Introduction

Situated in Yuma, Arizona, the show will offer an intimate glimpse into the Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course, the country’s most prestigious aviation academy and the US Marines’ equivalent of the US Navy’s famed “Top Gun school.“

Outline

On Fox Nation’s upcoming series ‘Top Combat Pilot,’ you can watch some of the Marine Corps’ most skilled pilots go behind the sticks of Huey’s, Cobras and F/A-18 Hornets at the service’s Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course in Yuma, Arizona (US).

Actor Dennis Quaid (“The Right Stuff,” “Midway”, also a licenced pilot) hosts this four-part, behind-the-scenes look at one of the US military’s most intense pilot training programs. The series follows 25 of the best combat pilots from around the Marine Corps as they are put through an increasingly tough succession of escalating manoeuvres designed to produce the Corps’ most elite aviation trainers.

The first episode of “Top Combat Pilot” starts at the beginning of the seven-week training regimen, introducing viewers to the Marine Corps’ current crop of elite pilots. In Episode 2, the series delivers on its promise of American Cobras taking down a Russian enemy and landing SEALs on an embassy that might be overrun at any moment. In Episode 3, exercises become increasingly larger and more complicated, and the stakes are ever higher.

The final episode shows us the course’s final exercise, or FINEX, that brings the training all together. FINEX is designed to execute a simulated special operating forces raid while simultaneously supporting regimental combat team objectives and focusing on conducting all six functions of Marine aviation, according to the Marine Corps instructors. It also happens to be the student pilots’ one last chance to be named the best of the best.

Top Combat Pilot Series

• Episode 01: The Elite of the Elite.
• Episode 02: Stick the Landing.
• Episode 03: Now or Never.
• Episode 04: The Big Mash.

Production & Filming Details

• Presenter(s):
  • Len Anderson IV (voiceover)
  • Dennis Quaid
• Director(s):
• Producer(s):
  • B.J. Golnick … co-executive producer
  • Roberto Cardenas … executive producer
  • Chris Rowe … executive producer
  • Brian Skope … executive producer
• Writer(s):
• Music:
• Cinematography:
  • B.J. Golnick
• Editor(s):
• Production:
  • Whiz Bang
• Distributor:
  • Fox Nation
• Release Date: 06 November 2023.
• Running Time: 60 minutes.
• Rating: Unknown.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.

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