The United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program, more popularly known as Top Gun, is a United States Navy training program that teaches air combat maneuvering tactics and techniques t
"TOP GUN" text at the line shack of NAS Miramar, 1984
U.S. Navy Fleet Air Gunnery Unit Pacific aircraft from NAAS El Centro in the late 1950s
An F-16 Fighting Falcon and an F-14 Tomcat engaged in a mock dogfight as part of Top Gun training in 1989
Mechanics at the flight line of NAS Miramar, 1984
Top Gun: Maverick
Videos
Top Gun: Maverick is a 2022 American action drama film directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie, from a story by Peter Craig and Justin Ma
United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program
…Gun while at the school incurs an immediate $5 fine, as it is seen as conflicting with the institute's atmosphere of professionalism. The 2022 sequel Top Gun: Maverick was also set at Top Gun, although in the film the school is based at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego and not Nevada. Carrier Airborne Early…
Theatrical release poster
Joseph Kosinski was attached as director in 2017.
Filming took place on the USS Abraham Lincoln.
(From left) Christopher McQuarrie, Vice Admiral Kenneth R. Whitesell, Tom Cruise, Joseph Kosinski, and Jerry Bruckheimer at the premiere of the film on May 4, 2022