Title: Top Gun: Maverick’s New Fighter Jet Explained | Screen Rant
Headings: Top Gun: Maverick’s New Fighter Jet Explained
Top Gun: Maverick’s New Fighter Jet Explained
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Content: The aircraft provides a more diverse role than the F-14 Tomcat, as it has both air-to-ground and air-to-air capabilities, with its primary function being the suppression of enemy air defences. The F/A-18F Super Hornet is designed for a two-person crew, both seats have pilot capabilities; however, the back seat is generally for a Weapons System Officer. The F/A-18F Super Hornet can reach speeds up to 1190 mph, putting it 350 mph slower than the F-14 Tomcat, but the F/A-18F Super Hornet has increased agility and better control than the F-14 Tomcat. In an interview with Popular Science, former F/A-18F Super Hornet pilot and TOPGUN instructor Vincent “Jell-O” Aiello says, “The F-18, while very capable, and extremely competent in its own right, doesn’t quite have the same bad-boy image as an F-14.” The F/A-18F Super Hornet should provide a new modern element to Top Gun: Maverick. Additionally, the two-person crew of the aircraft is expected to give more dialogue between characters, specifically Maverick and whoever his co-pilot is (maybe Goose’s son ?). Fans should also be excited because even though the F-14 Tomcat has been retired, at the very end of the Top Gun: Maverick trailer, the plane can be seen flying over snowy mountaintops.