Topgun Days: Dogfighting, Cheating Death, and Hollywood Glory as One of America's Best Fighter Jocks

by Dave "Bio" Baranek

Guys in VF-24 had a lot of ideas, and many of them went no further than, “Yeah, somebody should check on that.” But no one did. Here, however, each of us was both empowered and accountable, which turned out to be a good combination.

Empowered