Admiral: Which planes do you and in the air for the next shot? Director: Yes

Love, love, LOVE the Jolly Rogers paint scheme. One of the best.

@KogaTora25

4 жыл бұрын

Literally the best looking cat squad ever....👍👍 Fear the bones ☠️

@marklivingstone3710

3 жыл бұрын

Would have been a great irony if the squadron had been Sundowners.😉

@rickwilliamson9248

3 жыл бұрын

@@marklivingstone3710 Well played!!

@skinniestfatman5641

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know, I think the Grim Reapers have a sick tail art

@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM

2 жыл бұрын

The "Wolfpack" does it for me.

"Strike Force, this is Strike Leader... Do not create a grandfather paradox thus destroying the fabric of spacetime, over"

@HiopX

3 жыл бұрын

Strike Leader, this is Strike Force. We work with multiverse theory of time travel.

I love how they Launch an EA-6A to jam all of those sophisticated Japanese electronics they had back in the day.

@boymahina123

5 жыл бұрын

Radar was at it's infancy but it still got the job done. So yeah.

@MrSpychecker

5 жыл бұрын

boymahina123 By the end of the war Japan had radar. However, at the start, they did not. Japan only started fielding land-based radar systems around the time of pearl harbour, let alone ship-borne systems. So at the time of Pearl Harbour, when the attack in this video was mounted, Japan wouldn’t have had any radar. In defence, the Prowler may have been useful in jamming radio communications between the Japanese forces.

@boymahina123

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah... Forgot abt the comms-blocking capability of EW aircraft.

@CaptainRon956

5 жыл бұрын

It's not used to jam radar, they are converted A-6E WCSI Intruder's. They are attack aircraft. They provided first generation laser guided bombs & missiles. Harpoon and SLAM missiles in that time both had similar guidance systems however WCSI SLAM equipped aircraft still needed a nearby A-6E to guide them...

@cheapscifi

5 жыл бұрын

how can you tell between ea6 and regular a6?

We were a Grumman family - Dad was a machinist and helped build the Tomcat. If there's a more beautiful fighter, I haven't seen it!

@sid2112

Жыл бұрын

She was a beauty.

@heccsclips3319

Жыл бұрын

ever seen the spitfire?

@EnderKnightGames

Жыл бұрын

@@heccsclips3319 ever seen an A-10?

@heccsclips3319

Жыл бұрын

@@EnderKnightGames Yea of course its just not very pretty looking

@nitsgupta6670

9 ай бұрын

​@@heccsclips3319bruh ew

I would have loved to see the reaction of the Japanese Admiral looking up and seeing this force approaching his fleet.

@arbysandtehchief5494

4 жыл бұрын

Yamamoto: I've made a terrible mistake. The giant is already woke. Turn around and pack it up boys.

@RGInquisitor

4 жыл бұрын

Japan would have been like: "It's just a prank, bro! We weren't really going to attack you by surprise!"

@techstuf4637

4 жыл бұрын

"Saisho no nakama, chairo no pantsu o motte kite" roughly translated, means: "First mate, bring me my brown pants".

@williamsimmons152

3 жыл бұрын

The thing is...with today’s weapons, they wouldn’t even see them.

@tommissouri4871

2 жыл бұрын

With the speed of a Tomcat, they could have easily sent in two or four, let them do a fly by across their decks at speed, and then leave straight up. The performance show would have left the Japanese wondering how they were going to go up against a force that can fly right up to them, cross over, and leave with such impunity.

So so many amazing screenshots got from this video, awesome movie, loved it when came out. makes me miss my days on the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN69 bk in early 90s. So cool to have em show so much of how the some of the flight ops works and some of the weapon handling with so many aircraft, not just showing 1 or 2 being launched etc.. this movie def is a classic.

I wish movies were still like this. Filmed on the ships and airborne.

@CDRhammond

4 жыл бұрын

Wait for TOPGUN 2 Tom Cruise and the other cast members ride back seat in the F-18 E and experienced everything I once did as a Naval Aviator. its coming out this summer and needless to say I cant wait to watch it opening day

@iMobius

4 жыл бұрын

LCDRhammond back seat of a F/A-18F the E one is a single seat fighter

@CDRhammond

4 жыл бұрын

@@iMobius your right that was a mistake on my part something that has been happening with me a lot the past few months due to lack of sleep they used the F model in the movie and made it appear like the E

@Erin-Thor

4 жыл бұрын

I like the reality, less special effects is a good thing!

@Mark-OutWest

4 жыл бұрын

I recently stumbled onto a show called The Last Ship. A lot of fun to watch and looked really good. Seems like they filmed aboard several Arleigh Burkes.

I feel old looking at this. In my day this was the exact air wing composition my ship had. Every one of those planes are long gone now.

@mrbloodmuffins

7 жыл бұрын

You still have plenty of options on today's carriers. You can have F 18, F 18 or F18. No disrespect to the F 18 but they are ALL F18s (except for AWACS and transport)

@bumaximous45

6 жыл бұрын

Enterprise 03 tomar was in it's final 3 years.

@woodychadwick9834

4 жыл бұрын

Sadness, over.

@ashleighelizabeth5916

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing left but plastic bugs, Ewacs and Greyhounds...

@awesomeaiden5218

3 жыл бұрын

I once saw an F 14. Doesn’t fly tho.

Its so good to watch a movie filmed without CGI

@unitedstatesofamerica5876

2 жыл бұрын

Oh is it amazing its just amazing dude

@animaljustice7774

Жыл бұрын

Yessssss!!! A real damn story for once!

@animaljustice7774

Жыл бұрын

@@unitedstatesofamerica5876 stop using that word amazing

I first saw this movie when I was a kid in the 80s. I still have to rewatch this movie as a 44 year old. It just nicely satisfies when I want a cool time travel movie.

2:51 now THAT is a strike package

@timengineman2nd714

2 жыл бұрын

Considering that the IJN didn't have any radars at that time, the EA6's were kinda useless....

RIP Kirk DEouglas. Made the Tomcat cool before Top Gun did. (Edit: it's was already cool!)

@kmmediafactory

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, this movie came out 6 years before Top Gun! That movie had more emotion and whatnot, but this was pure naval power and tactics. Carriers, destroyers, Tomcats, prowlers, Intruders, Corsairs, Crusaders, Vikings, Sea Kings, Hawkeyes, most of which TG never had! And yes, Kirk Douglas was a legend. From Captain of the Nimitz to leader of the Romans (Sparticus), he lived more than a century, from 1916 to 2020. Rest in Peace sir.

1:42 That looked like a locked tire and subsequent tire explosion

@LordArthurWellesley

4 жыл бұрын

Thats the same plane that they catch with the net at the beginning of the movie, because of that tire explosion.

This movie was so underrated

@edwarddowney2513

3 жыл бұрын

Soooooo underrated..

@djsmith2871

Ай бұрын

Showed the actual flight operations of a carrier long before and much better than Top Gun. Did it even better than Top Gun Maverick, which at least had an E-2D Hawkeye in it. The Final Countdown had it all, including a reconnaissance RF-8 Crusader making photo passes.

This was a really good movie (with not the nest dialogue writing or acting for the extras) but it was SUCH a huge disappointment when you realize you're not going to get to see any version where the officers in the Japanese carriers look up and see a flight of Tomcats and Intruders inbound, the flight lead calls tally ho on the flat tops and calls weapons free. What American wouldn't want to see that scene?

@merlinelmaje

5 жыл бұрын

@@seanhamilton8502 This movie was called Coitus Interruptus!! we need another version of "what if..."

@zandarrthegreat6790

5 жыл бұрын

100% agreed. It was one big tease.

@DragonstarFighter

4 жыл бұрын

You aren't the only one who wants a "what would have happened" ending

@arohk1579

4 жыл бұрын

New movie How the USS Nimitz ended WW2 lol.

@timothyball4906

4 жыл бұрын

Well any Japanese born to America might not like it. Or any who have family in Japan, but I don't know. It all depends on family ties. Think grin.

He forgot to add this scene, but after the rescued Japanese pilot being escorted by armed Marines arrives on the carrier deck and sees an F-14 landing, the pilot's expression is like "Wait what? We're going up against THAT?!"

In the catapult launch montage, did I see an F8 Crusader?

@bayushizero

9 жыл бұрын

Arklight80 Yeah, I saw the A-7 earlier in the scene. Then suddenly, an F8 Crusader... waaat!?

@saburusakai

9 жыл бұрын

bayushizero It's an RF-8 recon versoin, look at the forward fuselage, cameras, no 20mm. They were still usign them at the time, as it was a while before they got the recon pods for the F-14s Keep in mind that Carter was still pres (for just a litle longer thank God), and the Navy had their budget cut almost as badly as the current guy has done. The tires were probably worn out, like they were during Clinton's term whree I photographed one that would get your car pulled over if it was on your car. No parts, no tires, like now. The Nimitz was one of the few CVNs at that time that could actually be considered fully operational. No money for ops, kinda like now, with all three of our operational CVNs at any one time ouit of 11, much like then. The RF-8 did its job quite well though. THye do have ECM pods on the A-6Es though, which they would not be carrying , as there is nothing for them to jam. No SAMs, no radar, nothing. Still a great movie tho9ugh. I saw it in the theatre. loved it.

@orencio1969

4 жыл бұрын

yes

@orencio1969

4 жыл бұрын

also the a5

@reneharris3733

3 жыл бұрын

También el S-3 Viking

They look really cool in their light grey with bright colours 👍

Man did this bring back good memories nothing has compared to launching off the catapult of a navy carrier though for me it was the F/A-18 unfortunately didn't get to play with the Tomcat long since it was retired in 2006

I always found the appeal in this movie not just from the crazy sci fi, but the deeper examination of how they shouldn’t mess with history. Put that with a carrier fighter group and F-14s and they did it well.

時空を越えた時間と歴史の狭間を体験出来たのは貴重でした❗何故か大好きな作品です‼️

2:17 That was my father's Squadron in 1978-79. I was 6 when it came out,and watched it at a Drive- in that doesn't exist anymore.

@neruil77

Жыл бұрын

I really missed drive-in theater.. if I had the money, I would start one up.

Reminds me of myself before in 1988 VF-84 F-14A.

DIRECTOR: I want all possible F-14B in the air, a few AAA tanks, Jammers and bombing squadron, all in 1 shot.

@TheAngelOfDeath01

3 жыл бұрын

You got it!

@benjaminperez7328

Жыл бұрын

Those are F-14As. Black exhaust nozzles…..😉

Red 5 standing by.

The best thing about this movie? No CGI.

Awesome 'cat' launches!!!!

Great stuff loved "The Final Countdown" as a kid (even if the plot of a nuclear aircraft carrier getting "sucked backwards in time" to just before Dec 7,1941 is a little hokey)! It was some of the best F-14 Tomcat footage on screen until "Top Gun" came out. One minor gripe, why is the volume so low?

@les4767

4 жыл бұрын

probably to avoid a copyright ban.

@cailanericrice6947

2 жыл бұрын

I still think this has better Tomcat footage than Top Gun. This is the movie that eventually led to my joining the Navy. It may have had hokey special effects, but TFC was a better overall movie, too.

@therealsenorisgrig

2 жыл бұрын

@@cailanericrice6947 top gun has a strong intro and ending, but the footage in this is at least equal if not better

1:48 The most awesome salute in the history of steam catapult launches.

@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM

2 жыл бұрын

The Pilot who done that, explains the reason for it on the "F14 Tomcast" YT chanel.

That takeoff montage is the best in any movie.

What a wonderful blast from the past!!!.

its a old good movie must watch

I love the hell out of this movie.

Jolly Rogers 🏴‍☠️ in action 🇺🇸☠️🇺🇸☠️🇺🇸

You can see A-7E Corsair modex "412" blow a tire during launch at 1:44. This aircraft had to be recovered into the barricade, they used that footage earlier in the movie just after Nimitz goes through the portal.

@Orca19904

6 жыл бұрын

Impressive bit of trivia. I always wondered about that sideways puff of steam and had written it off as a simple innocuous quirk of the catapult on that one launch.

@kieranlindsay1220

5 жыл бұрын

my brorher worked on the A7 sidewinder fleet on Nimitz she was a good multi task aircraft

The music in this movie was just PERFECT!

The Final Countdown is the OG to Top Gun and Back to the Future.

The filmmaker worked around the personnel on the aircraft carrier and the action you see with the aircraft is real. The actors play their role on the carrier and the movie is made with financial help from the studio to the Navy.

@markhogan9435

5 жыл бұрын

It was odd on deck we still had a job to do, I was a brown shirt(plane capt), but seeing a camera mounted on a tripod right in the middle of the bow, we had to launch our plane and stay out of the view of the camera, kinda of a headache at first. But when I heard K. Douglas was in it, I knew then it would be a good movie and all this mess would be worth it...I was with VF 41 and jolly Rogers, our sister squadron, took all the action....felt kinda left out...but hey...that's Hollywood. They did get disestablished later...didn't see that coming.....

Prowlers Intruders Tom Cats Oh My !!!!

Strange how Tomcats and Hollywood may be forever personnified by Top Gun, which was a Top Movie on its own for sure. But there was some great stuff in The Final Coutdown too. The story was appealing, the acting was good (Sheen/Douglas) and the shooting was very impressive. I would say the aero shooting was as good as in Top Gun, no less. Plus it was a great time to film with the Tomcats and other birds in high viz camo. I still remember the line about the "the time paradox" i.e. if you go back in time and kill you grandpa you cannot be possibly be born and thus kill him. Epic.

At 2:14 that A6 had practice bombs attached to the MER no live ones...oops. And quite of few of the birds were taking off with only expansion fuel tanks or clean wings (no armament) attached. Still one of my favorite launch and F14 scenes in a movie.

Now I have to go watch the movie again.

I have this movie on DVD. Love it.👍

Love the music!

1:01 I wonder if that guy ever did get that promotion to colonel for that crazy mission going up that damn river.

Sheen couldn't have been happy being on the Nimitz... Tomcats, Intruders and Corsair II's got to love it..

Oh God, the Intruder was such a good looker.

RIP Kirk Douglas. Great movie.

That'll be one hell of a fun queue for landing afterwards

“ Cougar it’s time to land!! Cougar!!!”

THANK YOU BENDICIONES GOD BLESS YOU AMÉRICA

I first saw the F-14 at the Oceana Naval Air Station in 1974, I was awestricken! ! Doc Mike USN

Blue balls... well time to play Ace Combat

@d.thieud.1056

4 жыл бұрын

Play DCS Instead. Ace combat would be if Michael bay remade this movie. DCS has the F-14 and a bunch of warbirds for you to actually do this with as well, though maybe not the zero itself.

we all want a remake of this movie!

@HiopX

3 жыл бұрын

Screw that. I want a sequel where the time travel phenomenon is figure out and entire international up to date task force to stop WW2. → Harriers joining the battle of Britain → B2 bombing Berlin → GSG9 strike team assassinating Hitler I'm open to suggestions

@blisteringstars

3 жыл бұрын

@@HiopX bri'ish

@RW4X4X3006

2 жыл бұрын

In CGI? No thanks.

I love seeing the real ordinance for the mission,not the blue bombs (used for a CAP mission??) of Top Gun

"Is Commander Owen in the air yet?" Well, damn captain, you're standing on the bridge with a complete view of the flight deck. You should be able to see where Commander Owen is.

At the end of the movie when the Nimitz aircraft were ordered back (zeros in sight on radar), before turning around I'd have a "missile failure" resulting in the launch of my missiles (hoping others would have the same failure). ;-)

@CDRhammond

4 жыл бұрын

Ya you could do that but then you better be able to deal with the court martial afterwards as well as more then likely never stepping into any military cockpit ever again

@williamt.sherman9841

4 жыл бұрын

not even considering the effect on the space time continuum. They go back to the present day to find Nazi or Communist control of the planet because the US never entered WW2. Honestly while its cool seeing the Navy planes from that era the plot of Final Countdown is pretty stupid.

@idunbeezasmart1

4 жыл бұрын

@@williamt.sherman9841 The concept of time travel is pretty stupid, but it's fun to pretend.

The entrance to the National Naval Aviation Museum has a Tomcat dressed in Jolly Rogers at it's front door. Located aboard NAS Pensacola. Same as in this movie.

The Ordies got some good screen time in.

Love the movie, great quality print when I saw it recently. Just needs some background music during launch.

Arguably much better Tomcat and Carrier footage in this movie then in Top Gun.

Alpha strike... every plane that can fly, flies.

F-14 tomcat best jet fighter

@pumelo1

3 жыл бұрын

It was sexy but the upgraded version F-14D was way better!!!

Definitely one of my favorite movies history syfi😂and yes a couple of f14s could have changed everything easily 😂❤

Good movie. Good cast

Want To Mess With An F-14 Tomcat, Be My Guest.

They could not film a movie like this now days they had full access to the ship and crew as extras could not do it now with all the security we have This I am sure was a boost to the Navy recruiting wise !

cameleon's tongue with all do respect, sir

Did you know the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier in 1980 had the biggest armed strike force for the last parts of the 20th century more than any other carrier? Here's what it had: McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms, Northrop Grumman F-14 Tomcats, Vought RF-8 Crusaders, Vought A-7 Corsairs, Northrop Grumman A-6 Intruders, Northrop Grumman EA-6 Prowlers, McDonnell Douglas EA-3 Skywarriors, Lockheed Martin S-3 Vikings, Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeyes, Northrop Grumman C-2 Greyhounds, and Northrop Grumman C-1 Traders for airplanes. Plus SH-3 Sea Kings and RH-53 Sea Stallions for helicopters. A total of 136 aircraft on the USS Nimitz, WOW!!! And they we're going up against 408 Japanese World War II airplanes which were Mitsubishi A6M Zeros, Aichi D3A Val's, and Nakajima B5N Kate's that took off of Japan's 6 World War II aircraft carriers! Thanks!

@baneblackguard584

5 жыл бұрын

no they weren't, they were up against a bunch of boats that had no hope of retaliating. they wouldn't have been up against hardly any airplanes. a token guard, but most of the planes would be getting outfitted for the attack on pearl harbor. the initial strike on the fleet would have occurred before they even knew jets were around. it would have been a massacre. Japanese didn't have advanced longer range radar on ships. the first salvo of missiles would have hit long before they had detected the planes.

@patrickreilly2338

5 жыл бұрын

Wow u know your history I am Xusn and didn't know all that

@rconger24

5 жыл бұрын

Split the task force. Send half to meet the attack as they flew south over Oahu to Pearl. The other half to where they knew the defenseless carriers would be, causing the Japanese to disappear in their own way. A senseless war would have been avoided. The future atomics could have averted to peaceful means.

@Fifthmiracle

4 жыл бұрын

@@rconger24 There war in the Pacific might have been averted. But the war in Europe was already ongoing. The Germany was working on an atomic weapon. So the Manhattan project would have still happened, D-day would still have happened. Japan was an Axis ally they get pulled into the war when Hitler declares war on the US.

@Onizukachan915

3 жыл бұрын

@@rconger24 the war was on, Pearl Harbor or not. It wasn’t jut Pearl Harbor attacked and Japan declared war on the US before the attack. Though their message wasn’t decoded and delivered by the Japanese until an hour after the US had already decoded it and the attack had already occurred.

Damn this looks better then my old VHS tape. How the hell you find an HD version?

To this day I’m still furious we didn’t get the battle scene. I know models would be difficult, real vehicles even harder but still… someone should do the battle no a days, we have the CGI to do it pretty damn well

LAUNCH EVERYTHING!!! :)

please some one make more movies like this fantastic a million years old

at 1:44 crusader blows a tire!!!!! cause the wheel is jammed

@get2dachoppa249

3 жыл бұрын

That was an A-7, not an RF-8.

Let's be honest... you play "highway to the dangerzone" in your head...

I understand now, all that macross/robotech references, they took ideas from this movie, including the skull on tail

Towards the end of the movie I kept thinking, before returning to the ship and the zeros were in radar range ("but we can see them") the jet pilots should have fired all of their missiles (aim at leading planes).

この空母はたしか、ニミッツだったかな

The Japanese fleet wouldn't stand against the Tomcats, Corsair and Intruders. That would've been a disaster for them.

@diablolrm90

9 жыл бұрын

Brandon Bryant Their lighter armored ships won't stand a chance, but it actually takes quite a bit of ordnance, even modern ones, to sink something like a battleship. Disabling it is much easier though.

@Avofan

6 жыл бұрын

Brandon Bryant accepted the A-6s couldn't do much outside of Aerial Refueling.

@engared

6 жыл бұрын

Battleships were built to take an extended amount of punishment from larger munitions. It would be extremely difficult to sink, even with modern anti-ship missiles. Modern anti-ship weaponry is built to evade defenses and destroy lightly armored ships; not to penetrate the extremely heavily armored citadels of battleships. And even if penetrated, the battleship could stay in the fight. It would take hundreds of missiles or more to sink a battleship. The best thing to kill a battleship would be a torpedo, which was always the battleship's weakness. But as far as I know, air-dropped torpedoes are a thing of the past.

@engared

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah with air-dropped torpedo and air piercing bombs; both of which modern missiles are not built to do. Also, depends on the type of battleship; the battleships sunk at Pearl were mainly WW1 era Super Dreadnoughts and not "modern" Battleships like the Nagato, Iowa, South Dakota or Yamato. The armored citadels were built to resist 16 inch shell fire and keep on fighting. A 16 inch shell hit has way, way more KE than modern aircraft dropped anti-ship missiles. At the moment, there are no more anti-ship torpedoes in service; which are and have always been the bane of Battleships. Battleships are extremely top heavy so damaging or creating unequal buoyancy has always been the way to sink them. Tanks are a completely other matter. What you are talking about seems to be HESH effect and modern spal liners prevent HESH from creating spall shrapnel from wrecking the crew. Modern tanks have a mix of armor in order to defeat HEAT rounds and Kinetic energy penetrators. The rule is generally a super dense material to defeat KE and ceramic/mixed material plates to defeat HEAT. Battleship armor does not work at all like tanks. Completely different philosophy.

@shinku5463

5 жыл бұрын

Problem is they'll run out of missiles and ammo engaging so many of them.

It never fail to amazed me, a pilot engaging a future combat plane, that's at least 100 years in the future! What if emerge into present, their jaw will fall off seeing F22 F35B V22, apache! Its nice to see fantasy movies like, the bombing of pearl harbor! WW2

Huh I didn’t know the Kestrel went back in time ;)

@KogaTora25

4 жыл бұрын

Nice razgriz ref. 👍

Skull and Crossbones. Strike Fighter Squadron 103 (VFA-103) at 1:09 Welcome to Tomcat Alley.

@CDRhammond

4 жыл бұрын

Would have been VF-84 here VF is tomcat squadrons VFA is hornet which the squadron transitioned to when they started taking up the 18's I believe in 2005 VF-31 (my squadron) was the last to fly the tomcat becoming VFA-31 in 2006 to present

@JamesinAZ

4 жыл бұрын

@@CDRhammond The Tomcat was such a cool, pretty plane to watch. Especially back then, when the carriers had a variety role of planes to fill certain rolls. Now, the Hornet is pretty much an all in 1 plane now.

@CDRhammond

4 жыл бұрын

@@JamesinAZ Ya the hornet is a multi purpose fighter can do everything from going out and dogfighting or escorting high value assets to bombing the hell out of enemy targets did it all as a 18 driver. cant imagine what will happen when the hornet is eventually phased out for the F-35 if they can get them carrier ready that is.

This movie was a great idea, it just didn't go far enough.

@ashleighelizabeth5916

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. It's very anti climatic IMO. It was great up until the end though.

@promcheg

3 жыл бұрын

@@ashleighelizabeth5916 Do you know "Weapons of Choice" by John Birmingham?

Quentin Torrentino needs to do a remake of this movie and give it a happy ending! Inglorious Bastards Pacific edition!

@rcomaduran

3 жыл бұрын

Someone call QT!!

Like wasps spooked outa their nest

i love crusader

@TheProjektcc ur an expert i see... tsch.. a whole fleet u say? I bet ya they damage it enough to sink it

THANK YOU BENDICIONES GOD BLESS YOU 🙏 🙌 SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO U.S.A AMÉN 🙌 U.S NAVY

@onblock7 Yeah I like the Jolly Rogers skull and crossbones too/

One of the best movies ever

Also *Before TopGun*

The Phoenix missile was mahoosive.

I didn't realize Roy Folker served in the Navy

2:34 Snuck an RF-8 in there.

@pumelo1

11 ай бұрын

👏👏Yes it is recon F-8A .The plane is without cannons and has "square ramps" on the bottom of the fuselage where the built-in cameras are.

That Skull Squadron

@CDRhammond

4 жыл бұрын

VF-84 Jolly Rogers they later became VFA-103 after the 18 took over for the Tomcat

AMÉN THANK YOU SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO U.S.A 🇺🇸🇵🇷

Need to remake as a series to include the technology and social changes arriving into 1941.

THEY GOTTA DO A RE-MAKE OF THIS MOVIE! And hopefully take it seriously enough to make it awesome.

@setesh1294

5 жыл бұрын

unfortunately it would be nearly impossible today due to how tight security is these days on and surrounding our carriers. Hell, getting permission to film Top Gun 2 must have been a nightmare.

I would have loved to see them take on the entire japanese task force One modern aircraft carrier would sink them all lol

@DigimonProtectors

4 жыл бұрын

One wing of them would sink everything they had in less than an hour. Air to Ship missiles are a bitch. And they can engage at altitude the Japanese can't even dream of.

@danielbond9755

4 жыл бұрын

One modern destroyer could also have done the job. A handful of tomahawks would have been more than enough.

@ashleighelizabeth5916

3 жыл бұрын

There is a great piece of fan fiction that depicts the results of that. It is...well shock and awe comes to mind.