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Rick Richman - Hollywood and the Land, People and State of Israel Ep. 98

Good Faith Effort

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Top Gun: The Israeli Strike on Iraq and Saddam Hussein

Top Gun is a documentary. What happened in 1981 was virtually identical to the mission and the way it was accomplished in Top Gun. And they flew 100 feet off the ground. They came up with a way of discharging their fuel tanks as they used them, which enabled them to get there and get back but did not leave them enough fuel to have a dogfight. It's an amazing thing. And we, it's a shame Israel's not mentioned in the movie.

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