do not heart this comment

Fun fact: Most modern radars are able to differentiate between the ground and a jet.

Idunno whats more unrealistic, the su57 having a hard time taking down a tomcat, or the radar having a hard time distinguishing the difference between a jet and terrain

Fun fact: this maneuver cannot be performed in a Nissan ultima without proper training

even though its unrealistic asf, i appreciate how the 'bad guy' is actually on a similar skill level. And not just getting absolutely rolled.

war thunder up tiering be like:

Guys remember, a realistic jet movie would be boring for someone who's not a jet nerd like us.

Unrealistic? Yes. Bad ass? Yes.

Maverick:

Everybody arguing over the authenticity of the movie, while me and my buddy who flew jets out of Elmendorf AFB went and saw this and he just kept getting more hyped about it.

0:53

"Ask him to land and regroup"

I love that both Maverick and the lead guitarist from Lynyrd Skynyrd are both using every trick in the book for this performance

I hate that the machine guns shoot at WW1 machine gun speed when it's literally supposed to be a laser of tracers in real life

Fun Fact:

The most unrealistic part isn't the low rate of fire on the guns, nor the fact the Tomcat's 20mm and SU-57's 30mm rounds are bouncing off each other, or even the totally ambiguous enemy nation which just randomly owns 4 SU-57 and has a landscape akin to New England. Rather, its the idea that a group of jets would engage in some War Thunder-esque furball all within a mile of each other.

Missed opportunity here, you're right the song works. I'm a recently retired F-15C pilot and while neither Top Gun movie is a documentary, the first one was the reason why I flew jets for over 20 years.

Fun fact: free bird fits with every action sequence

0:55

fun fact splitting the throttle is possible on the f14 and could in theory do this trick but to do it without immediately stalling the jet and starting a flat spin is so close to impossible you might as well not try