Snowy Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Hi, I had trouble trying to use the search on here so I thought I'd start my first thread. I'm building a US Navy fighter collection and as part of that I want to add some Top Gun and Aggressor aircraft. I know what aircraft were/are used at the Top Gun school by the instructors but what I'd like to know is this: do the Top Gun students use their own squadron aircraft or are these part of the Top Gun fleet itself? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dehowie Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 They bring their own aircraft from the Squadron. They also bring engineers plus armourers etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snowy Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 They bring their own aircraft from the Squadron. They also bring engineers plus armourers etc. Ah great, thanks for that! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Harv Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 (edited) ..and just to be pedantic, the Navy has "Adversary" units; "Aggressors" is an Air Force term. Harv, former VFC-13 'Fighting Saints' adversary guy Edited May 25, 2015 by Harv Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mizar Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 (edited) for sure I didn't press the enter button,guess I was too sleepy to double check it... Edited May 26, 2015 by Mizar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 They bring their own aircraft from the Squadron. They also bring engineers plus armourers etc. Engineers? Ain't no engineers in the Navy or the Marines! Engineers are eggheads with slide rules. Them's called "plane captains" in 'Murca. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Platycqb Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 While we are in specifics: Top Gun is a movie. Topgun was the nickname of the, then called, NFWS. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 (edited) Yep...true fact. And from the "there is a god" department: when they took Tom Cruise up for an F-14 ride, he tossed his cookies the whole time :) Edited May 26, 2015 by Jennings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 While we are in specifics: Top Gun is a movie. Topgun was the nickname of the, then called, NFWS. I don't know, look how they painted it on the building ... -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Platycqb Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I don't know, look how they painted it on the building ... -Gregg Probably a movie fan. :D I follow the ones who know. http://www.topgunbio.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
camus27 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 When I have talked to pilots from VFC-12, they've said they use the term aggressors, it's not just an Air Force term. I dont think the pilots are that concerned with distinct terminology. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I've seen Topgun, TOP GUN and TOPGUN all used by "folks in the know" ... -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jacobp51 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I don't know, look how they painted it on the building ... -Gregg I like seeing these old photos. I am writing this post from inside that very building! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
boom175 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 When I have talked to pilots from VFC-12, they've said they use the term aggressors, it's not just an Air Force term. I dont think the pilots are that concerned with distinct terminology. PILOTS AINT MODELERS!!!!!! :monkeydance: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RedStar Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Yep...true fact. And from the "there is a god" department: when they took Tom Cruise up for an F-14 ride, he tossed his cookies the whole time :)/> If the stories are true, not only that, but he had been quite a, shall we say, handful, while at sea filming, and as a result they put him with some ex-Blue Angel that absolutely wrung him out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I like seeing these old photos. I am writing this post from inside that very building! I've been in those hangars I think, are they the Hell's Angels hangars? We were next door when I was on TD with my Canadian Hornet Squadron. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
757flyer Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 PILOTS AINT MODELERS!!!!!! :monkeydance:/>/> :monkeydance:/>/> :monkeydance:/>/> Some of us are.... ;)/> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john53 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 A hanger full of HARLEYS?????? Hope my goverment ain't paying for it!---John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 A hanger full of HARLEYS?????? Hope my goverment ain't paying for it!---John Imagine if the US Army had selected the Flying Merkel (arguably a better motorcycle in 1915) rather than the Harley-Davidson? Somehow "Merkel Hog" doesn't quite have the same ring to it... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john53 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 (edited) Just out of curiosity which one of these "squadron emblems", term used very loosely, was suppose to be on Maverick's plane at the end of the movie when he downed 3 Migs? I know VF-1 ain't really "thunder chickens" and VFA-213 Fist patch is really VFA-25 flying F/A-18 Hornets. Never really could figure if he was flying side number 104 or 114, also they showed his plane being headed to the cat, but it sure looked like an A-6 to me. Also I read that the Aardvarks did some flying scenes, but I don't remember seeing any Aardvark emblems, anteater animal, on the tails.---John Edited May 31, 2015 by john53 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I've been in those hangars I think, are they the Hell's Angels hangars? We were next door when I was on TD with my Canadian Hornet Squadron. Do you mean VMFA-235 Death Angels? -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Murph Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 ... when they took Tom Cruise up for an F-14 ride, he tossed his cookies the whole time :)/> I find that reaction perfectly reasonable. Regards, Murph Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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