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Cruise's character, the son of a fighter pilot who was shot down during the Vietnam War and remains (as of the film) MIA, is selected for the Navy's elite " TOPGUN" fighter pilot school (US Navy Fighter Weapons School, now known as US Navy Strike Fighter Tactical Instruction) at Miramar, near San Diego, California. He falls in love with a beautiful female civilian instructor played by Kelly McGillis. His back seat crewmate in his F-14 Tomcat fighter aircraft (or "RIO") is killed in a training accident. The death of his close friend Nick "Goose" Bradshaw (played by Anthony Edwards) causes him to lose his nerve until the climactic air-to-air combat sequence at the end.

1 Trivia

• Goose's real name, Nick Bradshaw, is never spoken in the film (even by his wife and son); it can only be seen (briefly) on his and Maverick's fighter jet, on his flightsuit's name badge, and on his dog tags as Maverick throws them into the ocean.

• Christopher Blair's callsign in Wing Commander was originally intended to be "Falcon" but was later changed to "Maverick" as an homage to Top Gun.

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2 See also

Historical incidents similar to those in the film's climax:

• Gulf of Sidra incident (1981)The first Gulf of Sidra incident August 19, 1981, was the firing of an air to air missile by one of two Libyan Sukoi Su-22 Fitter fighter jets, followed by their shooting down by the US F-14 Tomcats they fired at. In 1973 Libya had claimed much of the Gul, USThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in- LibyanThis article is about Libya, the country in North Africa. For the mythical character of the same name see: Libya (mythology . The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya or Libya ( Arabic: ) is a country in North Africa, bordering the Mediterranea air engagement over territorial claim, 2 Libyan jets shot down by F-14s
• Gulf of Sidra incident (1989)The second Gulf of Sidra incident January 4, 1989, occurred when US F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libyan MiG-23 Flogger Es that appeared to be attempting to engage them, as had happened previously in the Gulf of Sidra incident (1981). In 1973 Libya claimed m, another US-Libyan air engagement over territorial claim, 2 Libyan jets shot down by F-14s