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1. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Drama
After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN's elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.
Director: Joseph Kosinski | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer
Votes: 701,433 | Gross: $718.73M
2. Sky Fighters (2005)
Not Rated | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An advanced, armed, French Mirage fighter jet is stolen during an air show in UK. 2 other fighter jets locate it. They're forced to shoot it down. Terrorists make another attempt to steal armed Mirages. Why?
Director: Gérard Pirès | Stars: Benoît Magimel, Clovis Cornillac, Géraldine Pailhas, Alice Taglioni
Votes: 4,751
3. Thud Pilots (2018)
90 min | Documentary
An edge-of-your-seat documentary that exposes the Vietnam Air War where an elite band of brothers known as Thud Pilots fought and died receiving neither the country's support nor glory.
Director: Mark Vizcarra | Stars: Larry Poole, Curtis Venable, John R. Casper, Jeffrey L. Puras
Votes: 246
4. Air Cadet (1951)
Approved | 94 min | Biography, Drama, War
A group of cadets have assorted problems at the U.S. Air Force Pilot Training Academy.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Stephen McNally, Gail Russell, Alex Nicol, Richard Long
Votes: 177
5. Cold War, Hot Jets (2013– )
Documentary
A two-part series looking at the many jet aircrafts of the Cold War era and the rolls they played.
Stars: James Holland, Sergei Khrushchev, David Edgerton, Alexander Macmillan
Votes: 42
6. Starfighter - Mit Hightech in den Tod (2010 TV Movie)
87 min | Documentary
Director: Kai Christiansen | Stars: Melvin Belli, Charles de Gaulle, Anatoli Gribkov, Gerlinde Hippel
Votes: 13
8.
Dogfights (2005– )
Episode:
The Last Gunfighter
(2006)
TV-PG | 46 min | Documentary, History, War
This program is practically a promotional video for the pilot pleasing F-8 Crusader. The effectiveness of this aircraft in early engagements against the MiG-17 including Dick Sahaffert's 10... See full summary »
Director: Robert Kirk | Star: Phil Crowley
Votes: 28
9.
Dogfights (2005– )
Episode:
Long Odds
(2007)
TV-PG | 46 min | Documentary, History, War
Famous dogfights with bombers ill-equipped for that kind of combat.
Director: Robert Kirk | Star: Phil Crowley
Votes: 25
10.
Dogfights (2005– )
Episode:
The Bloodiest Day
(2007)
TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, History, War
On May 10, 1972 the United States escalates the air war in Vietnam bombing strategic targets in the north. On this day American pilots shot down a one day record of eleven MiGs trying to intercept the bombers.
Director: Jason McKinley | Star: Phil Crowley
Votes: 14
11.
Curious Droid (2016– )
Episode:
What Happened to the Soviet Supersonic Jump Jets?
(2019)
12 min | Documentary
Work on VTOL jets was confined to the west until Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev saw a demonstrator at an airshow. But the Soviet military was uninterested so Yakovlev proceed with work on ... See full summary »
Star: Paul Shillito
12.
Armor Cast (2020– )
Episode:
Evolution of Fighter Jets: Koala Explains: Fighter Generations and their Differences
(2021)
19 min | Documentary
Many factors determine the generation a fighter jet belongs to including: speed, radar, maneuverability, ceiling, avionics, data linking, stealth and even its weapons suite. Here are the ... See full summary »
Star: Joshua Russell
13.
C.W. Lemoine (2016– )
Episode:
Fighter Pilot Reacts to the 9 Most Ridiculous Myths People Believe about Fighter Jets Article
(2021)
20 min | Documentary
C. W. reviews and comments on automobile expert Wyatt Peterson's article about the myths of fighter jets propagated in Hollywood films. Yes, he mythbusts the mythbuster.
Star: C.W. Lemoine
14.
Ward Carroll (2020– )
Episode:
What It's Like to Fly Supersonic!
(2022)
14 min | Documentary
Ward shares the supersonic experience starting with a detailed explanation of what it means and how it's achieved. His explanation is supplemented with several videos of fighter jets flying... See full summary »
Star: Ward Carroll
15.
Thoisoi2 - Chemical Experiments! (2014– )
Episode:
Superalloy - a Material That Shouldn't have been Created!
(2022)
20 min | Documentary
Super alloys were created following World War Two to meet the strength and high temperature demands of turbojet engines. Though the formula is complex Maxim creates one such alloy at home then tests it against traditional alloys.
Star: Maxim Bilovitskiy
16.
Freethink (2016– )
Episode:
This Mach-5 Engine will do what no other can Challengers
(2020)
17 min | Documentary
Hermeus is a small company working toward quickly developing a hypersonic commercial aircraft powered by a single engine that operates from subsonic to hypersonic speeds. Their secret ... See full summary »
Stars: Glenn Case, Danielle Mitrak, A.J. Piplica, Skyler Shuford
17.
Sandboxx (2018– )
Episode:
The craziest stories we didn't get to tell in 2023! Featuring F-35, Apache, and SR-71 pilots!
(2023)
24 min | Documentary
Alex shares the interviews of three pilots telling their stories of flying missions in an AH-64 Apache helicopter, SR-71 Blackbird and F-16 Fighting Falcon.
Stars: Alex Hollings, Robert F. Behler, Don Bentley, Hasard Lee