F-14 Tomcat And Navy Fighter Weapons School "Top Gun," at NA

[TheMichaelPeterson]

This footage was shot for a 1974 Navy training film by Herk Harvey, director of "Carnival of Souls."

[Groovtubin]

VF-114 1979-1981 USN retired AE-1 Price. The Tomcat wil ALWAYS be the greatest AC ever, when i saw one take of in Zone 5 AB at Memphis Tn in 1978 while i was in Electronics school, i KNEW it was the BIRD for me! That era was so special, it`s really hard to describe.

[Leon81927]

to become f-14 pilot was my dream

[glazuna]

@Leon81927 mine too :D You still have a chance, Iranian airforce still have about 40 of them i think...

[Leon81927]

what do you mind now???do you want to come on to me???

[cheyennewitherspoonz]

he survives, although the flock he gathers. I've enjoyed this movie T O T A L L Y F R E E @ MovieWatcher (dot) US

[keirfree]

dergrossen Yep, the Top Gun instructers were Royal navy,,, if that bursts yer Bubble  go Cuddle Stewie from Family guy

[dergrossen]

LOL

[dergrossen]

I am not going to buy this video off militaryvideocom. I someone has please advise if the film maker got the facts right about the British instructors. USA publicity machine has a habit of not telling the WHOLE truth..."TOP GUN" was essentially a British/USA joint initiative. There are guys out there that know this....

[BDmuthafucka]

check out the book, Screaming Eagles, it will explain everthing you could ever want to know about Topgun.

[dergrossen]

Thanks for advice..will do that.

[BDmuthafucka]

Correction, Scream of Eagles, sorry. Black Aces High is good too if you like F-14s

[dergrossen]

K..thanks

[dergrossen]

The Phantoms were used on the UK Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers: HMS Arkroyal and HMS Eagle. The UK instructors really were the foundation of what became "TOP GUN" as it was emerging in 1972 to 1975. The seed was the USN 121 squad based at Miramar with MD Phantoms.

The Brits also trained the Dutch, German and Indian air forces in air to air combat techniques.

To this day the UK fighter squadrons are regarded as world class.

[ryanlim2002]

*A.C.M.

AIR COMBAT MANEUVERS.

[dergrossen]

At 0:41 the guy on the right is from the UK RN I guess...there were 4 UK instructors with the Phoenix Squad at the Miramar base. In Viet Nam era USN had a poor kill rate...2/1...UK were better in air to air dog fights...the Uk guys came from the RN 764 of Lossiemouth, Scotland. The Royal Navy had purchased MD Phantoms and were sent over to SD to train on 'em. The UK guys were so good at killing in air combat they were asked to stay on as instructors.

[CAPTJACKAUBREY69]

WHere did the RN engage in dogfights during Vietnam?

[dergrossen]

At the "Top Gun" training grounds...location is classified.

[Petrick69]

Those cats look so new, fresh and clean...

[persiansownyourface]

yah she was hot

[dergrossen]

yup

[PeoplesWar]

The quality of this footage is incredible. The ignorant would probably think this was from today.

[DK1102]

The bell bottoms I saw gave it away. Along with the 'staches

[PeoplesWar]

Damn, even work pants were bell bottoms!!! Totally rad!

[maddyb91]

wow, Mustaches...Orange Flight Suits...Combed Hair...Blue Jeans...This is so '80's!!!

[FlankieCranky]

im bored on cam

i cant watch this video T8

[dzsorden]

Sweeet shiny brand new Tomcats.

[ironroad18]

70s vintage F-14A from VF-1, RIP WOLF PACK and Rip Tomcat

[601SQNRAF]

Gotcha love those high-vis paint jobs from the mid/late '70s!

[Wardog687]

damn shame we had to shred em but we didnt want the iranians getting ahold of em

[BDmuthafucka]

i always wondered why side numbers never included an "8" or "9"?

[EdgemanLL2]

IHOP? Not that I remember. It was either called the RAG (obvious) or "hardcore," to differentiate it from the training segment of 124.

So, those guys in FRAMP would be "124-framp" But if you worked for the squardon, you were simply "124-Hardcore."

[cattom124]

that was just a nickname "house of pain" they had then. yea i went to 124-framp before i went to 124.

[EdgemanLL2]

Thats my girl!

[cattom124]

this vid is from vf-124 a f-14 training squadron for pilots before they go to their fleet squadron. top gun was the hanger next door. i was in vf-124 ao shop in the early 80's

[EdgemanLL2]

Catt--sweet, I was an AQ for 124 in 1989-1991.

[cattom124]

that's cool man. did everyone still call it ihop when you were there.

[humexavier]

Can a chain of bullets be magnetically enhanced to become magnetically charged with a small amount of negative electro charge. If the chain of bullets had a non friction magnet force, less vibration and could be faster through the gun and gun be a magnetic gun also.

[swordofisis]

a little old, topgun has been in lovely Fallon Nv. the planes look new in this vid and sailors are wearing real dungarees. the f14 would eat a swarm of super hornets for breakfast. it was designed to combat a badass mig, that would also eat hornets. the reason we dont need the f14 is because there isnt as much competition as there used to be in air superiority. they are also falling apart... and ya know the f22-23 was designed in the 90's so we have still yet to see a 21st century aircraft.

[cypris2002]

the tomcat was the most sexy bad ass aircraft when it came to the cat's to be shot out the way the nose came down to me was " im on my way to kick some ass "

[jrb2421]

The F-14 was a good aircraft. But I don't think it could beat the Super Hornet

[Snipersuperbug]

The good ol' tomcat, i always thought it had more service time ahead of it...

[rbowden123]

beautiful aircraft, by the way could someone please let me know what that music is?

[jayaremilan]

The most beautiful fighter jet.

[GD0759]

I have a bunch of f-14 books.

[RamMan17]

facial djsal510. TOTAL FACIAL!

[sundog47]

FROGS DO NOT FLY

[djsal510]

its old check out the french fighter way better planes than this mirage 2000 & 4000

[FallenPhoenix86]

except that the 4000 never entered service... and the 2000 is closer to the F-16 in capabilities.... o' yeah and niether can land on a carrier.............

[queball915]

pshh hah ya right

[LoopersSquirrel]

It's a shame they shut down Miramars base. :(

[IMATOTALFAG]

It's not shut down, the Marines fly there now

[alaskanmarine1]

The tomcats look so brand new.

[ReplayDiesel69]

On the this footage some pilots looks very young to be the best pilots.

[soulboarder316]

contrary to what the movie top gun says, top gun is for new pilots, that is where they learn to dogfight, against the vets.

[the1bigace]

topgun isnt aobut the bes, its the equivelant to The Air Force's Red Flag it teaches how to fly in dogfights, its not a competition by itself

[johnnyheck]

This is cool!