Fun fact, neither this movie or the new Top Gun: Maverick ever actually mention the adversary country. As this movie was right around the end of the Cold War, they never tried making Russia the enemy. But everyone just calls the enemy Russia because it’s easy and it does make sense.
In real world I would never ever underestimate russian pilots And the fun fact is there is no case when american pilots gave the finger to a russian pilots........ american dudes usually prefer to wander off seeing russians on approach
@@misterycloud1962 thats not accurate but ok. Plenty of times when russians were intercepted by american jets. You people give way too much credit to russia
@@DJ-fd4qk No, it is not about giving credits, it's all about being fair Russian militaries are professionals and its was proven by history Americans see professional courtesy and ethics of russian pilots as their weakness And this arrogance is a clear indication that american pilots lack of prof qualities I witnessed how russians fight in Syria Their pilots are trully proffesional worriors Oh, man I wouldn't make them angry !!
@@misterycloud1962 Western militaries are professionals and it was proven by history. Russians see recruitment advertisements that don't emphasise 'manly men' as weakness. And this arrogance is a clear indication that Russians lack professional qualities. The whole world is witnessing how the Russians fight in Ukraine. They truly are one of the most unprofessional militaries in the modern world. Oh man, I wouldn't want to make the West angry.
@@misterycloud1962 thats sounds like complete and utter propaganda LOL. Russians being professional, do you not see how they're soldiers are comitting war crimes in Ukraine right now?
Love it when people are like "Obviously they were Russians, they were flying MiGs". Ummmm you know other countries have MiGs? Just like other countries have F-16s?
@@doobmate I don't exactly recall the whole story of the 1986 Top Gun, but was there any mention of the aggressor country trying to get nukes? All I recall was that the disabled ship they were keeping an eye on was in the Indian Ocean and slowly drifting into territorial waters of the aggressor country. As for Top Gun Maverick, were they in the Indian Ocean? I didn't think they were.
Well you forget that maverick the 2 f14 was there with him so if he asked if he allwoed to shoot back and they get a yes the f14 behind can open up fire .
@@Deadtrigger24 stop you're embarrassing yourself. No one requests permission for others to shoot. You are only responsible for yourself. Bro thinks the army works like a grade school 💀
@@thetruthisoutthereofficial you’re absolutely right. But in the movie, the enemy fighter jets are referred to as Mig-28s when in actuality they are F-5s. Thanks for correcting me with your amazing infinite knowledge
I just noticed something for the first time. At 2:16 the callsigns stenciled on the F-14 in frame say Maverick/Merlin. In the original draft of the movie's script, Goose was Cougar's RIO and Merlin (earlier called Wizard, I believe) was Maverick's (as Goose was the best RIO in the squadron paired with the then "best pilot"), and they got paired together when Cougar turned in his wings. Amazing what high definition brings out. Also, whoever's in the back seat in that shot is wearing Maverick's helmet. Yet at 2:41, so can clearly see Pete Mitchell and Nick Bradshaw mirrored under the canopy.
I miss Goose :( my heart broke when he died and i got so sad when we got to see Rooster look just like his dad. I love Rooster too, he has the attitude of a real pilot and he's just like Goose but also in his own way
@@rcslyman8929 The Indian Ocean was selected because it was far enough away from any belligerent nation at the time that no one could say the movie was demonizing them. The original "bad guys" were meant to be the North Koreans, and the incident at the end is a nod to that as the disabled "Communications Ship S.S. Layton" is a not-so-subtle nod to the USS Pueblo incident. Also, the Soviets used to operate out of Communist Vietnam all the time to harass BARCAPs with MiGs while carriers were working their way through that region.
I wonder if that guy would’ve still done missile lock on Cougar if Maverick hadn’t done that to his wingman. Also wish there was some type of way they could’ve told us that they fought them at the end also. Would’ve been a nice callback to the beginning of the movie
The Navy pilot who flew as the "Russian" in the MiG was actually Sandy Winnefeld who was the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff from 2011-2015. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Winnefeld,_Jr.
TopGun movie was a recruitment project for the U.S Air Force. ”Maverick” (Tom Cruise) recruited more pilots than the military itself after people saw the movie.
There are fighter pilots and the rare good pilot but even the best pilot is not the best because there is better know your limits don't think just do and every pilot is special its not the plane its the pilot
Back then, the saying in US Armed Forces was... Kill a Commie for Mommy! No American gave a shit about what country they were from. How do I know? I was there. Things are much different now. But if it's better or worse now, that I can't tell. And I'm too old to serve again. I've served my time, earned my pay.
It was filmed in the 80s. Cold War was still going on and no one had MIGs to film with. The only MIGs the US had, were a closely kept secret and were locked in military bases for analysis of their engineering.
Their actually Korean MiGs, they have a star on their make the same one on the flag. Yet some people aren’t aviation geeks and know this so it’s fine if some think their Russian, but the star on the mask means there Korean.
@@sniperguyAZ WELL OBVIOUSLY, do you not understand it though. There is still a star on there helmet which means it’s depicted as Korean MiGs but they say it’s an “unnamed country”
The best part of the dogfight scenes in TG1 is how they repeat everything twice. The best part of the dogfight scenes in TG1 is how they repeat everything twice. I dont know why they do it. I dont know why they do it. It must increase the intensity effect of the scene. It must increase the intensity effect of the scene.
@Arun Sathyan Name checks out. You have no idea what you're talking about. Politicians say "go kill Afghans", so they did. Politicians said "ok, now come back", so they did. BTW, "Afghani" is a currency. "Afghan" is the people. Go to school.
It was filmed in the 80s. Cold War was still going on and no one had MIGs to film with. The only MIGs the US had, were a closely kept secret and were locked in military bases for analysis of their engineering.
For the last time, the top gun pilots were trying to blow up the Uranium bunker. Meaning the enemy country was trying to develop nuclear bombs, and don’t have them yet. that means THEY WERE NOT FIGHTING RUSSIA
man i wish they actually had MIGs on their sets but sadly definately no nation was just gonna give up their (at the time) 'soviet' jets at the time so we get F5s instead
Facts. And probably some other aerodynamic wind issues that arise when two jets attempt to fly that close together that's too complex for my brain to figure out.
bro... its because they wanted to make their own fighter jet for their movie so it can pull better maneuvers and guess what! The movie never said they were russian
Hi everyone! What grade (out of 10) would you give this video?
F
Lol
D... being that close to the MiG (F5), they'd have clipped their tails.
negative 4G dive (out of 10)
Would have been a ten if you got the enemy country right
>gets missile lock
>doesn't leave
>enemy pilot gives him the middle finger
>leaves
Pretty much was like, "Maaaannn, fuck this noise"
That was mig2, he lock on mig2 and he leaves, the last one was mig1, there were 2 migs in total. Watch the clip again.
say what you will... imo, piolt lost to an "f bomb"
Bro got embarassed 💀
"Understandable, have a nice day" ✌
Mig 2 left his wingman...you never ever leave your comrade behind.
They doing it in Ukraine rn
these are russians... they leave "comrades" behind all the time.
I did always wonder about that, he literally just ditched the guy. Gonna be awkward when they get back to base.
Their situation was probably ordered to RTB, but Mig1 didn't give a shit and wanted to give some payback for his buddy.
they left their comrade behind bc its north korea, they stupid
Fun fact, neither this movie or the new Top Gun: Maverick ever actually mention the adversary country. As this movie was right around the end of the Cold War, they never tried making Russia the enemy. But everyone just calls the enemy Russia because it’s easy and it does make sense.
In real world I would never ever underestimate russian pilots And the fun fact is there is no case when american pilots gave the finger to a russian pilots........ american dudes usually prefer to wander off seeing russians on approach
@@misterycloud1962 thats not accurate but ok. Plenty of times when russians were intercepted by american jets. You people give way too much credit to russia
@@DJ-fd4qk No, it is not about giving credits, it's all about being fair
Russian militaries are professionals and its was proven by history
Americans see professional courtesy and ethics of russian pilots as their weakness
And this arrogance is a clear indication that american pilots lack of prof qualities
I witnessed how russians fight in Syria Their pilots are trully proffesional worriors
Oh, man I wouldn't make them angry !!
@@misterycloud1962 Western militaries are professionals and it was proven by history.
Russians see recruitment advertisements that don't emphasise 'manly men' as weakness.
And this arrogance is a clear indication that Russians lack professional qualities.
The whole world is witnessing how the Russians fight in Ukraine. They truly are one of the most unprofessional militaries in the modern world.
Oh man, I wouldn't want to make the West angry.
@@misterycloud1962 thats sounds like complete and utter propaganda LOL. Russians being professional, do you not see how they're soldiers are comitting war crimes in Ukraine right now?
I just find it funny that he has the camera with him. Like I could imagine this being the only scenario where he use the camera.
LMAO
Might fly over during sunset there’s a lot of photo opportunities tbh
Bringing your camera was like bringing your cell phone to places with you in the 80´s.
I believe the purpose of the camera is in case the aircraft ever gets in a situation where having it for surveillance purposes would be beneficial.
Fun fact: The person that played the mig pilot actually smiled
When goose took a picture
Source: Trust me bro
@@delvinanthony2798 It is real, this scene was based off of an actual encounter an F-14 had with a Soviet jet during the Cold War
@@delvinanthony2798 Most if not all these "Fun Facts" are just liars climaxing from likes.
@@duross101 Then why does he only have 42 likes?
@@duross101Dude did u like not pay attention to his face? He was clearly Cracking up.
Love it when people are like "Obviously they were Russians, they were flying MiGs". Ummmm you know other countries have MiGs? Just like other countries have F-16s?
Ironically, there's a nation from whom the Indian Ocean is named after that have used MiGs since the 1960's. 😉
The best part is that they're actually flying F-5s
When you think about it it’s most likely Iran. A country close to the Indian Ocean that’s trying to get nuclear weapons in the 80’s
@@doobmate I don't exactly recall the whole story of the 1986 Top Gun, but was there any mention of the aggressor country trying to get nukes? All I recall was that the disabled ship they were keeping an eye on was in the Indian Ocean and slowly drifting into territorial waters of the aggressor country. As for Top Gun Maverick, were they in the Indian Ocean? I didn't think they were.
@@doobmate it's based off a real incident off Libiya, The Operations Room has a great video on it
Cougar requested permission to shoot back😂 while he can’t even shake off the MiG.
he probably means flares you never see in the film
@@Yes_im.a-lordpeacock yea shoot back flares, the flares that cant even damage your enemy
Well you forget that maverick the 2 f14 was there with him so if he asked if he allwoed to shoot back and they get a yes the f14 behind can open up fire .
@@Deadtrigger24 stop you're embarrassing yourself. No one requests permission for others to shoot. You are only responsible for yourself. Bro thinks the army works like a grade school 💀
@@Yes_im.a-lordpeacock why cant you admit it was a writing mistake?
Mig-28 pilot seeing Mav flip him off: man I just wanted to say hi, fuck this I’m going home 😢
“This is why we can’t have international peace 😢”
poor mig :(
No such thing as MIG 28
@@thetruthisoutthereofficial you’re absolutely right. But in the movie, the enemy fighter jets are referred to as Mig-28s when in actuality they are F-5s. Thanks for correcting me with your amazing infinite knowledge
I just noticed something for the first time. At 2:16 the callsigns stenciled on the F-14 in frame say Maverick/Merlin. In the original draft of the movie's script, Goose was Cougar's RIO and Merlin (earlier called Wizard, I believe) was Maverick's (as Goose was the best RIO in the squadron paired with the then "best pilot"), and they got paired together when Cougar turned in his wings. Amazing what high definition brings out. Also, whoever's in the back seat in that shot is wearing Maverick's helmet. Yet at 2:41, so can clearly see Pete Mitchell and Nick Bradshaw mirrored under the canopy.
Lotta people don't know that's Tim Robinson
That Mig had missle lock forever, no wonder Cougar was freaked out in the next scene.
"Mig 28s" gets me everytime
The funny thing is the “mig’s” are actually Northrop Grumman F-5’s
@@Rezin8GamingI know too.
I miss Goose :( my heart broke when he died and i got so sad when we got to see Rooster look just like his dad. I love Rooster too, he has the attitude of a real pilot and he's just like Goose but also in his own way
At 1:02 Mav is DEFINITELY in some type of insane roll. That is a wicked roll rate on the artificial horizon lololol
still to this fay i can't tell whether the russian pilot smiled back
The thing is nobody knows what Country those fighters represent.
theyre not russian at all! nobody said theyre russian! more likely theyre americans since they use fucking f5s....or any other user!
@@Crackshotsteph I think it was said they were North Korea, but the USA was trying to reduce tensions with them at the time? That or the USSR.
@@262thunder7 I could buy it being the Chinese. NK would be a stretch. At least for the Indian Ocean.
@@rcslyman8929 The Indian Ocean was selected because it was far enough away from any belligerent nation at the time that no one could say the movie was demonizing them. The original "bad guys" were meant to be the North Koreans, and the incident at the end is a nod to that as the disabled "Communications Ship S.S. Layton" is a not-so-subtle nod to the USS Pueblo incident. Also, the Soviets used to operate out of Communist Vietnam all the time to harass BARCAPs with MiGs while carriers were working their way through that region.
no buddy, Mav's idea of fun is going closer to lightspeed. as close as he can ever get.
I wonder if that guy would’ve still done missile lock on Cougar if Maverick hadn’t done that to his wingman. Also wish there was some type of way they could’ve told us that they fought them at the end also. Would’ve been a nice callback to the beginning of the movie
I love black F-5E Tigers with Soviet stars, 10/10
This one one of my favorite clips; in part 2 some found this hard to believe when they were explaining it
The Navy pilot who flew as the "Russian" in the MiG was actually Sandy Winnefeld who was the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff from 2011-2015. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Winnefeld,_Jr.
TopGun movie was a recruitment project for the U.S Air Force. ”Maverick” (Tom Cruise) recruited more pilots than the military itself after people saw the movie.
*Navy
@@jacksatcher8010 potatoe potato
I love to play this scene while blasting my ears away with the engine sounds
0:17 Notice how that red marking on the radar looks an awful like a silhouette of the USS Enterprise from Star Trek
Iceman: “bullsh*t”
Maverick fr loves to go upside down on top of other planes canopy-to-canopy
I lost him in the Sun, and I am too stupid to use the Visor.... Ähhhh 🌞🌞🌞😅😅😅
the visor shields your eyes you still get a glare
Goose is hilarious in this scene lmao 🤣 I love these 2 ❤
These aren't russian pilots. These are unnamed enemy pilots.
It's hard to imagine this is a real job people actually have
There are fighter pilots and the rare good pilot but even the best pilot is not the best because there is better know your limits don't think just do and every pilot is special its not the plane its the pilot
if i were the Mig pilot, I would have shown him two middle fingers back, 2X the power!!!!
2:32 my favorite 😂
That scene is the peak of the movie. change my mind.
I love this one😭😭😭😭
😂Lol. I love it when a plan comes together.
Soviet*
They're not just Russians. They're also Ukrainians, Bulgarians, Moldovans, Kazakhs, Armenians, etc.
Also East Germans
Anyone under the soviet flag is a Ryssä
@@m.asifhossain4395 Can't be East Germans. East Germany merge with West Germany before the movie came out.
@@arnoldhenry Wasn't the merge in 1990? Movie came out before then
Back then, the saying in US Armed Forces was...
Kill a Commie for Mommy! No American gave a shit about what country they were from. How do I know? I was there. Things are much different now. But if it's better or worse now, that I can't tell. And I'm too old to serve again. I've served my time, earned my pay.
The most top maverick scene ever in top gun
YES!!!
Fun fact, the F5s were not black, they were painted black with a “plastidip” type of paint
At the time this was filmed, those were soviet pilots.
better jets than they currently have
@@rory8182 what’s your point here other than the stereotypical russia=bad joke/
@@sjh199 that was the joke
@@rory8182 those wear american jets
@@foxyawayfox8547 see my original point
Those migs look just like F-5s, that's weird, lol.
It was filmed in the 80s. Cold War was still going on and no one had MIGs to film with. The only MIGs the US had, were a closely kept secret and were locked in military bases for analysis of their engineering.
“Cougar?”
I know nobody asked or cares, but in these scene, my dad’s CEO on the USS Abraham Lincoln was the Russian pilot getting flipped off.
I do care. Thanks for the anecdote !
CEO or CO
Maverick’s philosophy in dealing with “foreign relations.” 😂
You may like to know that in both this film and the new Top Gun, the name of the county that they are fighting is never actually mentioned.
You crack all of us up.
Their actually Korean MiGs, they have a star on their make the same one on the flag.
Yet some people aren’t aviation geeks and know this so it’s fine if some think their Russian, but the star on the mask means there Korean.
theyre american F-5s repainted the MiG 28 is fictional. You cant use that as an argument
They're not North Korean, the circle around the red star are completely different. It's just supposed to be an unnamed, unfriendly country.
@@sniperguyAZ WELL OBVIOUSLY, do you not understand it though. There is still a star on there helmet which means it’s depicted as Korean MiGs but they say it’s an “unnamed country”
That's ma boy
I got that same bird
Before west Virginia
Good ya see ya tom c.
I love Gooses' 'Is this your idea of fun Mav?'
Hey man, It works great and without any problems.
Don't leave your wingman.
Goose: Is this your idea of fun, Mav?
Me: Well, you took a photo!
Man those mig 28s are awesome😂 Love the movie bug calling f5s mig 28s is soooo annoying
The best part of the dogfight scenes in TG1 is how they repeat everything twice. The best part of the dogfight scenes in TG1 is how they repeat everything twice. I dont know why they do it. I dont know why they do it. It must increase the intensity effect of the scene. It must increase the intensity effect of the scene.
Pretty neat detail but I don’t know if it’s realistic
Pretty neat detail but I don’t know if it’s realistic
2:55 “this is a great shot Mav, I should be a photographer”
When mav takes a pic of the emy pilot he looked so pissed off 😂
We don't know they're Russian, They might be Chinese or North Korean & I know MiG is Russian but they do buy some of their planes.
2:39: GREETINGS 🖕😂😂😂
The most iconic scene in top gun
**
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Wrong, there were 2 migs in total, migs2 leaves because he was lock on, the last one was mig1. Watch again. 2 migs in total
2:39 Greetings.
Peter "Maverick" Mitchell performs the Double Sundae.
Raditz would be proud if Piccolo didn't kill him.
Mig 2 left his comrade. Legend says he got to Russia and was banished from it.
Rogue Nation pilot
Nobody identified them as Russian….
You do know that these migs ain’t Russian but North Korean?
I WAS LITERALLY SEARCHING THIS SCENE IN TOP GUN MAVERICK BRO 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
2:42 Watch The Birdie
We all know those aren't Mig-28s. Its just the US Navy using F5 Tigers
No we don't. And we don't care much either.
there are no mig28 in real world!
@@darkseid1358 I Know!!!
US in Hollywood vs US soldier in real life....Vietnam😂
I shot down 2 Mig-28's. I remember it well, we were at 30,000 feet, deep over Poon Tang, North of the DMZ. We were in deep, and we had to act...
Fun fact: maverick was actually fighting North Korea not russia in topgun
Yeah because north Korea is definitely in the Indian ocean
@@Alucard-gt1zf it isn’t irl but for some reason in the movie it is
have to say Tomcat looks good but Tiger is good looking too...
reality: russian fighter farts on US drone
Reality: 400 russian jets has been shot down by a country that has almost zero airforce
When monarch has had enough of crimson 1
Only in movies US pilots can do stunts like this.
Yeah, in real life the last time F-14 Tomcats were flying with Migs, they shot the migs down. Because Libyan pilots sucked.
It does look pretty difficult. You could also check out the "Blue Angels" if you want to see other aerial maneuvers like that performed.
@Arun Sathyan kicked out? Not really. More like hid in caves until they left.
@Arun Sathyan youre a clown lol
@Arun Sathyan Name checks out. You have no idea what you're talking about. Politicians say "go kill Afghans", so they did. Politicians said "ok, now come back", so they did.
BTW, "Afghani" is a currency. "Afghan" is the people. Go to school.
That wasn't a Mig it was a F-5
It was filmed in the 80s. Cold War was still going on and no one had MIGs to film with. The only MIGs the US had, were a closely kept secret and were locked in military bases for analysis of their engineering.
For the last time, the top gun pilots were trying to blow up the Uranium bunker. Meaning the enemy country was trying to develop nuclear bombs, and don’t have them yet.
that means THEY WERE NOT FIGHTING RUSSIA
This isn't Maverick.
@CharChar they did that in the second movie this clip was from the first movie and they were fighting North Korea in this one
In my mind I think that the Russian pilot was saying "wow you got this dude"
How do they not have glasses or visors in the sun I can’t even drive like that
man i wish they actually had MIGs on their sets but sadly definately no nation was just gonna give up their (at the time) 'soviet' jets at the time so we get F5s instead
Never mind the fact the tail fins would hit the other plane. 😂
Facts. And probably some other aerodynamic wind issues that arise when two jets attempt to fly that close together that's too complex for my brain to figure out.
@@changechannel1036 probably. Vortices and whatnot
Bro the enemy had he’s eyes closed when goose took the shot I can’t tell if he’s pissy or happy 💀
It was put in the mail on August 2012 ... Bond 007 .......
The bad Russians are back with us, what a relief
Злая и коварная Россия своими границами постоянно приближается к базам НАТО, вот безобразие!
Top Gun 1 I'm 14, it's fun. I'm 51 now.
Mig-28??? Looks like F-5 tigers to me.
Don’t think, just do
“Because I was inverted”
the enemy isnt russian but korean
Who said anything about russian/sovjet pilots?
btw wasn't it a f-5 rather than mig?
Good thing it wasn’t a balloon, Maverick wouldn’t stand a chance
Wait lmao finally realized those are just F5 now that i grew up
i like how they call the russian planes "mig 28s" even though in fact the "migs" are american f-5s, not only that, but the mig 28 never existed
It was filmed during the Cold War. No one is giving a US filming agency a real MIG.
bro... its because they wanted to make their own fighter jet for their movie so it can pull better maneuvers and guess what! The movie never said they were russian
"No actual russians were harmed in this scene"
Fun fact. In the early drafts the "Enemy Nation" was supposed to actually be North Korea
how can he be top gun when he got shot him self you dont wont to know wot happed to the other one gods work 👍🙏👁
I heard they are actually Korean
Do not fire until after your shot dead
How do they know the enemy was Russian
Сейчас это модно, не так ли?
What does that mean
Russian pilot get flipped off lol😂😂😂
Особенно смешно, что такие подвиги только в голливудских фильмах бывают. Реальность иная