Navy fighter pilot Matthew “Whiz” Buckley breaks down the fighter jets featured in Top Gun: Maverick. Whiz, in incredible detail, explains everything you need to know about the iconic F-14A Tomcat, F/A-18 Hornet, P-51 Mustang, SU-57 and more. He also takes a critical look at the film itself. Just how realistic is Top Gun: Maverick?
Director: Maya Dangerfield
Director of Photography: Kevin Layne
Editor: Louis Lalire
Talent: Matthew “Whiz” Buckley
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Samantha Vélez
Production Manager: Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
On-Site Producer: Carolina Sauer
Gaffer: Anthony Duckett
Audio: Justin Hall
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Ben Harowitz
00:00 – “As a result of (Top Gun), everyone wanted to be a Navy fighter pilot!”
00:33 – F-14A Tomcat
02:00 – F/A-18 Hornet
04:20 – P-51 Mustang
05:06 – F-35A Lightning II
06:55 – SU-57 “Felon”
08:29 – Dark Star
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Russians taking notes: “So… what else the plane can do”
Iran dont have it now
i still see the tom cat as the prettiest machine ever made… its like a metal angel.
“that was not career-enhancing either” lmao
Thank you for your service and excellent video.
In a proper world this guy would be a household name in America but we are stuck with Kardashians.
The f35 is much better looking than any other aircraft, maybe beaten by the f22.
stop saying “face of the planet” all the time
F35 nozzle moves to help it turn tighter? Really? How so?
since apparently no one wants to talk about it, he said “f35a” which is wrong, its a f35c i believe and the only way it uses the thurst vector is to vtol, not to turn tighter
F-35B that can VTOL yeah, idk if he mistaken for F-22
What is the fighter jet name behind the pilot 💀🫡
Shouldn’t minimize what you all do as fighter pilots… not everyone can be a fighter pilot… there are people that cannot find their way out of a wet paper bag
Gotta disagree with that last statement. Not just anyone belongs in military aviation or is close to capable on that level.
So clear this is american propaganda with his talking on the su-57
Build a functional stealth fighter and maybe people won’t make fun of it.
su-57 copy of f-35 ???delulululuu
Sure, just ignore the F-15…
So your squadron knew your surname is Buckley and they didn’t go for Buckeye as your call-sign why?
Just came across your video, Whiz. Enjoyed it.
At 0:44, you used the wrong imagery to illustrate the AIM-7 Sparrow. The missile shown is actually the AGM-88 HARM, High speed Anti-Radiation Missile used to destroy radars. You can tell by the LAU-118 launch rails attached to the missiles. The Sparrow’s launchers (ejector or launch rail) usually stay on the jet.
The comment that got me was “when the enemy pilot leaves his house and gets to the air station we know thats already happened”
The SR-71 Blackbird looks like a Thunderbird