To add a little more insult to his adversaries’ loss, Lt. Commander Satrapa impersonated a junior grade lieutenant during the… Read More
“From the control zone, I was able to get a gun shot on the F/A-18F before we had to terminate… Read More
‘Yes, the A-4 Skyhawk was agile. However, it takes more than agility to make a good fighter,’ John Chesire, former… Read More
Born on Dec. 24, 1955 Clarence Alfred Gilyard Jr. was best known among The Aviation Geeks, as Top Gun’s Radar… Read More
“We loaded an F-14B Tomcat with 4 x MK-83 in the tunnel, 2 x drop tanks, 2 x AIM-7 Sparrow… Read More
‘I was flying an F-4 Phantom when twisting my head back under a very high G-load, I apparently pinched a… Read More
‘The Hornet and Super Hornet would be challenging opponents in an engagement. As a baseline initial move, the F-14 Tomcat… Read More
Capt. Brian Kesselring, a former TOPGUN instructor himself and now flight leader and commanding officer of the Blue Angels had… Read More
US Navy F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18 Hornet crews were fighting a truly different aircraft, flown by superb aerial tacticians. The… Read More
'Here’s the story behind one of my selfies that has gotten much more exposure than I ever expected. (Exposure, get… Read More
Super ace Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, once said that “of all the airplanes in… Read More
Learning to fly and fight the Tomcat in combat was the main goal for both the F-14 aircrews and the… Read More
Despite flying the world's most modern fighter interceptor armed with state-of-the-art AIM-7 and AIM-9 guided missiles, US Navy F-4 crews… Read More
For much of the 1980s the Navy Hornet community was still finding its way, struggling to decide whether it would… Read More
The opportunity to fly the sleek and high-powered F-16N Vipers, as they were called by the staff, was one of… Read More
With its excellent fighter and self-defense capabilities, the F/A-18 at the same time increased strike mission survivability and supplemented the… Read More
Not only did the F-16N Viper allow TOPGUN to simulate current fourth-generation threats, it gave them the ability, in one… Read More
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