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a b Perry, Tony (1 June 1996). "San Diego bids farewell to Top Guns". Eugene Register-Guard. {Los Angeles Times}. p.3A.

The "Cyclons", based at NAS Fallon, NV are an adversary squadron equipped with Northrop's F-5 E/F Tigers, and in 1992, began transitioning to the F/A-18A/B Hornet. The Cyclons were the first adversary squadron to fly the Hornet. West coast cruise. They also logged the USS Ranger's 260,000th trap. This is the F-14 aircraft triangle patch worn on the a b c d Winnefeld, James A. (1986). "Topgun Getting it Right". Proceedings. United States Naval Institute. 112 (10): 141–146.

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to An Nasiriya, Al Kut, Najaf, Al Hillah and ultimately Baghdad. The squadron’s more than 850 hours flown on Top Gun initially operated the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk and borrowed USAF Northrop T-38 Talons to simulate the flying characteristics of the MiG-17 and MiG-21, respectively. The school also used Marine-crewed Grumman A-6 Intruders and USAF Convair F-106 Delta Dart aircraft when available. Later adversary aircraft included the IAI Kfir and General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon; and the T-38 was replaced by the Northrop F-5E and F-5F Tiger II. [22] of excellence for naval aviation training and tactics development. NSAWC provides service to aircrews, squadrons and The British writer Rowland White claimed that the early school was influenced by a group of a dozen flying instructors from the British Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, who were assigned to Miramar as exchange pilots and served as instructors in VF-121. [23] [24] A British newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, declared in a 2009 headline, "American Top Gun Fighter Pilot Academy Set Up by British." [25] However, the British naval pilots mentioned in the article confirmed that the claim was false and that they had no role in creating the curriculum and no access to the classified programs that the Top Gun instructors participated in to refine it. [26] in the Adriatic Sea aboard the USS Roosevelt. They returned from their normal cruise rotation on September 21 of

Find sources: "Navy Fighter Weapons School"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( August 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)This school is located at NAS Lemoore, CA, and is the "West Coast equivalent" of the SWATSLANT school for the "Atlantic this year. The squadron history also had them participating in Desert Storm, but have since resumed their normal An earlier U.S. Navy air-to-air combat training program, the U.S. Navy Fleet Air Gunnery Units, or FAGU, had provided air combat training for Naval Aviators from the early 1950s until 1960. In June 1956, Fleet Air Gunnery Unit Pacific held the Navy Fleet Air Gunnery Meet at NAAS El Centro. [6] In April 1957, Naval Air Weapons Meet 1957 was held at NAAS El Centro. [6] In April 1958, Naval Air Weapons Meet was held at NAAS El Centro. From 30 November to 4 December 1959, the last Naval Air Weapons Meet was held at MCAAS Yuma. [6] [7] Signage called it "Top Gun". [8] [9] [10] [5] [11] Fleet Air Gunnery Unit Pacific and Marine Training Groups were closed, as an economy, [12] and a doctrinal shift, brought on by advances in missile, radar, and fire control technology, contributing to the belief that the era of the classic dogfight was over, leading to their disestablishment and a serious decline in U.S air-to-air combat proficiency that became apparent during the Vietnam War. [13] [14] The pilots who were part of the initial cadre of instructors at Top Gun had experience as students from FAGU. [14]

Michel, Marshall L. III (2007) [1997]. Clashes; Air Combat Over North Vietnam 1965–1972. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-519-6. became VA-192 in March 1956. They flew the FJ-4B and the A-7 Corsair, but were redesignated as VFA-192 in January 1985 and acquired out of NAS Atsugi, Japan that has the "tab" across the bottom. They originally were commissioned as VF-153 in March 1945, butthe great State of Mississippi, was laid on 13 March 1991, launched on 13 November 1993, and commissioned on 11 November The Stennis departed NAS Norfolk in February 1998 on it's inaugural cruise with CVW-7 aboard, subsequently completed

Elder, Adam (October 2009). "Top Gun: 40 Years of Higher Learning". San Diego Magazine. SDM, LLC. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Tomcat squadron that is now stationed on the East Coast, but cruise with West Coast boats. They were established inhelicopters of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. This is the 'RED AIR' version of their squadron before final designation of VFA-113 on 25 March 1983. Flying A-7s for many years, VFA-113 recieved F/A-18Cs The "Knighthawks" of VFA-136 initally flew the F/A-18C Hornet as part of CVW-7 from the USS John F. Kennedy Brad Elward (2020). TOPGUN: The US Navy Fighter Weapons School Schiffer Publishing ISBN 978-0764360145