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Rooster's File (Eng ver.)

General Data 

Name : Bradshaw Bradley 

YG (Year Group) : 09 

Date (this file was) Processed : 200415 

SSN (Social Security Number) : **** 

Designator : 1310 (Naval aviator) 

Date of Birth : 840627 

Age : 35 

Prof. Serv. Date:

Promotional History 

Current Flag : 

CAPT (Captain, O6): 

CDR (Commander, O5): 

LCDR (Lieutenant Commander, O4): 

LT (Lieutenant, O3): 150522 

LTJG (Lieutenant junior grade, O2) : 130522 

ENS (Ensign, O1) : 110522 

Current WRNT :

Current Duty 

Present Duty Station Title : STRKFIGHTON EIGHT SEVEN (Strike Fighter Squadron 87 / VFA-87) 

Present Billet Title : AVTR (Aviator)

Education - Formal (College)

College : UVA (University of Virginia)

Year : 09 

Level : BACH/1 PR (Bachelor's+ 1 In-Progress?/ 1 Primary??) 

Major : POLY SCI (Political Science)

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Language : SPA (Spanish)

Proficiency : 1010 (Basic)

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Sub Specialty : ED2 (TRV LSO CVN / Training Landing Signal Officer (LSO) for Aircraft Carriers (CVN) - completed the necessary training and is qualified to serve as an LSO on nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVN))

Education - Service Schools

(Navy-sponsored graduate courses, administered by the Superintendent of the Naval Postgraduate School) 

Course Name : (none)

Completed : (none)

Duration : (none)

Previous Service 

Active Duty Base Date | Previous Military Service | Year | Months | Highest Rate-Grade 

060413 | ACTIVE | 4 | 01 | HT2 (Hull Maintenance Technician) 

090522 | ACTIVE | 11 | 02 | LT/O3 (Lieutenant, O3)

Personal Decorations/Award  

AIR MDL S/F (Air Medal S/F) : 02  ("Strike/Flight" for participation in sustained aerial flight operations)

NAV COM (Navy Commendation Medal) : 02 

NAV ACHV (Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal) : 03

NATL DEF (National Defense Service Medal) : 01

Special Qualifications

AVIATOR

SFTI (Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor. TOP GUN Graduate)

LT ATK FA1801 (Light Attack FA-18 : Successfully completed an ACTC curriculum Level II)

PLTTRA JET 01 (Pilot Training Jet :  Successfully completed CNATRA Training Wing I or Training Wing 2 Jet syllabus)

Remark 

Pay Status - D82 

Total Years Federal Service - 15.03 

Address: VA BEACH VA (Virginia Beach, Virginia)

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Sources:

- ED2/TRV LSO CVN (Thanks to @moon8622) / LSO NATOPS: https://info.publicintelligence.net/LSO-NATOPS-MAY09.pdf

- Service Schools: https://mccareer.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/service-schools-complete-list1.pdf

- AQD codes :   https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Reference/NOOCS/Vol1/Manual_I_78_PTD_AQD_Jan22.pdf?ver=7s9cc609qUjGPP9xD8cFEg%3D%3D

-  AIR MDL S/F : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Medal

-  NAV COM : http://www.navywriter.com/navy-commendation-medal.htm

-  NAV ACHV : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achievement_Medal

-  NATL DEF : https://www.medalsofamerica.com/blog/national-defense-service-medal-blog-post/#:~:text=The%20National%20Defense%20Service%20medal%20is%20awarded%20to%20those%20who,Reserve%20during%20the%20Gulf%20War.

#bradley rooster bradshaw #top gun maverick

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Maverick’s Hangar

Maverick’s Hangar image

Photo of the hangar 

Picture of the Kodiak hangar at the Inyokern Airport

Panoramic view of the facility

Panoramic view in front of the hangar

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Faded painting on the hangar door - USNOTS’s Jackrabbit base logo

From wiki:

In the early 1930s, an emergency landing field had been built by the Works Progress Administration in the Mojave Desert near the small town of Inyokern, California. Opened in 1935, the field was acquired by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in 1942. In November 1943 it was transferred to the Navy, which established China Lake as the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS).

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FROM ADG DESIGN PRESENTATION

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Sources

- https://assets.adg.org/media/submissions/2022-11-21_07-35-45/TOP_GUN_MAVERICK_ADG_DESIGN_PRESENTATION_221107_v1d.pdf

- http://filmiyk.com/facilities_structures/facilities_structures.html

- https://cnrsw.cnic.navy.mil/Installations/NAWS-China-Lake/About/History/

- https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgu6gA6PjoH/?hl=en

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Darkstar & Angel

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SR-71, the real-life model of the Darkstar was disintegrated while flying Mach 3.2 which killed one of the two people who were on that aircraft. I wanted to think that a Mother Goose became the guardian angel for Maverick so he can be safe and also his son can have someone in his life.

Video about SR-71′s disintegration: https://youtu.be/mnEgS3buPb8

Video on Darkstar (and SR-71): https://youtu.be/6nSTLYBCW0E

#top gun maverick #darkstar

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Books/Documents in Maverick’s Cabinet

The rest of the books are too small/thin to identify. I’d guess couple of them might be motorcycle manuals? Might be visible when the DVD/Blu-Ray comes out later this year.

Resources:

- https://www.ebay.com/itm/175378441733?epid=43437166

- https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31228241010&cm_mmc=ggl-_-COM_Shopp_Rare-_-product_id=bi%3A%2031228241010-_-keyword=

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Rooster’s File

General Data 기본 정보 

Name : Bradshaw Bradley 

YG (Year Group) : 09 

Date Processed 처리날짜 (이 파일이 처리된 날짜) : 200415 

SSN 소셜시큐리티넘버: **** 

Designator (지정번호) :1310 (Naval aviator) 

Date of Birth : 840627 

Age : 35 

Prof. Serv. Date:

Promotional History 승급 기록 

Current Flag : 

CAPT : 

CDR : 

LCDR : 

LT 중위 : 150522 

LTJG 중위 (주니어 그레이드) : 130522 

ENS 소위 : 110522 

Current WRNT :

Current Duty 현재 직무

Present Duty Station Title (현재 근무지) : STRKFIGHTON EIGHT SEVEN (Strike Fighter Squadron 87 / VFA-87) 

Present Billet Title (현재 직함) : AVTR (Aviator)

Education - Formal (College) 교육 - 공식 (대학) 

College : UVA 버지니아 대학교 

Year 졸업년도 : 09 

Level 등급 : BACH/1 PR (학사 + 졸업논문?) 

Major 학과 : POLY SCI 정치 과학 

Sub Specialty 전문분야 : ED2 (?)

Language 언어 : SPA 스패니쉬 

Proficiency 능력 : 1010 기초

Education - Service Schools 교육 - 서비스 스쿨 

(해군 내에서 실시하는 교육과정 수료 정보인 것 같습니다) 

Course Name 교과목 : 

Completed 수료 완료일 : 

Duration 기간 :

Previous Service 이전 복무 경력 

Active Duty Base Date | Previous Military Service | Year | Months | Highest Rate-Grade 

060413 | ACTIVE | 4 | 01 | HT2 (선체 정비 기술자 Hull Maintenance Technician) 

090522 | ACTIVE | 11 | 02 | LT/O3 (중위)

Personal Decorations/Award 개인 훈장 및 상 

AIR MDL S/F (Air Medal S/F) : 02  -- "Strike/Flight" for participation in sustained aerial flight operations

NAV COM (Navy Commendation Medal) : 02 

NAV ACHV (Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal) : 03

NATL DEF (National Defense Service Medal) : 01

Special Qualifications 특이자격 

AVIATOR (조종사)

SFTI - Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor  (탑건 졸업생)

LT ATK FA1801 -- Light Attack FA-18 : Successfully completed an ACTC curriculum Level II.

PLTTRA JET 01 -- Pilot Training Jet :  Successfully completed CNATRA Training Wing I or Training Wing 2 Jet syllabus

Remark 주���사항 

Pay Status 급여 상태 - D82 

Total Years Federal Service 총 복무기간 - 15.03 

Address: VA BEACH VA (버지니아 비치)

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Sources:

- AQD codes :   https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Reference/NOOCS/Vol1/Manual_I_78_PTD_AQD_Jan22.pdf?ver=7s9cc609qUjGPP9xD8cFEg%3D%3D

-  AIR MDL S/F : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Medal

-  NAV COM : http://www.navywriter.com/navy-commendation-medal.htm

-  NAV ACHV : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achievement_Medal

-  NATL DEF : https://www.medalsofamerica.com/blog/national-defense-service-medal-blog-post/#:~:text=The%20National%20Defense%20Service%20medal%20is%20awarded%20to%20those%20who,Reserve%20during%20the%20Gulf%20War.

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Maverick’s Airstream

Exterior

Interior

=> Airstream Globetrotter !!

Size of the airstream:

This really is hard to tell just from the movie footage, but based on the fact that the Microwave can be installed starting from 27ft size, I’d guess maverick has 27ft model

Conclusion:

=> Airstream Globetrotter 27FB !!

Sources:

- https://www.airstream.com/configurator/tt/options/?model=2&length=27&floorplan=27fb&decor=london-grey

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Maverick’s Test Pilot Plaque

- 412th Test Wing Captain 2006

- 412th TW - 412th Test Wing [https://www.edwards.af.mil/About/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/393902/412th-test-wing/] : The 412th Test Wing plans, conducts, analyzes, and reports on all flight and ground testing of aircraft, weapons systems, software and components as well as modeling and simulation for the USAF. Located in Edwards Air Force Base, which is quite close to the Mojave dessert where Maverick’s hangar is located

- 412th MXG - 412th Maintenance Group (as engraved on the wall plaque) [https://www.edwards.af.mil/News/Article/828899/412th-mxg-collects-four-majcom-awards/412th-mxg-collects-four-majcom-awards/] :  Through a maintenance group of over 2,000 people and an operations group of 3,000, the 412th Test Wing maintains and flies an average of 90 aircraft with upwards of 30 different aircraft designs and performs over 7,400 missions (over 1,900 test missions) on an annual basis.

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>> I would guess Maverick has been a test pilot before 2006, and he had some opportunity to work with 412th Test Wing / Maintenance Group in USAF, and the wall plaque was given to him as commemorate gift from 412th MXG

Resources: 

- https://www.edwards.af.mil/Units/

- https://www.edwards.af.mil/About/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/393902/412th-test-wing/

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/412th_Test_Wing

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Stickers on Maverick’s Kawasaki GPZ900R Stickers

In Top Gun

Stickers on the left side of the bike v1: (Top > Bottom, Left > Right)

United States Navy Fighter Weapons School

No Bullshit

Fighting 114 - VF-114

VF-213 - Black Lions

United States Navy Fighter Weapons School

VF-51 - Screaming Eagles (On top of the fuel tank)

United States Navy Fighter Weapons School (above the 55 sticker behind seat)

��I Can't Drive 55″ (On top of the tail)

 Stickers on the right side of the bike: (Top > Bottom, Left > Right)

No Bullshit

United States Navy Fighter Weapons School

Fighting 114 - VF-114

VF-213 - Black Lions

Don’t be a turkey (Don’t be a coward)

United States Navy Fighter Weapons School

Stickers on the left side of the bike v2 (Which I think was used for a scene taken on a trailer) : (Top > Bottom, Left > Right)

United States Navy Fighter Weapons School

No Wimps

Fighting 114 - VF-114

VF-213 - Black Lions

Don’t be a turkey (Don’t be a coward)

United States Navy Fighter Weapons School

In Top Gun: Maverick

Stickers on the left side of the bike (same as bike v2 from Top Gun): (Top > Bottom, Left > Right)

United States Navy Fighter Weapons School

No Wimps

Fighting 114 - VF-114

VF-213 - Black Lions

Don’t be a turkey (Don’t be a coward)

United States Navy Fighter Weapons School

Stickers on the right side of the bike: (Top > Bottom, Left > Right)

No Bullshit

United States Navy Fighter Weapons School 

Fighting 114 - VF-114

VF-213 - Black Lions

Don’t be a turkey (Don’t be a coward)

United States Navy Fighter Weapons School 

Sources:

- https://www.hotcars.com/top-gun-kawasaki-motorcycle-driven-by-tom-cruise/

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Can%27t_Drive_55#:~:text=The%20song%20is%20a%20reference,from%20the%20album%20VOA

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マヴェのトレーラーハウス、以前TLでエア.ストリームじゃないかという知見を得たのでフロアプランとか漁ってたらこれが近い気がしてきました。

以前TLでエア.ストリームじゃないかという知見を得たのでフロアプランとか漁ってたらこれが近い気がしてきました。

ドアが外開き左勝手でドアの左側にシンクがあったよね確か。これはドアが右勝手だから微妙に違うけどまあまあ近いのでは🤔

追記：後日確認したら右勝手左外開きだったので、同じタイプでした。

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Aviator Indoctrination in 1980

Majority of the info here is from a book BEFORE TOPGUN DAYS, experience from AI in 1979. Links at the bottom!

Aviator Indoctrination (6 weeks) - Pensacola, FL

First step of becoming Naval Aviator/Flight officers

Starts 0700~0800, finished in the afternoon

Types of students:

SNA (Student Naval Aviators) 1390

NFO (Naval Flight Officers) - RIO (Radar Intercept Officer) on a fighters / BN (Bombardier-navigators)

Extra info on students’ life:

includes theoretical studies (basic aerodynamics and aircraft engine fundamentals), accident investigations & war stories. Slide-show training programs in the library, low-intensity obstacle course near the officers’ quarters, hanging out at various night spots in Pensacola. 

Ensign-mobile

Bachelor officers quarters (BOQ) was provided - looks like mid-range hotel with several buildings of two or three stories. Studio apartment with shared living room and kitchen. - only 1/4 or less of the classmates lived in apartments and the more left as time went on

Many were engineers but many other majors 

few were married, mostly 21~24, few were almost 30

First day of training: personal flight gear gets issued in “Flight Gear Issue” (small cinder block warehouse on the far side of the base. each items are recorded in each person’s logbooks:

boots, safety

gloves, flying

helmet, flying

knife, survival

flight suit, flying (called “bag”)

jacket, flying

2nd day of training: Physical exam at NAMI (Naval Aerospace Medical Institute)

3rd day of training: Swimming pool

swimming and diving with flight suits and boots. 

Simulating getting away from an aircraft crash (jump off from 15ft above water, swimming 20~30 ft underwater, break the surface then swim another short distance underwater)

after swimming, timed runs on an obstacle course, with maximum time allowed is 3″51′

2nd week: classroom sessions with physical fitness tests

in the afternoon: confidence course- 1.6 mile run, 1 mile swim

parachute landing

3rd week: completed more qualifications in aviation physiology 

EEG (electroencephalogram) - could detect an adverse experience and be disqualified from flying helicopters

Altitude chamber - low-pressured chamber : given tasks to perform with thinner air with less oxygen

Dynamic ejection seat

Aviation-related academic endeavors

4th week Monday: Dilbert Bunker: how to escape from a plane that crashes into the sea and flips over

4th week Tuesday: 

Helo Dunker : training for escape from a helicopter after water impact

untangle from parachute

rest of 4th week ~ 6th week: water survival training - performed on Pensacola Bay

water survival training: parachute drag. learn how to get out of harness while being dragged through water due to parachute that won’t collapse

helicopter hoist training with CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter

6th week’s last lesson: 2.5 day survival course

remote wooded area 1 hr from NAS Pensacola

taught basics of survival: land navigation, edible plants and animal, how to make use of available material (parachute)

land-navigated along courses of 3+ more, ate edible foliage, slept in crude shelters built from scratch. gather in groups around fire at the end of the day

End of 6th week: selection process

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After AI:

SNA : off to other base for pilot training - NAS Whiting in Milton, FL ( TW-5:  Training Air Wing Five ). Or off to Mississippi or Texas

IF Maverick painted the T-34C model himself, it can be assumed that he was in TW-5 with tail code ‘E’, and would have gotten a pilot training in NAS Whiting Field close to Pensacola. 

Training Air Wing Five Tail Code "E": VT-2, VT-3, VT-6

NFO: 10 months in training squadron ( 5 months in VT-10 for basic flight training + 5 months advanced training at different VT) -> 9 months in F-14 training squadron => Front-line F-14 squadron

all NFO joined Training Air Wing Six (Tail Code "F") VT-10 

Goose’s training timeline assumption

born 62, would have assigned O-2 in May of 86 or 85, so would have joined Navy (graduated from Academy) in 83 or 84. 

Example timeline if he graduated 83′ class:

79.8 : admitted to Naval Academy

83.5 : graduate Naval Academy as ensign, 

83.7 - 83.8 : AI program, 

83.8 - 83.12 : training in VT-10, 

83.12 - 84.4 : advanced training at other VT, 

84.4 - 84.12 : F-14 VT, 

85.1 - assigned to VF-1 where Maverick and Goose was assigned pair

85.5 - promoted to LTJG

86.7 - sent to Top Gun

would have been promoted to LT in 87.5

Maverick’s training timeline assumption

born 62, was O-3 in 86.7 if he was promoted right before Top Gun:

82.5 : Complete OSC program and commissioned as Ensign

82.7 - 82.8 : AI program,

82.8 - ??.? : primary flight training (maybe in TW-5)

??.? - ??.? : intermediate phase of flight training

??.? - ??.? : advanced naval flight training

??.? : awarded his “wings of gold” and assigned to VF-1 where Maverick and Goose was a pair

84.5 - promoted to LTJG

86.5 - promoted to LT

86.7 - sent to Top Gun

would have been promoted to LT in 87.5

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Just some interesting Extra info 

For those assigned to ships, many lived on the ship.

policies that required personnel to be in uniform when entering / leaving base and while on the base

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Resources:

- Before Top Gun Days: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Before-Topgun-Days/Dave-Baranek/9781634506557

- Naval Air Training Command: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Training_Command

- NASC: https://www.netc.navy.mil/NASC/

- TW-5: https://www.cnatra.navy.mil/tw5/

- VT-2: https://www.cnatra.navy.mil/tw5/vt2/history.asp

- VT-3: https://www.cnatra.navy.mil/tw5/vt3

- VT-6: https://www.cnatra.navy.mil/tw5/vt6

- VT-10: https://www.cnatra.navy.mil/tw6/vt10/

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Maverick’s Jackets

G-1 Military Flight Jacket in TG and TGM

Based on certain patches, Maverick's leather flight jacket originally belonged to his dad

OR since ANJ-3 (Army Navy Jacket 3) was standardized as the G-1 jacket in 1947 and has stayed the same, it could be that Maverick had patches from his dad and sew them when he received his G-1 on the first day of his Aviation Indoctrination program.

Patches that could belongs to Duke Michelle (Issued during/before the Vietnam war)

USS Galveston CLG-3: Far East Cruise 63′-64′ 

COMCRUDESPLOT-9 (Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla Nine) 

CV-34 Oriskany Carrier Patch

US Naval Cruise Destroyer Pacific Vigilance

USN SEABEES Patch

US 7th Fleet Patch

3rd Marine Wing Patch

CVW-19

DLG-32 Cruise Patch

Patches belongs to Pete Maverick Michelle

Pete Mitchell Shield

VF-1 Squadron Patch

CV-61 Centurion Patch (based on matching patch on his flight suit)

CVW-2 ( Carrier Air Wing 2 ) USS Ranger TOP TEN (based on CV-61 patch on his flight suit)

Patch that could belong to either

NAS Jacksonville Base patch

Patches doesn’t belongs to Michelle

3rd Marine Amphib Patch (Vietnam war period, could be Duke Michelle’s friend’s patch?)

Texas Dallas Flag (Maybe Duke Michelle is from Texas Dallas?)

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CWU-36/P in TGM

Winter weight 45/P & summer weight 36/P. Maverick is shown wearing CWU-36/P (since he is in San Diego)

Patches

Name patch with call sign & wing

VX-31 (Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 31)

Navy Fighter Weapons School patch

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Resources:

patch list: https://av8rstuff.com/TG1-LXjax.html

article on Maverick’s jacket: https://href.li/?https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/the-history-behind-mavericks-jackets-in-both-top-gun-movies

info on Maverick’s jacket: https://href.li/?https://bamfstyle.com/2018/10/27/top-gun-maverick-g1/amp/

COMCRUDESFLOT9:https://navy.togetherweserved.com/usn/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=PublicUnit&type=Unit&ID=11033

COMCRUDESFLOT 9: https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-69000/NH-69553-KN.html

CVW-2 : https://www.seaforces.org/usnair/CVW/Carrier-Air-Wing-2.htm

CV-34 :  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Oriskany_(CV-34)

CV-61 USS Ranger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ranger_(CV-61)

US NAVAL CRUISER DESTROYER PACIFIC VIGILANCE: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/naval-cruiser-destroyer-pacific-439468442

Seabee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seabee

United States Seventh Fleet :  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Seventh_Fleet

3rd Amphibious Corps : https://marines.togetherweserved.com/usmc/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=PublicUnit&type=Unit&ID=3252

3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW) :  https://www.3rdmaw.marines.mil/About/History/

CVW-19 : https://www.seaforces.org/usnair/CVW/Carrier-Air-Wing-19.htm

CG 32  -  USS William H. Standley: https://www.seaforces.org/usnships/cg/CG-32-USS-William-H-Standley.htm

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I must admit, I wasn’t expecting an invitation back. They’re called orders, Maverick.

TOP GUN MAVERICK (2022) | dir. Joseph Kosinski

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Hangman & Rooster's First Training Aircraft

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Based on their T/M/S info:

Hangman: T-34, T-45, FA-18C/D/E/F

Rooster: T-6, T-45, FA-18C/D/E/F

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And based on this little bit outdated pilot training pipeline (probably during 2005-2015, T-34 was replaced with T-6 in April 2015):

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Hangman was trained with T-34

T-34C Turbo Mentor

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Rooster was trained with T-6

T-6A Texan II turboprop

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Then both got trained with T-45C during advanced training program for jet carrier aviation and tactical strike missions.

T-45C Goshawk jet aircraft

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Maverick would have trained in T-34C Turbo Mentor

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Resources

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F/A-18 Blue Angel model on Maverick's workbench

Based on the font/details shown in the movie, I'm fairly certain this is one of the following toys

RW090 - RUNWAY24 USN BLUE ANGELS F/A-18

RW810 - RUNWAY24 F/A-18 BLUE ANGELS NO RUNWAY

The one with runway looks to have brighter yellow painting making it look extra similar, but that could be just camera setting differences.

-update!

I was able to purchase both from Amazon:

Sadly no licensed/manufactured date, so still doesn't know when Maverick would have been able to get this.

Based on my observations both models are identical, just difference of having the cute little runway or runway 24 sign.

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Resources

- Blue Angels History

https://www.blueangels.navy.mil/history/

- US Navy Blue Angels 70th Anniversary

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