Although he pilots several different aircraft in Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise was denied clearance by the U.S. Navy to fly the F-18 jet.

Top Gun 2 has brought Tom back into the business and is labeled as his best opener. We already know that the movie features the US Navy’s $70 million worth F-18 jets.

The F-35 community was not thrilled. "Everybody that's flown a fighter in the last 25 years, we all watched 'Top Gun,'" retired US Marine Corps Lt. Col. David Berke, who flew F-35s and actually ...

Top Gun Maverick F18 flights cost new Tom Cruise film R177k an hour. Tom Cruise has debuted the first trailer for Top Gun: Maverick during a surprise appearance at San Diego Comic-Con, Photo, AP.

The US Navy lent Tom Cruise F/A-18 Super Hornets for the new "Top Gun" movie. The only catches: The studio paid as much as $11,374 (R177 875,49) an hour to use the advanced fighter planes - and ...