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Aviation Humor / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
When TOPGUN officer staff dropped trousers and mooned the camera for a photo, the CO of the school was almost fired
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Navy F-4 pilot recalls being paralyzed after high Gs pinched neck nerve in mock dogfight Vs A-4s
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
Operation “Mongoose:” turning TOPGUN hard-wing A-4E Mongooses into soft-wing Mongooses
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
No Contest: The TOPGUN F-5 Instructor who denied a Gun Kill to Joe Hoser Satrapa F-14
Military Aviation / U.S. Navy
From TOPGUN to HAVOC: the NAWDC directorates responsible for training Navy and Marine crews at the highest state of combat readiness
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Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
The TOPGUN F-5 Instructor who devised tactics to defeat Joe “Hoser” Satrapa F-14 pilot during AIMVAL/ACEVAL test
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
F-14 RIO recalls Challenging Long-range Practice Strike where his Tomcat flew with an overlooked protective cap on one AIM-9 Sidewinder
Sponsored by: Tomcat RIO
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
“Hoser is a big problem:” Joe Satrapa and the F-14 pilots who savaged TOPGUN F-5 pilots during AIMVAL/ACEVAL test
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
12 aircraft that ranged from “excellent” to “beat up:” the TOPGUN inventory in 1975
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
The Ault Report, the study that found a probability of scoring 1 kill for every 10 air-to-air missiles fired in an environment similar to that of Vietnam War
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
Simulating all threats: the F-16N, the adversary aircraft that could simulate the MiG-17, MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-29 and Su-27
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
TOPGUN: A Navy Fighter Pilot and his Dream Deployment
Military Aviation
EA-18G pilot explains why the Ditch is the most challenging maneuver to teach at TOPGUN
Military Aviation
EA-18G pilot explains why the Growler (even air-to-air) is the next best thing to true stealth
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
TOPGUN Founder Recalls the Time when TOPGUN Instructors Challenged John Boyd
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Aviation History / Cold War Era / MiG Killers / Military Aviation
A Memorable Day: 10 May 1972 and how TOPGUN increased the Navy’s kill ratio during the Vietnam War from 2.4:1 to 12.5:1
Sponsored by: Tomcat RIO
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