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It was a movie making decision. The flight scenes are not flown by the actors. Instead they are in the back seat while actual pilots fly them.

The f-35c is a single seater. The Navy isn't letting actors fly their jets. So the only choice is the super hornet.

The f-22 is an air force jet, not Navy. Top Gun is Navy. The f-22 is also single seat.



Isn’t the super hornet the more common navy jet anyways? Yes, the navy has a few F35s, but their bread and butter are F18 super hornets.


Yes more common.


I've not seen the new movie but Miramar transitioned from Naval Airstation Miramar to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar a couple (?) decades ago.

So now I wonder what they did in the movie.




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