units as surrogate instructors. The program began as the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School, established on 3 March 1969, at the former Naval Air...

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retired United States Navy Captain, credited as being the leading force behind the creation of the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School program known...

the syllabus. The United States Navy Fighter Weapons School adopted the nimble subsonic A-4 Skyhawk to simulate subsonic Soviet fighters, while the Northrop...

of dissimilar aircraft for training was in 1969 by the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School (better known as "Topgun"), which used the A-4 Skyhawk...

Hawkeye) and is best known as the former location of the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School (NFWS), its TOPGUN training program and the movie of the...

The equipment of the United States Navy have been subdivided into: watercraft, aircraft, munitions, vehicles, and small arms. Commissioned surface ships...

Temporary limited duty TM – Torpedoman's mate TOPGUN – United States Navy Fighter Weapons School TSP – Troubled systems process TU – Task unit TYCOM –...

of active United States Navy aircraft squadrons. Deactivated or disestablished squadrons are listed in the list of inactive United States Navy aircraft...

Navy to disseminate the results of this highly classified project to combat pilots was part of the impetus to create the United States Navy Fighter Weapons...

Retrieved 27 August 2015. "F-5N/F Freedom Fighter | NAVAIR – U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command – Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Research, Development...

Strike Fighter Weapons School Atlantic (SFWSLANT), is a US Navy Atlantic Fleet weapons school based at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia...

established an advanced syllabus for fighter employment. Eventually the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School ("TOPGUN") was created. One of the critical...

The United States Navy's Carrier Airborne Early Warning Weapons School, more popularly known as CAEWWS (historically known as TOPDOME), is an American...

ships of the United States Navy all start with USS, for United States Ship. Non-commissioned, primarily civilian-crewed vessels of the U.S. Navy under the...

and United States Navy (USN) pilots conducted mock dogfights with the MiG-17s. Some instructors from the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School ("Top...

became an instructor at the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN). He served as deputy commander of the United States Space Command between 1996...

Strike Fighter Weapons School Pacific (SFWSPAC) is the Pacific Fleet Strike Fighter School which duty is to safely teach graduate level tactics, techniques...

The United States Navy built permanent and temporary submarine bases around the world to maintain its fleet of submarines and serve the needs of the crews...

The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States...

officer (LSO). In early 1970 he joined the relatively new United States Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) as an air-to-air and air-to-ground instructor...

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Weapons officer may refer to: United States Air Force weapons officer, a graduate of the USAF Weapons School Infantry weapons officer, a United States...

of the five nuclear-weapon states under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The UK initiated a nuclear weapons programme, codenamed...

(Anthony Edwards), are given the chance to train at the United States Navy's Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) at Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego,...

T-38 include NASA and the United States Navy. U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Maryland, is the principal US Navy operator. Other T-38s were...

against U.S. fighters. Data from the HAVE DOUGHNUT and HAVE DRILL tests were provided to the newly formed United States Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN)...

Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard. All six armed services are among the eight uniformed services of the United States, along with...

entitled Call Sign Revlon. The 1986 film Top Gun, set at the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School, featured several aviators with call signs, including...

have served in the United States Navy for over a century. As of 2020, there were 69,629 total women on active duty in the US Navy, with 11,076 serving...