The Fascinating History Of The US Navy's Real-Life TOPGUN School
Tom Cruise doesn't have anything to do with it, but the Navy flight school featured in the "Top Gun" movies really exists.
House Committee to Examine Secret Navy Effort on Pilot Brain Injuries
The Navy quietly started screening elite fighter pilots for signs of brain injuries caused by flying, a risk it officially ...
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House investigates secret Navy study of potential brain injuries among TOPGUN pilots
A powerful congressional committee is probing a secret Navy program studying potential traumatic brain injuries suffered by ...
'Like a car crash': Navy fighter pilot describes brain injury phenomenon now at center of congressional probe
The House Oversight Committee is demanding the Navy reveal more information about a secret effort to learn more about a brain injury phenomenon among its most elite fighter pilots.
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‘Top Gun’ Tom Cruise accepts U.S. Navy’s highest civilian award
The Navy Department said Cruise's films greatly helped the Navy recruit pilots during the late 1980s ... after he starred as a naval aviator in Top Gun in 1986 and resurrected his role in Top ...
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T-2C Buckeye
Armament: Provision for gun pods, bombs or rockets under wings. The T-2C Buckeye is a tandem-seat, carrier-capable, all-purpose jet trainer whose mission is to train Navy and Marine Corps pilots ...
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WSJ Opinion: Can ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Boost Recruitment Rates For Pilots?
Review & Outlook: The 1986 movie, ‘Top Gun,’ was credited with boosting recruitment rates to the Navy by 500%. Perhaps the sequel, 'Top Gun: Maverick,' can do the same as it soars at the box ...