Warbird Information Exchange

In the 1980s, the following services got the following movies:
USN: Top Gun
USAF: Iron Eagle
US Army: Firebirds
Now, tell me again about how bad Top Gun was after seeing the other two?
Besides, it looks like the USMC got hosed in the same timeframe. I don't recall a current (to the timeframe it was filmed in) movie about USMC aviation since, "The Great Santini"?

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Owner, 1944 Willys MB #366014
Former REMF (US Army, O3)

Is Fire Birds the one where one of the idiots has left eye dominance but is right handed so they strap a toy periscope to his head with some panties and make him drive around in a jeep until he is magically cured? ahhh movie magic.

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"I knew the jig was up when I saw the P-51D-20-NA Mustang blue-nosed bastards from Bodney, and by the way the blue was more of a royal blue than an indigo and the inner landing gear interiors were NOT green, over Berlin."

Yep. I wound up serving alongside someone who'd been a ground crew member on the Apaches used in the movie. He told me he heard senior Army leadership around the 'set' all talking about how every was going to wanna join the Army after the movie came out, just like Top Gun did for the Navy. Boy, that sure didn't happen, did it?
So like I said, go watch that movie and come back and again tell me how bad Top Gun was. At least TG was entertaining!

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Life member, 91st BG Memorial Association
Owner, 1944 Willys MB #366014
Former REMF (US Army, O3)

if the hollywood moguls make a sequel w/ maverick / cruise coming back, then they had better portray him as an admiral by now. it would not bode to well for navy recruiting to have a near 30 year pilot still as a lieutenant!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!