Top Gun sequel is confirmed!
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What happened to his flame? An older Kelly McGillis too hehe
I would think any disciplinary action big enough to drop someone in rank would make an "early retirement" much more likely.
Since it's thirty years since the start of your career, then yes, the rule still applies. Being reduced in rank would be a pretty serious black mark on his record which would have resulted in his definite dismissal when the thirty year limit hit, if not sooner.
This is would be extremely rare for an O-6, because (a) there are not that many positions for them to fill and (b) they are more expensive, so you can keep more junior officers, and fill more positions, by getting rid of a few senior officers. My step-brother was involuntarily retired six months short of his 30 years because of budget reconciliation cuts.
And yes an aviator would not stay in a pilot position at that age, anyway.
No, it gets shorter. A commander goes out at 28 years if not promoted. An officer who has been reduced in rank will generally be retired or discharged as soon as legally possible, anyway. They will get a staff work assignment where they can do no harm until they leave and, of course, further promotion is not a possibility.
Not really. Not just an academy professor, but a permanent professor. Instead of rotating in and out of an academy teaching position as an assignment, that becomes their one and only job for the rest of their career. Those positions for active duty officers are exceedingly rare, and, of course, would preclude going out and flying jets. Maverick doesn't really strike me as the academic type, either.
It does kinda feel like this movie is being made about a decade too late. Without even getting into the issues of Maverick still being an O-6 despite being in the Navy for almost 40 years, Miles Teller is apparently playing Goose's son, who should be pushing 40 by now. Unless they're gonna say Goose's wife was pregnant with him when Goose died, but even then he'd be in his early 30s at the youngest.
You mean the franchise that used Talons as the super fighters of some nondescript Eastern Block country isn't realistic?
I was thinking something like this. It also helps avoid the idea that Trump is president or issue of drones when dealing with international politics. Plus the Iraq or Afganastain wars gives you some bad guys for action and a excuse why they keep him around at his age. Jason
They can avoid addressing Trump's presidency by simply having a fictional President like many movies and TV shows do. Or just not mention the President, that's not an impossible task.
And even in 2010 drone warfare was quite common in aerial combat.
Oh oops planes, yeah what about fictional planes? The ones in Stealth I thought were lovely
Pretty sure there were some F-5Es in there, too.
Tencent-backed 'Top Gun' cuts Taiwan flag from Tom Cruise's jacket
Hong Kong (CNN) - A new trailer for the sequel of 1986 blockbuster "Top Gun" is stirring up controversy after it shows Tom Cruise putting on the iconic bomber jacket he wore in the original film — but with two key changes.
In the Paramount Pictures trailer of "Top Gun: Maverick," two jacket patches that had originally shown the Japanese and Taiwanese flags appear to have been swapped out and replaced with two ambiguous symbols in the same color scheme — leading to social media speculation that the swap was done to appease China.
Several Twitter users quickly pointed out that Chinese tech giant Tencent (TCEHY) is one of Paramount's partners on the movie, which is slated to release next summer. Tencent said in December that its subsidiary Tencent Pictures is "an investor and co-marketer" of the highly anticipated sequel.
Paramount Pictures, which is owned by Viacom (VIA), and Tencent Pictures did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Hong Kong (CNN) - A new trailer for the sequel of 1986 blockbuster "Top Gun" is stirring up controversy after it shows Tom Cruise putting on the iconic bomber jacket he wore in the original film — but with two key changes.
In the Paramount Pictures trailer of "Top Gun: Maverick," two jacket patches that had originally shown the Japanese and Taiwanese flags appear to have been swapped out and replaced with two ambiguous symbols in the same color scheme — leading to social media speculation that the swap was done to appease China.
Several Twitter users quickly pointed out that Chinese tech giant Tencent (TCEHY) is one of Paramount's partners on the movie, which is slated to release next summer. Tencent said in December that its subsidiary Tencent Pictures is "an investor and co-marketer" of the highly anticipated sequel.
Paramount Pictures, which is owned by Viacom (VIA), and Tencent Pictures did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
I've noticed that on NCIS you never see a picture of Trump. Bush and Obama's portraits were always shown. They're names were mentioned in dialog but now they just refer to the President as the President..
Yes they try as hard as possible not to mention actual sitting presidents on the show. So at least that we you can't pin down a timeline.
Fuck yeah!