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Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
The Dream Machine: here’s how to make a hop in the F-20 Tigershark, the Super Light-Fighter that Never Was
Aviation History / Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
The story of the US Navy F-14 Tomcat aircrew that inspired the Legendary Top Gun Movie
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / U.S. Navy
No Internal Gun and Smoking Engines: former Topgun pilots explain why US Navy F-4s initially struggled to compete with North Vietnamese MiG-17 and MiG-21 fighters
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Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
Did you know that as late as the early 1990s, some F/A-18 drivers were routinely losing a 1v1 dogfight against an F-14 because they persisted in flying the Hornet like a supersonic A-7?
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Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
TOPGUN was not as credible of an adversary without the F-16N: why the retirement of the F-16Ns was a blow to the Navy Fighter Weapons School
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Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
US Naval Aviators explain why “a mixed division of F-14 Tomcats and F/A-18 Hornets was devastating in aerial engagements”
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Cold War Era / Military Aviation
The story of how TOPGUN selected the F-16N Viper, the adversary aircraft that had the ability to simulate the MiG-17, MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-29 and Su-27
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Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Crew Chiefs have almost finished to rebuild the F-22 Raptor that belly landed at NAS Fallon in 2018
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
USAF F-15C pilot who became TOPGUN instructor explains how he helped the Navy’s Fighter Weapons School to develop tactics to counter the MiG-23 Flogger
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Aviation History / Military Aviation
The story of how TOPGUN integrated the F-22 Raptor flights into its syllabus
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F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
F-14 Tomcat pilot and TOPGUN instructor tells the story of when he nailed a MiG-29 in a 1v1 dogfight
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Military Aviation / U.S. Navy
First carrier air wing to incorporate E-2D and F-35C completes new syllabus ahead of upcoming deployment
F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
Q&A with a former F-14 Tomcat RIO: Dave “Bio” Baranek answers your questions
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Leading jet ace Giora Even-Epstein on his friendship with US Navy’s ace Randy Cunningham and on a tempting offer he received from Blue Angels CO
Military Aviation
All you need to know about today’s TOPGUN: why the US Navy Fighter Weapons School is recognized worldwide as the center of excellence for fighter tactics training
F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
