For the start of the fight, after losing Hollywood (if the start of the film was anything to go by, they weren't allowed to fire unless fired upon). Iceman had to defend himself against six MiGs. He did try to engage them at one point but was completely defensive and was just trying to survive until Maverick showed up. Iceman did get a kill but was blindsided by a MiG that shot up his right engine which removed a great deal of power and agility. Sometimes circumstances don't play in your favour.

They couldn’t get their hands on any real MIGs, so they painted some F5s black and called them MIGs for the purpose of the movie.

“Banking left… banking left…” just in case you don’t know what is going on.

Just like when I talk to your girlfriend she always says what....so I have to say it twice.

Great job mav

I mean 6 verses 1 before Mav got on station lol

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Well, to be fair, he was outnumbered SIX to one, as he said over the radio, he was completely defensive despite trying to engage them a few times. The fact he survived at all is a testament to his skill. Maverick was the one who was panicking or rather being overly cautious because of the death of Goose and getting caught in the MiG's jetwash only served to make him re-live that moment. Granted, once he overcame it and re-engaged, he helped level the playing field, which allowed Iceman to score a kill of his own before his F-14 got damaged and he lost some of his agility.

Movies that day were using actual jets. Eventhough the US did have migs, they weren't allowed to be use for filming. So they use F5 as Mig, just like Tom Cruise as Maverick. Another film as Iron Eagle also use Kfir as Mig23 and F4 as Mig29. But nowadays we use CGI, so there'r no model limitation.