tilley88
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Yeah, I’m looking forward to it for personal reasons. I was with fighter squadron VF-1 stationed at Miramar from the summer of 1983 til late 1986. I was there when they filmed many scenes for the movie. Our squadron shared the same hangar with the iconic Topgun. A shipmate and I were walking out to the flight line to work on one of our birds ( F-14 Tomcat ) when Kelly McGillis pulled up in a Jeep and started chatting with us. We didn’t know who she was until later. After our chat, we continued on to the flight line and came across a film crew setting up for a scene. I looked up at the cockpit and holy cow, it was Tom Cruise! Then he took off his sunglasses and it wasn’t, it was apparently his stunt double. We got to peek in on many scenes that were filmed, but for the most part we stayed out of their way and did our jobs. The original Topgun movie brings back great memories for me of my time in the Navy, and a fighter jet I’ve always considered the best in the world.