and navigator. RP-3A and RP-3D Orion serving as ocean project coordinator and navigator. S-3 Viking (S-3A and S-3B) serving as tactical coordinator (TACCO) and co-pilot/tactical coordinator (COTAC). ES-3A Shadow serving as electronic warfare officer and co-pilot/electronic warfare officer. WP-3A Orion serving as navigator. RP-3A and RP-3D Orion serving as navigator and ocean projects coordinator. EP-3J Orion serving as navigator and electronic warfare officer. P-3A, P-3B and P-3B TACNAVMOD Orion, and P-3C Orion serving as navigator/communicator and tactical coordinator. NFOs have also served as instructors/mission commanders in since retired training aircraft such as the UC-45 Expeditor, T-29 Flying Classroom, several variants of the T-39 Sabreliner, the TC-4C Academe, T-47A Citation II and the USAF T-43A Bobcat. Popular culture One of the key characters in the popular film Top Gun is LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw, played by Anthony Edwards, an F-14 radar intercept officer (RIO) teamed with his pilot, LT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, played by Tom Cruise. Several others were LTJG Ron "Slider" Kerner, RIO to LT Tom "Iceman" Kazansky; LT Sam "Merlin" Neills, LT Bill "Cougar" Cortell's RIO; and LTJG Leonard "Wolfman" Wolfe, LT Rick "Hollywood" Neven's RIO. LTJG Marcus "Sundown" Williams (played by Clarence Gilyard Jr.) is the RIO of LTJG Charles "Chipper" Piper (played by Adrian Pasdar) and served as Maverick's RIO right after the latter went back to operational flight status following the accident that led to Goose's death. In the film Flight of the Intruder, Willem Dafoe played LCDR Virgil "Tiger" Cole, who served as an A-6 B/N (bombardier/navigator) with his pilot, LT Jake "Cool Hand" Grafton, played by Brad Johnson. In the film Behind Enemy Lines, Owen Wilson played LT Chris Burnett, a weapon systems officer in an F/A-18F Super Hornet. In the film Top Gun: Maverick, several actors portray F/A-18F weapon systems officers, to include Lewis Pullman as LT Robert "Bob" Floyd, Danny Ramirez as LT Mickey "Fanboy" Garcia, Jake Picking at LT Brigham "Harvard" Lennox, and Kara Wang as LT Callie "Halo" Bassett. During the film, numerous flashbacks and references are also made to the deceased F-14 radar intercept officer, LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw, as played by Anthony Edwards in the 1986 Top Gun film as the RIO and close friend of then-LT, now CAPT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell as played by Tom Cruise, and as the late father of F/A-18E pilot LT Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw as played by Miles Teller. See also Naval aviator