As a Naval Aviator and Instructor, I can promise you that there is no one in the US Navy that resembles the "Bagman" character. Anyone with that attitude would be absolutely destroyed by an instructor in flight, and probably have his guts stomped out by his peers. For that matter, the entire cadre of pilots shown here would NEVER have the attitude depicted. "Everyone here is the best there is - who could possibly teach us?" I don't care if they are Top Gun graduates, no one would have that attitude. The INSTANT you think you have nothing to learn is when you die. That is absolutely pounded into the head of every aviator.

For many years jets didn’t have any system to help the crew if they were passed out. Many pilots have lost their lives over GLOC accidents. It wasn’t until in recent years that a system called Auto-GCAS (Automatic-Ground Collision Avoidance System) was installed and the aircraft could detect if a pilot was unconscious and essentially level the plane automatically before it hits the ground.

btw guys, the 5th gen jets aren't beyond US's capabilities and we have jets equal to those if not better. They had to use a specific jet for the mission due to the situation of diving in and destroying the target, which are older, less mobile, and have more fire power than the 5th gen jets. Great reaction as always though!

Sean is correct. The F-18 has an automatic control system that returns the entire aircraft to 1G horizontal flight when it detects pilot GLOC. There's video out there of an F-16 returning to level flight from pilot G-LOC on KZfaq somewhere. It was designed for situations precisely like this.

Dude the way you describe JTAC is crazy. I've heard about them before but didn't realize how intricate their work really is. Good stuff.

Watched this in the movie theater. Had goosebumps several times and also got teary eyed at certain moments too.

This movie was a labor of love and was such a big success because it knew what it was as a movie And didn't try to overstep its boundaries. It delivered exactly on what it promised.

Top Gun Maverick is essentially the Death Star Trench Run from Star Wars A New Hope. Which is what makes this movie even cooler. Since it’s essentially what we should have gotten from Disney’s Star Wars. Lol

the "5th gen fighter" issue was addressed in the movie; there is a scene where there was a debate between the F/A18 and the F35; the script made up a hokey reason why the F35 didn't suit the mission but that was essentially a ruse because the real reason to use the F/A18 was because they needed the backseat. The Russian plane in the movie is formidable, but the F35 is a 5th gen fighter, so we are not out-matched in the air.

Can you imagine Buck behind the stick with 5 beers? That’s gonna be the most epic thing ever

"they didn't make a mistake." 5 minutes later "Who the fuck is this guy with the gun? Why don't you stand on the outside of the door?"

This is one of those movies u either have to seen it in theatres or have a bad ass sound system , to appreciate this movie and the sound.

As a former Army attack helicopter pilot, thanks for the reaction! Great movie! I actually saw the original immediately after my review board for Army flight school. My parents drove me to the board…I was high school to flight school. I don’t know of any auto-eject but, I didn’t actually fly fighters, only airliners and private jets. Small teams, stealth and time on target were essential for us. I believe Coleman was a Warrant Officer, like myself…cool character! I appreciate what you did in Spec Ops! New subscriber here!

Top Gun Maverick was a very unusual sequel, in that rather than give us something entirely new or the first film over again, it gave us the first film AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. It took the deficiencies of the first film and corrected them. Excellent entertainment.

The JTAC story was phenomenal.

The U.S. does have 5th gen fighters, f-22 and f-35. They aren't being used in the story because of the radar jamming on the mountain and laser guided bombs don't need radar to get on target making the f-15 or f-18 the only options. Since the f-15 is more geared to air suppression the f-18 is the better option because it does have a little edge in air to ground combat. But the real reason f-18's were used is because the f-22 and f-35 are single seat aircraft and they needed duel seats to film the way they did. The actors controlled the cameras while in flight.

Abel is great at getting buck to explain stuff. Good listener and communicator you guys work well together

Iceman, Penny, Hondo, and Warlock had Maverick’s back the entire time and at the conclusion, Maverick earned everyone else’s respect!

The breakdown of the aspects of what it takes to succeed in any aspect of The SF mentality, let alone life during this one is priceless! You're absolutely right Sean.. NO EXCUSES! Thanks Boys! 🤘🏼

"Mover ruins movies" breaks this movie down from the perspective of two fighter pilots.

One of my favorite scenes in the movie was at the end where one plane would cover the other. Communicate, move, deploy flares, cover, move, etc. Fantastic teamwork!

During my service in Finnish Armed Forces we were told several times by our NCO's and higher officers that if we receive a order that is a total BS order we were actually encouraged to refuse to execute such orders.

This movie had a lot of callbacks to the original & Star Wars. One callback that I got that I haven’t seen anyone else mention is the test pilot scene with Ed Harris. Ed Harris played John Glenn in The Right Stuff, one of my favorite movies, which was about Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier & the space race.

That story about the CCT is so cool. Calling in hate and discontent while sitting on his ass in a half-dead state. That's flow state of mind.

I worked as a contractor with the 920th Rescue wing USAF CSAR. Their application requirements are a physical fitness test. Green Berets, Army Rangers, Navy Seals...etc tried out for it. 36 elite soldiers tried out one day...2 people passed

Aah I was SO close to suggesting this last week. Damn mind readers, keep killing the content guys!!

One of the greatest action films I've ever seen. I'm glad they spent all the time that they did to make it. Well worth it.

“If you don’t know what a cassette tape is” 😂

31:00 was an awesome story about the JTAC.

My wife still has not seen the original Top Gun (somehow) So, we are watching both today. I will watch this video after, Can't wait to see Maverick but really can't wait to watch this ahahaha Enjoy the weekend FNG fam

Regarding autopilot/altimeter stuff 37:10 I think they have buzzers, but C.W. Lemoine (F16 AF and F18 Navy pilot) mentioned that without input the F18 would probably just level out when they did a vid on this too. Cool channel if you're into fighter aircraft.

When a pilot ejects a ping or beep is heard by all pilots in the area signifying a their chute opened. There is a medal of honor recipient who flew in vietnam in the F105 who's wingman was shot down and he had low fuel and only a gun on his bomber, and turned around to provide CAS to keep thostile MiG's off his buddy while he parachuted down. No one else could have helped. Lots of pilots would turn back like he did in the film, and would probably be shot down with modern AAA and S400's. I saw this film in IMAX and the bass really sold the visuals in a way that is hard to describe. Loved watching to this video and your review!

I definitely saw TG: Maverick twice. It's worth it.

We have 5th gen fighters. (F35 and F22….been out for a long time). This was just a scenario for the movie. Love the series dude, keep up the great work!

I saw this one three times in the theater and then bought it as soon as I could on prime.

37:22 fck this scene is just CHILLS ALL THE WAY! This was the ONLY movie in my entire life that i saw more than once in the theaters! This movie is created for that, the sound is just fking amazing! This movie is amazing

Saw this movie on a military post for the first time, before a MOB. He did a pre movie interview on how He appreciated the military and wanted to make it good for US. I don't know if they have that on other civilian movie theaters, but you guys should see that and they should add it to the civilian movie experience. It adds another demention to this great movie.

And the added value is that the actors filmed in real airplanes in mid-flight, so everything looks very real in the air.

The story with the enemy planes being 5th gen while the Navy were using 4.5 gen is a bit more on the logistical side for the making of the movie. I've been told that the USN would've definitely went in with F35s which are also 5th gen had the mission been real. It's just that Tom Cruise was VERY adamant about the movie being as believable as possible and that required the actors to actually ride in real planes to help get it as real as possible. The reason I am also told why they couldn't use F35s, besides the fact that a lot about it is classified, is that there aren't any two-seater F35s in existence.

As someone who lives next to the NAS Fallon Top Gun base. All the desert scenes were filmed 30 minutes from my house. This was the movie of the year I have watched it two or three times and it never gets old. I w know it sounds dumb but I will always keep the ticket stub from Fox Peak Cinema, Fallon Nevada. We were told that Tom Cruise showed up at the the base. I grew up my whole life getting tours of the base and watching all the jets take off and land. Thank you all for your service. 🇺🇸

If you guys can do a video with “Mover ruins movie” then it’s a dream come true to me! He’s a fighter pilot that used to flew the F-16 and the F-18, and he also did videos about this film; love you guys.

Thar speech about Success hit hard, that's probably why my good friend of many years ghosted me. I don't have the mind for that stuff, and he is trying to make it in the BMX world. I do hope he makes it and accomplishes his dreams, wish you so much luck buddy. I am rooting for you.

CW Lemoine and his buddy Gonky(F-18 pilots) talked about how the new hornets have fail safes for that.

Sean, Abel, Kurt, and everyone else that works on these videos I have to say thank you to you guys for making awesome content like this. Truly look forward to it every week and it never disappoints.

5th Gen jets are the new jets, which America has. They mentioned the 5th gen Jet, F35, but said it wasn't suitable for the mission, which isn't true, but to make the movie work, they needed a 2 seater, which a f18 has, and an f18 is a 4th Gen jet.

You should do a discussion of this with C.W Lemoine who did fighter pilots reacts to it. It would be a hilarious video for sure.

The Air force has the system you’re describing. If it detects G lock; it will send warnings, if no inputs are detected it will level off the jet.

Excellent observation about character Buck! In the end, you gotta live with the man in the mirror. My son was worked on F-18 super hornets in the Navy and pointed out some technical issues, but still loved the movie. I was in the Navy learning to be a Nuke Submariner when I saw the first one. Bought the soundtrack on cassette on the way home and blasted out to it. Had my POS Ford Escort going as fast as it would go before I realized it. Awesome!

Favorite line from my DS was “I can’t make you smarter but I can make you stronger.” I used it when I became SGT.

There's a great Ken Burns documentary series on the Vietnam War. Would be cool to get your watch and reactions to it.

You’re correct Abel, my mum had a tape player when my brother and I were kids and they usually had B-Side that was instrumental unless it was a full album.

I feel the exact same why about Tom Cruise and his beliefs: he's consistently knocked it out of the park when entertaining me for DECADES, so.....who cares what he believes?

Best movie 🎥 I ever seen personally. Whole movie was spot on, but Darkstar scene really did something to me. It really inspired me to the 💯 power.

36:31 Saw a fighter pilot review this scene. This is a real thing. Pilots have died in training in this exact situation.

Loved the movie and I'm happy you guys did too. I would be really interested in seeing FNGs breakdown of Gurkha selection into British Military.

Y'all missed the fun days on Bragg. We had Blue Thunder, we had Red Dawn, we had the way superior first Top Gun, we had Sammy Hagar singing VOA, and we had Ronald Reagan as our CiC!

Also reported all the comment that "textme+1657....." user spamming on this amazing channel. That shit is annoying.

The part about that green beret leaving his pistol on the pisser is crazy because as a civilian I know where my guns are at all times and if they’re loaded or not at all times.

Hey, so I'm a civilian, but I do know something about fighter planes. So the whole fifth generation fighter thing is sort of fiction, but also sort of fact at the time the movie was being filmed. So at the time the movie was being filmed, the Russians had built the SU-57, which was the fifth generation fighter that they end up fighting in the movie. In this movie, they are definitely going into Iran. (They don't say that in the movie, but that's definitely the country they were going after.) So, this movie imagines that the Russians sold Iran those fifth generation fighters. At the time the movie was being made, the US Air Force had 5th generation fighters in the F-22 and the F-35A. However, the US Navy was still working on bringing their F-35C online and technically did not yet have a fifth generation fighter. Unfortunately for the movie story, by the time the movie actually released, the F-35C had become operational with the US Navy, and they had to make a BS excuse as to why they couldn't use it for this mission in order to move forward with what they were able to film in the F-18s. If you want to know why I think it's Iran, it's a few things. First, Iran does have some of the alpine snowy mountain terrain from the movie, they do have coastline such that you can fly right from the ocean into their airspace. They are also one of a handful of countries we're actually worried about if they ever get nuclear weapons capabilities, so if they built a nuclear facility, we would be wanting to bomb it. But the biggest giveaway is the F-14. Iran is the only country in the world outside the US who ever bought the F-14.

I really like your spec ops take on this movie. Your story about the JTAC is awesome, I worked with one overseas and that guy always looked like he never slept either, but still was able to do their job. I had the same reaction to this movie, and wanted to know what a pilot thought of this movie. If you guys want a pilot's perspective on Top Gun: Maverick, recommend checking C.W. Lemoine's channel "Fighter Pilot's Breakdown of Top Gun Maverick" you'll surely learned some things about aviation from these guys.

I like how Tom Cruse at his age can still fly a fighter aircraft, pull G’s and fly special missions. From my understanding fighter pilots are old at 25.

1. They needed to drop from a low altitude because of the SAM systems that surrounded the mountain and valley. If they dropped from high altitude they would die. 2. When Mav when after Coyote to try and lock onto him, he was just trying to make him up earlier in case he didn’t wake up from the warning

Who else saw this movie and thought at the end "Yup this is the trench run from star wars" minus the whole evasion/ stealing a Tomcat. Nothing wrong with that btw

You guys definitely ‘fan boy’d’ this movie. As an old Navy dude, there were multiple things wrong in this movie. One which you pointed out, there wouldn’t be an armed sentry at the low ready in an Admiral’s office.

Our 5th gen fighters are the F-22's and F-35's. Maverick explains that they have to use F-18's to pull off the below radar maneuverability's for that specific mission. Our F-22 is the most advanced and deadly fighter in the world. :)

36:00 there is no auto-eject in the F-18. There is an auto seat/man separation AFTER ejection at a certain altitude. That being said, if you pass out in the jet, it will automatically seek 1G flight, and won’t just tumble out of the sky, but if you’re at an unusual attitude (i.e. pointed nose down) you are kinda screwed

Please do a beer and breakdown review of "the way of the gun"! Tons of great scenes in that movie!

"Has the enemy ever had something... that's just far beyond the US' capabilities...?" "That's a great question, and no. Fuck no." This was the best answer to a Larry King-esque question ever. Made me guffaw.

On the drop from altitude. The point was GPS was jammed, time over target would be in the sights of the SAM's which were mounted so they couldn't shoot down. The target had to be painted. An aircraft at altitude would be shot down before it could hold the laser on the target to impact. Diving down gave enough time in the valley to hold the laser on the target while the SAMs couldn't shoot them.

This movie was a lot like Star Wars. A flight down a valley with guns on the edge and the shot needed to go down a small hole at the end of the valley. This is exactly like the plan to take out the Death Star!

There were people who worked out with the 30 second skip proof discmans attached to their shoulders just 25 years ago

Loved this one guys great job 🤘

America has the most advanced 5th Generation planes in the world (F35 and F22). The reason they flew F18 (4th gen ships) were because the US Navy would not allow them to use F35's due to security issues (officially) so they had to squeeze a reason to use F18's. The F14 is a Gen 3 fighter.

When Coyote loses consciousness, the GCAS (Ground Collision Avoidance System) would have kicked in and leveled out the aircraft.

Good movie but should have been a Star Wars film... Was waiting for someone to say: "You are required to maneuver straight down this trench"

They explain in the beginning that there was a counter gps system preventing the use of cruise missiles and the sam units prevented bombers.

Love beers and breakdowns, can you guys do Heat and collateral please?

I remember learning to play that “top gun anthem “ when it came out. I wonder if I can still do it…? Thanks for the video!

One thing that most people don’t consider is that even though these “enemy” countries have these 5th generation fighters that could be comparable to US 5th generation fighters, they don’t have many of them in terms of shear numbers. Also, our pilots have exponentially more time in the seat training than let’s say Chinese or Russian pilots. The skill level of the aircrew regardless of how advanced the platform is not even comparable. I’m a maintenance manager in a navy fighter squadron and each of our pilots fly multiple times a week sometimes even multiple times a day. These other countries pilots are not afforded that opportunity, sometimes flying only once a month or once every couple months. The skill level of our fighter aircrew is unmatched.

Saw it in IMAX and it was amazing. I mean I lost my hearing for a few days, but it was worth it.

Hey Buck, sounds like you are happy with your Telluride. I drove the Escalade, Navigator, QX56, Telluride, and Sequoiya. When your spending that type of cash you best make sure you’re buying the best fit for your needs. The Telluride was by far the best luxury SUV out of all of them. I love that thing. When people ride in it and are dying to know what it is and I tell them it’s a Kia, they are blown away. Ya, Kia knows what the hell they are doing.

A movie that you should check out: Taps. Stars a young Tom Cruise, Sean Penn, Giancarlo Esposito, and Timothy Hutton. One of my favorite films.

Loved this review and commentary!!!!!

The dshk is the Russian equivalent to our maadus (m2 50 caliber) and fires a 12.7x109 round the maadus fires a 12.7x99 round ballistically there's not much difference between the two if any (forgotten weapons great channel if you're into guns check them out)

As a former Ranger I can say with confidence that half of the officer class wanted to be pilot but couldn't.

I still reckon you should do a beer and breakdowns on the UK series Strike Back.

I heard an interview with Eddie Hamilton, the editor of Maverick, and he said after one of the canyon runs the pilot said I hope you got that, cause I ain’t doing that again. These were some of the best USAF pilots and they were going so fast it scared the shit out of them as there was very little margin for error at that speed. Unlike cars, planes use air to adjust course so there is always a slight delay in the aircraft reaction to control changes, so at the speed they were going you could travel an extra few hundred feet before the aircraft adjusts heading and those canyon walls were very close.

Thing is unlike parachutists, pilots also have a multimillion dollar military aircraft they're responsible for destroying if they punch out lol, they're expected to look out for that at the expense of their life and saving their aircraft under pressure if it's possible, and the value of the fighter jet is placed above the individual pilot. Which is why it's not automatic, so they can't punch out unless absolutely necessary and other measures have been exhausted, like Phoenix and Bob did. Also, the canopy being opened is either manual and if it's automatic to open probably takes a few seconds, but I guess that could be factored in. Pilots also pull G's at low altitudes intentionally but just keep the plane level and controlled, unless the plane can differentiate between that and a dive.

"Sir: is this even achievable?" "It's not impossible. I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home, they're not much bigger than two meters."

Can you guys do a break down of the movie “Behind Enemy Lines” starring Owen Wilson?

We Were Soldiers must be next. It's a good one I promise.

the stick thing you was talking about was a old Native American thing where Crazy Horse or another warrior or chief took arrows and showed how one arrow broke easy but banded together the couldn't be broken. Or at least that's what I was told as a Native American kid

Those B side tapes were probably the singles and they would include the instrumentals and remixes.

You guys should add Killer Elite and Danger Close to the list. Love these videos!!

Love all your reviews. You guys are the shit in my mind. ( former F-111 crew chief which is aviation maintenance) To give you an idea of aircraft “ generation” breakdown this is how to look at it WW1 biplanes would be gen 1 WW2 propelled aircraft would be gen 2 (P-51) Early jets as in F-86 in Korean War would be gen 3 The iconic F-14,F-15 are gen 4 The F-22,F-35 are gen 5 as they possess stealth capabilities and thrust vectoring. Which is basically where the exhaust essentially move to assist in maneuvering among other Things. Hope this helps

The best part of the Jon Hamm story is that his agent pushed back; "Well, I don't know. The money they're talking isn't right." Hamm said "Get as close as you can on the money, but if I lose this part, I'm firing all of you." Edit; "I'm not trying to make those guys feel bad." I sure am. Those kayak guys made a cowardly decision and should carry the shame of it for the rest of their days.

There was one mistake that was very glaring. The rest of the movie was amazing and I've watched it a bunch of times. I'm ex-Navy and spent my whole time in the service on the flight deck of aircraft carriers. Hondo on the flight deck giving orders to the deck crew while deploying the barricade, is a big fat, jumping the shark, NO. That ain't going to happen under any circumstance in any alternate universe. NO. Raising the barricade is not just some random thing. We drill on it. There's a chain of command that runs that event with procedures. Hondo is a warrant officer. That's the lowest of all the officer ranks and he's a guest on the ship, he's not even ship's company. The carrier is the flagship of any fleet, so there's a two star watching, the CO of the boat, who is an 06 (Navy Captain), the Air Boss and Mini-Boss who run all carrier flight deck operations and they are both 06's, and they are all watching this go down... the deck division officer who's probably an 04 (LtCmdr). This wasn't a drill it was a real emergency, so no way is that deck boss is allowing some tourist to take over his division in the middle of an emergency with the entire chain of command watching. That officer's whole career was just vaporize in a microsecond. I threw up a little in my mouth when I saw that btw. :)

I def dont mind that you do movies that are not just military tactics. Its just fun seeing you react to different stuff. So keep it up and mix it up between green beret stuff and other action movies

Insane movie all around. Watchin the how the movie was made documentary was cool too, they were actually flying backseat with military pilots in the Jets. The footage captured is super cool

I reccomend checking out CW Lemoines channel he was a fighter pilot and was has lots of reaction videos. Plus a collab between y'all would be amazing