Why would SEALs want a TOPGUN pilot with them on the ground?
Because when air support is needed, there is no margin for confusion, delay, or error.
In this section of FIGHTS ON, Mind Shift and Echelon Front break down why having a TOPGUN-trained fighter pilot alongside ground teams matters, especially in high-risk operations where timing, communication, and precision can mean the difference between mission success and catastrophe.
When the person coordinating air support has flown the jet, understands the cockpit, and knows exactly what pilots need in real time, decisions get cleaner.
Communication gets faster.
And in the worst-case scenario, lives can be saved.
This is a story about preparation, trust, and why rare experience belongs at the point of friction, not removed from it.
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