The Air & Space Brief: A ‘Top Gun’ Lockheed win; SpaceX awaits FAA Texas ruling; Biden on defense of Taiwan; Newest Milky Way newsTARA COPP | MAY 31, 2022 12:30 PM ET
THE AIR & SPACE BRIEF AIR FORCE SPACE FORCE
Welcome to the Defense One Air and Space newsletter. Here are our top stories this week:
Lockheed comes out on ‘Top’: Wreathed in catapult steam and 1980s guitar riffs, the opening montage of "Top Gun: Maverick" puts the star front and center—not Tom Cruise, Jon Hamm, or Jennifer Connelly, but a jet that, like Capt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, hasn’t been the new hotness for at least a decade, writes Defense One’s Marcus Weisgerber. Read about how the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet stole the show, here.
Defense of Taiwan changes? China has been ramping up aggressive flights against Taiwan for months, including a spike last October where over three days, it sent almost 100 aircraft, some of which breached Taiwan’s air defense identification zone. Last week, President Joe Biden said the U.S. would get involved “militarily” to defend Taiwan; later that day, the Pentagon walked it back.
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