Two MiG-28s fly in formationParamount Pictures Based on the timing the of the script-writing process and Top Gun’s actual release, the go-to assumption is that the MiG-28 is a Soviet fighter.

and even the MiG-31. However, no country uses what "Top Gun" called the MiG-28. It doesn't exist. The plane in the '80s flick was a repainted Northrop Grumman F-5 Tiger. The movie had some fun ...

Summary and Key Points: In Top Gun (1986), the fictional MiG-28 aircraft is depicted as an adversary to U.S. Navy pilots, but it was actually a repainted Northrop F-5, a real-world fighter.

Based on the timing the of the script-writing process and Top Gun’s actual release, the go-to assumption is that the MiG-28 is a Soviet fighter. However, the markings on the fictional MiG-28 ...

A Real Fighter: In the 1986 film “Top Gun,” the fictional MiG-28 adversary aircraft was actually portrayed by a black-painted Northrop F-5, adorned with a red-star insignia to represent a Cold ...

Planes like the American P-40 and British Spitfire were contemporaries, but either outperformed or outgunned the MiG in most ways as it had only one 12.7 mm gun and two 7.62 mm guns to start.