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• Producers: Traditions Military Videos
• Region: All Regions
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000VW7ZSW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,728 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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This video contains several films. The first film, produced in the 1970s, provides an overview of the early days of the Navy's Top Gun school at Miramar, California. It documents the five weeks of training F-14 pilots received. Includes classroom scenes and excellent scenes of F-14s in training combat missions against T-38 Talons and F-5E Tigers. The second film, No Points For Second Place, documents the role of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat as the Navy's premiere fighter plane, which - at that time - was being promoted as a countermeasure to the Soviet Union's advances in fighter technology. Includes excellent footage of the F-14 in action, as well as interviews with Tomcat pilots. Most of the ground scenes were filmed at NAS Miramar and the air se quences were shot over the California desert. The third film, F-14 Air Combat Maneuvering was filmed at Miramar and looks at the F-14's overall capabilities in combat. The fourth film, F-14: One of a Kind, focuses on Tomcat's weapons systems incl uding the Phoenix, Sparrow and Sidewinder missiles and its gatling guns. The fifth film, Day in a Squadron, documents the routine activities of Tomcat squadron VF-124, based at Miramar in the 1970s. The last part of this video documents the last day of the Top Gun school at Miramar. Includes F-14s taking off from Miramar on their way to their new home in Fallon, Nevada.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Historical Footage, November 15, 2010

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This review is from: F-14 Tomcat And Navy Fighter Weapons School "Top Gun," at NAS Miramar" (DVD)

Great historical programs featuring the F-14 when it was entering the fleet. The second, third and forth programs had an intense reddish hue and a rough edge on the right side of the frame. Despite some really great footage showing the F-14 in action, the reddish hue almost made it unbearable for me to watch. The subject matter and narration were what made those programs worth it to me. I've seen some of the footage before, but without the reddish hue and scratchy borders, so I'm guessing the footage on the DVDs came from old tapes that have lost some of the picture quality. If picture quality of the footage is important to you, this may not be the dvd for you. If you are a fan of the F-14 or Naval Aviation, this is a great find. These are original programs produced in the 1970s by the US Navy/Grumman/Northrop (except for the last program which covers Topgun's move from Miramar to Fallon). Footage of the pilots briefing and debriefing was awesome and really well done, and the footage of the aircraft in action was great and much of it very rare. I enjoyed this a lot.