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VF-84 Jolly Rogers

F-14 Pilot’s Unreleased Notes on Filming “The Final Countdown”

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

“Splash the Zeros!” F-14 pilot who flew in The Final Countdown shares his personal notes on the movie that introduced the Tomcat to Hollywood

Dave Bio Baranek

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We shed light on the Kill scored by Commander Emory Brown against a North Vietnamese MiG-21 (Brown was VF-84 CO when the Jolly Rogers did the flying scenes for the movie "The Final Countdown")

Cold War Era / MiG Killers / Military Aviation

We shed light on the Kill scored by Commander Emory Brown against a North Vietnamese MiG-21 (Brown was VF-84 CO when the Jolly Rogers did the flying scenes for the movie “The Final Countdown”)

William Cobb

How low did he go? F-14 Pilots who helped filming "The Final Countdown" on how low the Tomcat pulled out during the Zero dogfight scene

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

How low did he go? F-14 Pilots who helped filming “The Final Countdown” on how low the Tomcat pulled out during the Zero dogfight scene

Dario Leone

[Video] F-14 Pilot who helped film The Final Countdown tells the story of when he let the cameraman in the B-25 camera plane touching his Tomcat with his foot in mid flight

F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

[Video] F-14 Pilot who helped film “The Final Countdown” tells the story of when he let the cameraman in the B-25 camera plane touching his Tomcat with his foot in mid flight

Dario Leone

F-14 Pilot’s Unreleased Notes on Filming “The Final Countdown”

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

F-14 Pilot’s Unreleased Notes on Filming “The Final Countdown”

Dave Bio Baranek

[Video] Maverick’s Top Gun F-14 Tomcat Features VF-84 Jolly Rogers Paint Scheme And Is On Display Aboard USS Lexington

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

Did You Know that Maverick’s Top Gun F-14 Tomcat Currently Features VF-84 Jolly Rogers Paint Scheme And Is On Display Aboard USS Lexington?

Dario Leone

When the Foxbat Feared the Bones: VF-84 F-14s Vs Libyan MiG-25s

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

When the Foxbat Feared the Bones: VF-84 F-14s Vs Libyan MiG-25s

Dario Leone

Remembering the last glory days of VF-84 Jolly Rogers

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

Remembering the last glory days of VF-84 Jolly Rogers

Dario Leone

VF-84 Jolly Rogers last hurrah: filming Executive Decision movie

F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

VF-84 Jolly Rogers Last Hurrah: filming the movie Executive Decision

Dario Leone

Last Time Baby! Cool video features VF-103 Jolly Rogers last deployment flying the F-14 Tomcat

F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation / U.S. Navy

Last Time Baby! Cool video features VF-103 Jolly Rogers last deployment flying the F-14 Tomcat

Dario Leone

Remembering Jim Huston, the Naval Flight Officer who filmed the aerial sequences of "The Final Countdown" cult movie

F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation / U.S. Navy

REMEMBERING JIM HUSTON, THE NAVAL FLIGHT OFFICER WHO FILMED THE AERIAL SEQUENCES OF “THE FINAL COUNTDOWN” CULT MOVIE

Dario Leone

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