Top Gun: The Real Story

A Thrilling Documentary on America's First Line of Defense.

1987 · 35 min · Documentary

Top Gun - America’s best aviators - train together at “Fightertown U.S.A.” for the most challenging and dangerous air-to-air combat in the world. Fly with Navy’s leading Vietnam War ace, Commander Randy “Duke” Cunningham, TOPGUN instructor and adversary squadron commander. Hear him tell how he put his training from the first TOPGUN class into practice as he shot down five MiGs over North Vietnam. Se actual dogfights, crashes and MiG confrontations. See America’s real TOPGUN pilots in action over Libya, the Indian Ocean and off the Soviet Union. Hear actual air-to-air combat radio. Feel what it’s like to fly at twice the speed of sound. See if you have what it takes to be a TOPGUN pilot.

Directed by Ron Zimmerman