Top Gun for hire: why Hollywood is the US military's best wingman
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Film-makers get to borrow expensive bits of kit on the cheap, but the Pentagon uses movies as a propaganda machine
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Top Gun for hire: why Hollywood is the US military's best wingman, Top Gun: Maverick
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Top Gun: Maverick” is Military Propaganda. Official Documents Prove It. – ScheerPost
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Op-Ed: Why does the Pentagon help films like Top Gun? - Los Angeles Times
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Top Gun for hire: why Hollywood is the US military's best wingman, Top Gun: Maverick
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