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Ward's take on the 1980 Naval Aviation/science fiction classic "The Final Countdown." In this close reading, he goes over review the plot and critiques the carrier aviation sequences in great detail. Will the USS Nimitz and Carrier Air Wing 8 change the course of history by engaging the Japanese strike group as it heads for Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941? How did the nuclear powered aircraft carrier get itself into that situation in the first place? And who the heck is the mysterious Mr. Tideman?