The original hit the big screen in 1986, following Tom Cruise as cocky naval aviator Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell’ as he trains at the US Navy’s Fighter Weapons School alongside pal ‘Goose ...

He served in the Navy for 30 years, retiring as a captain. He was a fighter pilot for 15 years and later captain of a large, fast supply ship.

The USAF Weapons School, located at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, can be traced back to 1949 when it was the Aircraft Gunnery School and the base was known as Las Vegas Air Force Base.

Even if you only know "Top Gun" as that fighter-jet movie, you have a good idea what the school is about. But some moviegoers might not realize that it's a real school the Navy sends pilots to.

Tom Cruise is choosing to accept a major honor from the U.S. Navy. The "Top Gun" star, 62, on Tuesday received the Navy's Distinguished Public Service Award, the highest honor that Navy Secretary ...

He has deployed aboard the USS Ronald Reagan and USS Carl Vinson. Diehl is a graduate of the Navy Fighter Weapons School, or Top Gun, qualifying as a Hawkeye Weapons and Tactics Instructor. He was ...

The History of the real TOPGUN U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School (3 March 1969-Present) When two planes are engaged in a dogfight, the advantage of having a better plane can definitively make a ...

After graduating from the Naval Academy, Plumb reported to Miramar Naval Air Station in San Diego. There, he flew the first adversarial flights for the newly developed Navy Fighter Weapons School ...

The Navy's 2025 budget calls for 390,000 sailors and officers in the service — 332,300 on active duty and 57,700 in reserves. (Eloise A. Johnson/U.S. Navy) ...

The jet “experienced an incident involving collapse of the nose landing gear” on Jan. 26, a Marine spokeswoman said.

And he did. Maddux was selected for Navy Fighter Weapons School, or Top Gun, while also serving three different combat tours to Vietnam in the early 1970s.