Proud to be Jersey Devils. I wasn’t there then, but that’s still my unit! I was a 2W0 there from 2000-2007.

And you, asshole, you’re lucky to be here.

The anniversary DVD has video of the guy who inspired Viper, RADM Pettigrew (he who plays the “older guy” in the bar that Charlie was sitting with) describing that the Tomcat had an area of low pressure above it in which the canopy would settle during a flat spin. The canopy would not clear in this scenario, which…

It always bothered me that the T-Birds only wear the show suit during the show, as opposed to the Blues not being caught dead in something other than the blue or gold suits.

Tyler, the slot jet is #4. This footage was taken during a practice demo because the team would not allow a show demo to have incorrect numbering of jets if they could at all help it.

USAF hierarchy from low to high: Detail, Element, Flight, Squadron, Group, Wing.

It’s a flare. Deployed to confuse heat-seeking missiles.