The first aggressor Typhoon

[ducktail_2.7]

Properly good looking thing. More black than "Shark Grey" I reckon, but I'm not complaining

Bit more stuff about it here; https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/36312/this-i...

[Sophisticated Sarah]

Should have them as the usual colour, they look ace

[anonymous-user]

To be fair using the T1 Hawk as the bad guy was a little unfair....

[Europa1]

Off topic, but following the post above: at Top Gun, when the movie was made, did they actually use Skyhawks as the aggressor against Tomcats?

I have to confess, the Tomcat is one of my favourite looking aircraft of all time. It just looked so 'right'.

[IanH755]

Europa1 said:

Off topic, but following the post above: at Top Gun, when the movie was made, did they actually use Skyhawks as the aggressor against Tomcats?

Yeap, they also used the F-5 which played the role of the MIG-28 in the film too.

[Europa1]

IanH755 said:

Europa1 said:

Off topic, but following the post above: at Top Gun, when the movie was made, did they actually use Skyhawks as the aggressor against Tomcats?

Yeap, they also used the F-5 which played the role of the MIG-28 in the film too.

Thanks! I have wondered about that since the 80s!

Next question is: why did they choose those types? Is it that the Tomcat was a large, very fast aeroplane, whereas the Skyhawk (and F-5) were much smaller and maybe more nimble?

[Elroy Blue]

The A4 and F5 had comparable performance to the main Soviet types of the time. The last A4 variant with the big engine was considered quite a ‘hot ship’

[Boom78]

That typhoon in black looks awesome! So reading up on this the new squadron has one purpose; scare the crap out of new fast jet pilots in mock air combat?

[LotusOmega375D]

ducktail_2.7 said:

Properly good looking thing. More black than "Shark Grey" I reckon, but I'm not complaining

Bit more stuff about it here; https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/36312/this-i...

Hendon has a black one too.