From 1974 through 1986, the Navy’s famous flight demonstration team the Blue Angels used A-4s. Built by Douglas Aircraft, which later became McDonnell-Douglas, it was used extensively in Vietnam and flown by a half-dozen foreign forces. Note: Topgun used different types of A-4 Skyhawks over the years, these specs are for the A-4F.Ī-4 Skyhawk – Developed in the mid-1950s, the A-4 provided the Navy and Marine Corps with a simple, versatile aircraft that could be operated from aircraft carriers. Each type is further described in the glossary, in alphabetical order. This chart compares important specifications of the three main aircraft types in TOPGUN DAYS - A-4, F-5, and F-14 - showing top speed, fuel capacity, etc. Paramount Pictures decided to use it as two words when they titled their movie, "Top Gun." Some Navy people used two words, it was not a big deal in the 1980s but now has become more formalized as one word and usually all caps: TOPGUN. Up front, the question: Is "Topgun" one word or two? The Navy generally used it as a single word when referring to the squadron, officially called the Navy Fighter Weapons School. Some of these terms are slang or lingo, others are defined in doctrine. They may differ from how they are used by other services or other countries. Terms used in Bio's books Note: These definitions refer to how the terms are used in a US Navy environment, in the 1980s and 1990s.
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