Title: Top Gun 2: Did Tom Cruise really pilot US Navy fighters jets in Maverick?
Headings: Top Gun 2: Did Tom Cruise really pilot US Navy fighters jets in Maverick?
Top Gun 2: Did Tom Cruise really pilot US Navy fighters jets in Maverick?
Did Tom Cruise learn to fly fighter jets for Top Gun 2?
Did he actually fly military jets in Top Gun: Maverick?
John Thomas Didymus

Content: But after Cruise confirmed that the flight sequences in the movie were real and fans saw him in the trailer released yesterday apparently flying Navy fighter jets and performing stunts in them, many have been asking whether the Navy actually allowed him to fly their jets. But as Entertainment Weekly pointed out, U.S. military law does not allow civilians to use military equipment, including military jets. So the scenes which involve actual flights and stunts in U.S. Navy fighter jets would have to be performed by authorized personnel. But Cruise actually flew aircraft in the movie. Some of the scenes showing him in the cockpit were real as he said at Comic-Con. But he was not flying Navy fighter jets, he was flying other types of aircraft that were provided for the shooting. But even if Tom Cruise — who is known to favor performing his own stunts in his movies — learned to fly real fighter jets to play his role as flight instructor Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, it would be unrealistic to expect that he would be able to perform all the aerial stunts in the movie. It is unlikely that he would be able to acquire the level of professional expertise required to safely perform dangerous and complex stunts. The movie creators will still need to rely on highly skilled professionals to perform the stunts. Top Gun: