Two fighter pilots, Phil Clark and Jay Rivers, who flew together in Vietnam are assigned to the elite Air Force Fighter Weapons School (known as "Red Flag") at Nellis AFB, Nevada, about a decade after the war. Brash, self-confident Clark is an instructor, while quieter, family man Rivers is the student. At first, the two men resume their friendship. But as the student starts to show the master a thing or two, tensions develop. Can their relationship survive the stresses of one of the military's top schools?
Practical Effects
Real Nellis AFB footage that Top Gun later borrowed.
Acting
Bostwick's mustache deserves separate billing.
Director
Don Taylor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Red Flag exercises began in 1975 to address abysmal Vietnam pilot survival rates; this film cashed in on renewed Cold War aviation fascination before Top Gun dominated 1986.
Director Don Taylor also helmed Damien: Omen II, proving his range spans 'possessed child' to 'possessed by machismo.'
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