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TOPGUN is pretty much gone now.
by greedo 7y ago
TOPGUN is pretty much gone now.
- projektfu 7y agoBy that you mean it's merged into NSAWC? Because there's still a TOPGUN course.
- greedo 7y agoI meant culturally in the USN. TOPGUN used to be all air to air, all day. Now it's strike fighter training, E2 training, as well as the classical A2A. This may be better in some ways since the entire goal of TOPGUN was to train the trainers who would go back to their squadrons and improve capabilities. And that role has changed dramatically since the 80's where being the best pilot meant you might leave the Gulf of Sidra alive. A2A combat hasn't been important for over 20 years. We'll need to reinvent it for the future I fear.
- projektfu 7y agoIt seems Israel has a strong dogfighting capability, but who else right now?
- greedo 7y agoIsrael is good in air combat, but I don't know how much of that is dogfighting anymore. Maybe the Brits, but the Eurofighter is more of an interceptor than a dogfighter. The French don't get much publicity, but arguably have the best military on the Continent.