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Dan Pedersen, tapped in December 1968 to lead a team that would create an advanced training program for Navy fighter pilots, began his career as a naval aviator in 1956 at Whiting Field in Florida, where he flew, often oil-streaked North American SNJ Texan training aircraft. (Courtesy of Dan Pedersen)

Courtesy of Dan Pedersen