Wow what a refreshing subject! What I been saying all along...except take the above article with a pinch of salt without deviating from facts and the truth..a not unimportant contribution to USN increase of warfighting ability in the air but [the brit FAA exchange contingent was] perhaps one of a fairly large number of drivers that led to the establishment of Topgun (see Ault Report). Much anticipated read!
Oh and seems Sharkey Ward was right all along! [Say what you want about him and I guess his in your face style did not endear him to many but I guess he may just not have been the BS'er that some would have us believe...just my feeling...when he talked about the AWI course (a "product" of which he was as well) etc in his book