Rear Adm. Kenneth W. “Pete” Pettigrew, a Top Gun instructor, served as a consultant on the 1986 film "Top Gun," a scene from which is shown here. (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command) Randall H.

Top Gun and its sequel, Top Gun: Maverick, feature several great characters that make the two movies beloved action-adventure releases. Tony Scott directed the original Top Gun with a young Tom Cruise ...

Randall H. Cunningham, the sole U.S. Navy ace pilot of the Vietnam War, called him "the greatest guy I trained under," and subsequently flew practically alongside him during Operation Linebacker. In ...