Featured in TopgunBYThomas NewdickMar 29, 2022ShareNew Top Gun Trailer Shows Dogfight Between F-14 And Su-57An aerial duel between a Cold War-era Tomcat and Russia’s latest fighter is the highlight of the latest sneak preview of the long-awaited movie. BYThomas NewdickMar 29, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 17, 2021ShareTop Gun: Maverick’s Massive Support From The U.S. Military Is Laid Out In These DocumentsOfficial documents detail the use of Navy aircraft, carriers, and bases, as well as provide details about the actual production of the movie. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 17, 2021ShareBYJamie HunterNov 1, 2021ShareInside The Navy’s Top Aggressor Squadron That Is About To Trade Its Hornets For Super HornetsThe Navy’s “Fighting Omars” aggressor squadron will receive its Super Hornets in 2021. Here’s how they plan to use them. BYJamie HunterNov 1, 2021ShareBYJamie HunterNov 1, 2021ShareU.S. Navy Adversary Unit Reveals Super Hornet Masquerading As Russia’s Top FighterNavy adversary squadron VFC-12 has unveiled a newly painted F/A-18E that looks like a Su-57 Felon as it commences the overhaul of its fleet. BYJamie HunterNov 1, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickJun 3, 2021ShareWhat It Was Like Dogfighting In The F-14 Against America’s Secret MiG SquadronWard Carroll recalls battling Floggers and Fishbeds over Nevada and the shroud of secrecy surrounding their remote base. BYThomas NewdickJun 3, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickMay 28, 2021ShareNavy Details Its Plans To Add Ex-Air Force F-16s To Its FleetAs the Navy accelerates plans to retire its ‘legacy’ Hornets, it badly needs new high-end aggressor jets. BYThomas NewdickMay 28, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickMay 7, 2021ShareSurplus F-16 Vipers Eyed To Replace Navy Aggressor Squadron’s Legacy F/A-18 HornetsWith the ‘legacy’ F/A-18 Hornet on the way out, the Navy badly needs replacement high-end adversary jets. BYThomas NewdickMay 7, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickJan 27, 2021ShareThe First Contractor-Operated F-16 Aggressor Jets Are Heading To North AmericaCanada’s Top Aces will challenge U.S. fighter pilots using a fleet of ex-Israeli F-16 fighter jets based in Arizona. BYThomas NewdickJan 27, 2021ShareBYJamie HunterNov 27, 2020ShareThe EA-18G Growler Has Its Own Topgun School For Electronic Attack Instead Of DogfightingAn inside look at how ‘Havoc’ turns U.S. Navy EA-18G crews into wizards of the invisible art of electronic warfare. BYJamie HunterNov 27, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 29, 2020ShareThe Warthog Mask Is Back Along With Our New Line Of Aggressor Inspired Masks For A Limited TimeLook Brrrrttttiful and ready to turn and burn with the best of them while doing your part to slow the spread! BYTyler RogowayOct 29, 2020ShareBYJamie HunterJul 31, 2020ShareTopgun Receives Its First F-35C Lightning IIFirst F-35 joins the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center as Fallon training and tactics support steps up a notch. BYJamie HunterJul 31, 2020ShareBYJamie HunterJul 16, 2020ShareTom Cruise’s Original “Maverick” Fighter Pilot Helmet From Top Gun Is Up For AuctionThe helmet is part of a major auction of famous movie props with the auction house estimating that it will fetch around $50,000. BYJamie HunterJul 16, 2020ShareBYJamie HunterJul 14, 2020ShareThis Crazy Video Of An F-14 Tomcat Blasting By Another At High-Altitude Will Make Your DayVF-31 ‘Tomcatters” F-14D is seen raging through the skies during the final weeks of the type’s service in 2006. BYJamie HunterJul 14, 2020ShareBYJamie HunterJul 10, 2020ShareHow The F-35 Triggered Topgun’s Biggest Syllabus Revamp In Nearly Four DecadesNot since the introduction of the F/A-18A Hornet in the 1980s has the famed schoolhouse had to adapt to such an advance in air combat capability. BYJamie HunterJul 10, 2020ShareBYPaul Nickell And Tyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareHow To Fight To Win In The F-14, A-4 and F-5 At The Navy’s Topgun SchoolA Topgun student who later became an instructor tells us all about how to fly the Tomcat, Skyhawk and Tiger II in a dogfight and what it was like to both learn and teach at the legendary school. BYPaul Nickell And Tyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareBYDave “Bio” Baranek and Tyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareOn Top Gun‘s 30th Anniversary, We Talk to a Topgun Instructor Who Worked on the ’80s MasterpieceThe myth of Mav and Goose lives on, and F-14 RIO Dave “Bio” Baranek explains how the film’s scenes didn’t crash and burn. BYDave “Bio” Baranek and Tyler RogowayJul 2, 2020Share12
BYThomas NewdickMar 29, 2022ShareNew Top Gun Trailer Shows Dogfight Between F-14 And Su-57An aerial duel between a Cold War-era Tomcat and Russia’s latest fighter is the highlight of the latest sneak preview of the long-awaited movie. BYThomas NewdickMar 29, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 17, 2021ShareTop Gun: Maverick’s Massive Support From The U.S. Military Is Laid Out In These DocumentsOfficial documents detail the use of Navy aircraft, carriers, and bases, as well as provide details about the actual production of the movie. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 17, 2021Share
BYJamie HunterNov 1, 2021ShareInside The Navy’s Top Aggressor Squadron That Is About To Trade Its Hornets For Super HornetsThe Navy’s “Fighting Omars” aggressor squadron will receive its Super Hornets in 2021. Here’s how they plan to use them. BYJamie HunterNov 1, 2021Share
BYJamie HunterNov 1, 2021ShareU.S. Navy Adversary Unit Reveals Super Hornet Masquerading As Russia’s Top FighterNavy adversary squadron VFC-12 has unveiled a newly painted F/A-18E that looks like a Su-57 Felon as it commences the overhaul of its fleet. BYJamie HunterNov 1, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickJun 3, 2021ShareWhat It Was Like Dogfighting In The F-14 Against America’s Secret MiG SquadronWard Carroll recalls battling Floggers and Fishbeds over Nevada and the shroud of secrecy surrounding their remote base. BYThomas NewdickJun 3, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickMay 28, 2021ShareNavy Details Its Plans To Add Ex-Air Force F-16s To Its FleetAs the Navy accelerates plans to retire its ‘legacy’ Hornets, it badly needs new high-end aggressor jets. BYThomas NewdickMay 28, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickMay 7, 2021ShareSurplus F-16 Vipers Eyed To Replace Navy Aggressor Squadron’s Legacy F/A-18 HornetsWith the ‘legacy’ F/A-18 Hornet on the way out, the Navy badly needs replacement high-end adversary jets. BYThomas NewdickMay 7, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickJan 27, 2021ShareThe First Contractor-Operated F-16 Aggressor Jets Are Heading To North AmericaCanada’s Top Aces will challenge U.S. fighter pilots using a fleet of ex-Israeli F-16 fighter jets based in Arizona. BYThomas NewdickJan 27, 2021Share
BYJamie HunterNov 27, 2020ShareThe EA-18G Growler Has Its Own Topgun School For Electronic Attack Instead Of DogfightingAn inside look at how ‘Havoc’ turns U.S. Navy EA-18G crews into wizards of the invisible art of electronic warfare. BYJamie HunterNov 27, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 29, 2020ShareThe Warthog Mask Is Back Along With Our New Line Of Aggressor Inspired Masks For A Limited TimeLook Brrrrttttiful and ready to turn and burn with the best of them while doing your part to slow the spread! BYTyler RogowayOct 29, 2020Share
BYJamie HunterJul 31, 2020ShareTopgun Receives Its First F-35C Lightning IIFirst F-35 joins the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center as Fallon training and tactics support steps up a notch. BYJamie HunterJul 31, 2020Share
BYJamie HunterJul 16, 2020ShareTom Cruise’s Original “Maverick” Fighter Pilot Helmet From Top Gun Is Up For AuctionThe helmet is part of a major auction of famous movie props with the auction house estimating that it will fetch around $50,000. BYJamie HunterJul 16, 2020Share
BYJamie HunterJul 14, 2020ShareThis Crazy Video Of An F-14 Tomcat Blasting By Another At High-Altitude Will Make Your DayVF-31 ‘Tomcatters” F-14D is seen raging through the skies during the final weeks of the type’s service in 2006. BYJamie HunterJul 14, 2020Share
BYJamie HunterJul 10, 2020ShareHow The F-35 Triggered Topgun’s Biggest Syllabus Revamp In Nearly Four DecadesNot since the introduction of the F/A-18A Hornet in the 1980s has the famed schoolhouse had to adapt to such an advance in air combat capability. BYJamie HunterJul 10, 2020Share
BYPaul Nickell And Tyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareHow To Fight To Win In The F-14, A-4 and F-5 At The Navy’s Topgun SchoolA Topgun student who later became an instructor tells us all about how to fly the Tomcat, Skyhawk and Tiger II in a dogfight and what it was like to both learn and teach at the legendary school. BYPaul Nickell And Tyler RogowayJul 3, 2020Share
BYDave “Bio” Baranek and Tyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareOn Top Gun‘s 30th Anniversary, We Talk to a Topgun Instructor Who Worked on the ’80s MasterpieceThe myth of Mav and Goose lives on, and F-14 RIO Dave “Bio” Baranek explains how the film’s scenes didn’t crash and burn. BYDave “Bio” Baranek and Tyler RogowayJul 2, 2020Share