HMAC Monthly Luncheon April 2019

Our meeting date has been changed from April 11th to April 19th!

The Houston Military Affairs Committee (HMAC) invites members and non-members to attend our April 2019 Monthly Luncheon. CAPT Dan Pedersen, USN (ret) will be our guest speaker.

Tickets are $30 and can be paid online by clicking here, or at the door on the day of the event.

Date:

April 19, 2019

Time:

11:30 a.m.

Place:

Westchase Marriott, 2900 Briarpark Drive, Houston, Texas 77042

 

 

Speaker:

The Texas Commandery of the Naval Order of the United States is proud to sponsor this celebration the 50th anniversary of the Navy Fighter Weapons School with CAPT Dan Pedersen, USN (ret), first Officer-in-Charge of TOPGUN.

When American fighter jets were being downed at an unprecedented rate during the Vietnam War, the U.S. Navy turned to a young Lieutenant Commander, Dan Pedersen, to figure out a way to reverse their dark fortune. On a shoestring budget and with little support, Pedersen picked eight of the finest pilots to help train a new generation to bend jets like the F-4 Phantom to their will and learn how to dogfight all over again.

What resulted was nothing short of a revolution — one that took young American pilots from the crucible of combat training in the California desert to the blistering skies of Vietnam, in the process raising America’s Navy combat kill ratio from two enemy planes downed for every American plane lost to more than 22 to 1. TOPGUN emerged not only as an icon of America’s military dominance immortalized by Hollywood but as a vital institution that would shape the nation’s military strategy for generations to come.

The Americans of TOPGUN – where the sky is our calling and our calling makes us the best of the best – CAPT Dan Pedersen

Cost:

$30 per person (includes lunch). Click here for reservations and payment.

We will also have some challenge coins for sale at the door. They are $10.00 each.  It is a coin that was designed by the Coast Guard for our HMAC Armed Forces Day Ball on May 18, 2019.

There will be BOOKS available for purchase and you can purchase one or more.

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