The sky is the limit: Flathead High grad’s Navy career takes off
Lieutenant Junior Grade Nicholas Iavicoli stands beside an EA-18G Growler at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy)
Lieutenant Junior Grade Nicholas Iavicoli stands beside an EA-18G Growler at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington. After deciding on a naval aviation career, the Kalispell native set his sights on tailhooks, the aircraft that launch and land at sea. (Photo courtesy the U.S. Navy)
Nicholas Iavicoli was avoiding the movie theater in the spring of 2022.
“Top Gun: Maverick” was breaking box office records, but the aspiring naval aviator from Kalispell couldn’t bring himself to buy a ticket. It wasn’t because he never saw the original 1986 hit, though he hadn't.
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