lub dav hlau Asmeskas. Kev Tsov Rog Kauslim tau ua pov thawj zoo sib xws ntawm kev vam meej.

Hauv Nyab Laj, tus lej no tau poob qis dua li ob mus rau ib qho. Ua ke qhov teeb meem yog Navy qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev tsim tshiab huab cua-to-air missiles thiab lawv siv nrog nws cov dav hlau tshiab kawg, feem ntau F-4 Phantoms. Txij thaum Lub Rau Hli 1965 txog Lub Cuaj Hli 1968, Asmeskas cov kws tsav dav hlau tau tua ze li rau pua lub foob pob hluav taws ntawm cov yeeb ncuab dav hlau, tsuas yog rau caum los yog nrhiav lawv txoj hauv kev mus rau lub hom phiaj, qhov ua tau zoo ntawm paltry. Cov kws tsav dav hlau txhawj xeeb tias qhov kev cob qhia dav hlau tsis txaus, rov ua cov foob pob hluav taws tsis zoo, thiab Phantom tsis muaj rab phom tshuab - tshem tawm vim tias US Navy tau ntseeg tias kev sib ntaus sib tua dog dig yog yav dhau los - piav qhia tias vim li cas qhov kev tua neeg tau poob qis.

Muaj pes tsawg tus neeg Amelikas yuav raug kev txom nyem tib yam li John McCain thiab ntau pua tus tub rog uas tau poob saum ntuj? Txhawm rau pab thim rov qab qhov xwm txheej tsis zoo no, Navy tau tig mus rau Capt. Frank W. Ault, tus thawj coj laus hauv Pentagon tau ua haujlwm nrog kev tshuaj xyuas txhua yam uas tau tawg nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua hauv Nyab Laj - thiab, qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws, npaj lub tswv yim los kho nws. Tau tsib lub hlis, nws thiab lwm tus kws tshaj lij tub rog tau tshaj tawm cov lus ceeb toom los txiav txim seb yuav ua li cas zoo tshaj plaws los kho US Navy tus kab mob anemic tua piv. Thaum Lub Ib Hlis Ntuj xyoo 1969, Tus tauj ncov loj Ault thiab nws pab neeg tau luam tawm 480-nplooj Air-to-Air Missile System Capability Review, tom qab nrov thiab ntau succinctly hu ua Ault Report.

Daim ntawv tshaj tawm tau tshaj tawm txhua yam ntawm qhov teeb meem thiab muab cov kev daws teeb meem rau Navy tooj dag los txiav txim siab. Ib qho kev pom zoo sawv tawm: cov lus pom zoo los tsim lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Naval Air Station Miramar, hauv San Diego, California, tsim los qhia cov neeg tsav dav hlau yuav ua li cas kom tsis txhob muaj sia nyob hauv dogfighting - tab sis kom yeej.

Feem ntau, tsoomfwv thiab cov tsev haujlwm loj txav zoo li cov dej khov, tab sis tsuas yog ob lub hlis tom qab, thaum Lub Peb Hlis 3, 1969, US Navy Fighter Weapons School tau qhib nws lub qhov rooj. Tej zaum koj yuav paub lub tsev kawm ntawv los ntawm lub npe luv, sau kom raug nyob rau hauv lub peev thiab tag nrho ib lo lus: "TOPGUN."

Keeb kwm kev khiav hauj lwm tawm ntawm ib tug ramshackle trailer, instructors thov, qiv, thiab nyiag yam lawv xav tau kom lub tsev kawm ntawv nce thiab khiav. Luv luv ntawm cov nyiaj thiab khoom siv, lawv tsis muaj lwm txoj kev xaiv, tab sis thawj cov tub ceev xwm ua rau nws ua haujlwm. Nws tsis siv sij hawm ntev kom ua tiav cov txiaj ntsig.

Ib tug TOPGUN-tus kws qhia dav hlau tau txais nws thawj zaug tua me ntsis dhau ib xyoos tom qab ntawd thaum, thaum Lub Peb Hlis 28, 1970, Lt. Jerome Beaulier thiab Lt. (qib qis) Stephen Barkley, ya US Navy F-4 fighter dav hlau, pumped ib tug. missile mus rau sab qaum teb Nyab Laj MiG-21's tailpipe.

Tom qab ntawd, thaum lub Plaub Hlis 1972, North Nyab Laj tso tsheb hlau luam thiab cov phom loj loj tau tsoo hla thaj tsam tsis muaj tub rog mus rau Nyab Laj Qab Teb. Lub hom phiaj los cuam tshuam Hanoi cov kab xa khoom, Tebchaws Asmeskas tau teb nrog Kev Ua Haujlwm Linebacker. Hauv kev ua haujlwm ntawd, US Air Force tau sau ib qho meager 1.78-​​rau-1 tua piv. Tab sis aviators los ntawm Navy lub Xya Fleet tau sau txog kaum peb-rau-ib tus neeg tua tus piv, tua nees nkaum rau lub dav hlau thiab tsuas yog poob ob.

TOPGUN ua haujlwm.

Tab sis zaj dab neeg TOPGUN tsis xaus nrog kev rub tawm ntawm Asmeskas cov tub rog los ntawm Nyab Laj xyoo 1973 - qhov ntawd tsuas yog qhov pib. Lub tsev kawm ntawv loj hlob nyob rau hauv stature nrog txhua xyoo dhau los. Cov seem ntawm xyoo 1970 tau lees paub lub tsev kawm ntawv qhov cuam tshuam, thiab cov tub ntxhais kawm thiab cov kws qhia pib qhia tawm tsam cov yeeb ncuab muaj peev xwm ntau dua, suav nrog cov yeeb ncuab MiGs coj tuaj rau Asmeskas los ntawm txawv teb chaws.

Lub tsev kawm ntawv tau mus tsis pom zoo los ntawm cov pej xeem Asmeskas kom txog rau thaum 1986, thaum Tom Cruise tau ua yeeb yam hauv thawj zaj duab xis Top Gun. (Nws kuj ua yeeb yam hauv 2022 sequel, Top Gun: Maverick, uas tam sim no rov qab los hauv kev ua yeeb yam.) Cov neeg thuam tsis paub meej tias yuav ua li cas rau thawj zaj yeeb yaj kiab, tab sis cov pej xeem nyiam nws txij thaum pib - thiab tseem ua. Cov phom saum toj kawg nkaus tau ua pov thawj tias yog xyoo 1986 cov yeeb yaj kiab uas tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo tshaj plaws, ntim cov yeeb yaj kiab rau tag nrho rau lub hlis thiab ua kom yooj yim rau cov tub rog nyiam cov neeg nrhiav neeg tshiab rau xyoo.

Kaum tawm lab thoob ntiaj teb uas pom cov yeeb yaj kiab tam sim no yog TOPGUN cov kiv cua.

Xyoo 1996, lub tsev kawm ntawv tau tsiv tawm ntawm Miramar - lub npe hu ua "Fightertown USA" - mus rau Naval Air Station Fallon, nyob hauv Nevada suab puam xya caum mais sab hnub tuaj ntawm Reno. Kev hloov pauv kev hem thawj - hloov los ntawm kev sib koom ua ke hauv dej hiav txwv tawm tsam Soviet aircraft thaum lub sij hawm qhov siab ntawm Tsov Rog Txias mus rau kev tawm tsam Middle East kev ua phem - ua suab puam kev cob qhia tseem ceeb heev. Txawm hais tias kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm dog dig thiab huab cua-rau-huab cua tseem yog lub tsev kawm ntawv lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb, qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws tau muab tso rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm huab cua mus rau hauv av yuav xav tau tshaj Iraq thiab Afghanistan.

Ntau tshaj li tsib caug xyoo tom qab nws tsim, TOPGUN tseem muab cov aviators xaiv nrog cov kawm tiav qib uas tsim los tsim lub ntiaj teb kev sib ntaus sib tua aviators zoo tshaj plaws. TOPGUN alumni tsim cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawm cov kws qhia ntawv uas qhia, cuam tshuam, thiab tsim cov txuj ci thoob plaws US Navy thiab Marine Corps (raws li ob qho kev pabcuam suav nrog hauv Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Tub Rog).

Txhawm rau ua tiav hauv qhov kev cob qhia tsis tu ncua no, cov tub ntxhais kawm - feem ntau cov tub ceev xwm hauv lawv nruab nrab nees nkaum xyoo thiab tshiab tawm ntawm lawv thawj zaug ntawm lub luag haujlwm - yuav tsum muaj peb yam tseem ceeb: txuj ci, mob siab rau, Thiab cwm pwm.

Mastering txhua tus yog qhov tseem ceeb. Thoob plaws hauv chav kawm kaum ob lub lim tiam, kev paub, kev txawj ntse, thiab kev siv dav hlau xav tau los tawm tsam thiab yeej peb lub teb chaws kev tsov kev rog raug tho rau hauv cov txiv neej thiab poj niam uas yuav muaj ib hnub suav nrog ib feem pua ​​​​ntawm cov tub rog fighter pilots. Cov neeg thov kom nyob twj ywm ua tus kws qhia TOPGUN, feem ntau tsuas yog ob lossis peb tus tub ntxhais kawm los ntawm ib chav kawm ntawm kaum tsib lossis ntau dua, yuav tsum txhawb nqa qhov siab dua-thiab ntau dua-tus qauv.

Txawm hais tias nws tseem ceeb rau kev qhia dav dav dav dav hauv cov dav hlau sib ntaus sib tua, TOPGUN tsim ib qho tseem ceeb tshaj plaws ntawm lwm tus: Kev coj. Thiab nws pib los ntawm hnub ib.

Xyoo 2006, kuv tau txais kev qhuas los ua ib tug TOPGUN kawm tiav thiab tom qab ntawd siv peb xyoos ua tus kws qhia—qhov kev txaus ntshai thiab kev txo hwj chim.

Hnub Monday txog hnub Saturday, cov neeg tsav nkoj uas muaj peev xwm zoo kawg thiab cov tub rog tuaj txog ntawm US Fighter Weapons School npaj los thawb lawv tus kheej ciam teb kom ua tiav lawv lub peev xwm. Thaum peb lees paub tias kev ua tiav tsis tuaj yeem ua tiav, peb kuj tau sau npe rau lub tswv yim tias kev ua kom zoo dua txhua hnub yog lub hom phiaj.

Ua hnub no zoo dua nag hmo.

Ua tib yam tag kis.

Qhov no excerpt yog los ntawm TOPGUN's Top 10: Leadership Lessons from the Cockpit. Tus Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm Guy M. Snodgrass, US Navy (tiav) tau ua tus TOPGUN Instructor ua ntej coj Strike fighter Squadron 195, Japanese-based F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter squadron.