I was 41 when I left as commanding officer of a navy squadron. At the time I held the rank of a Commander (O-5). The only way to keep flying regularly after that is to be a Commander of a an Air Wing (or CAG...the guy that sends Maverick to TOP GUN in the first movie). That job is an O-6 (Navy CAPT) job.

Which would be very disappointing, as they’d have to be CGI jets, then. Also: the museum pieces were deliberately damaged in ways that would prevent them (or any of their components) being reused as anything other than scrap metal.

I will have to watch this.

Kent, your nostrils are flaring.

I don’t know who greenlit this movie but I’m glad they did. Judging from the comments this movie is going to bomb but they’ll get my $63.84 or whatever it costs to see a movie nowadays.

Nono, you have to finish your Afghanistan before you can have any Iran.

It is sad that the Marines have had to raid museums to get spare parts for their Hornets.......

There’s something in the Navy called the Gray Eagle Award, which is held by the oldest active duty naval aviator. The last guy to hold it was an admiral who was 60 when he retired last year. By that point, you’re flying a desk and putting in just enough flight hours to keep your wings.

Yup, same deal.

Stud is literally a male horse, don’t feel bad for thinking so.  You can’t send a female horse over to impregnate someone else’s female horse, therefore it is not a stud.

More specifically, more like the reboot of Battlestar Galactica?

Oh, you mean the Seventh Carrier?

You just fold him silly.

The oldest active fighter pilot retired in 2015 at age 54, so it’s not like it’s out of the realm of possibility compared to probably everything else that’s going to be in this movie.

yep, when i heard there was gonna be a new top gun i thought to myself, cool,i liked creed and tom cruise must be stepping into the role of viper (tom skerritt) for some new pilot the way stallone did for michael b jordan in creed but this looks more like he’s gonna be the main character?

Right? This movie needed to come out like 15 years ago for it to still make sense.

Somebody please edit this so Rey is doing a back flip over his canopy.

Where is Val Kilmer? Maybe he was blowing up a house full of popcorn.