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F-4 Phantom
F-14 Tomcat
F/A-18 Hornet
1965 1975 2005 20151985
1968 Ault Report
suggests new “Advanced Fighter Weapons School”
1969 First TOPGUN class
arrives at Naval Air Station Miramar, San Diego,
on March 3
1972 Navy MiG kill
ratio in Vietnam rises to 12:1 from 2:1
1975 Mathematician Dr. Richard Oberle
is first CNA analyst to work with TOPGUN
1981 Outer Air Battle tactics
to protect the fleet from Soviet bombers occupy
TOPGUN for a decade
1986 “Top Gun” is the highest grossing film of the year,
featuring a fictional relationship between a fighter pilot and a CNA analyst. Applications
for Navy flight training take off
1993 Air-to-ground strike tactics added to TOPGUN syllabus
as threats change and fighter/attack jets become common
1993 Memorandum commits CNA
to full-time field representative support to TOPGUN and TOPDOME
1995
1996 TOPGUN moves to
NAS Fallon, Nevada, as part of new
Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC)
2003 Afghanistan,
Iraq wars increase focus on
precision strike tactics for close air support of
ground forces.
2018 National Defense Strategy
and great power competition accelerate
renewed focus on air-to-air warfighting tactics
2019 TOPGUN turns 50,
prepares for arrival of F-35C Lightning II
(expected 2020)
2015 NSAWC
is expanded and renamed Naval Aviation
Warfighting Development Center (NAWDC)
January 1973Vietnam War Ends
1981Libya
1989Libya
1983Lebanon/Syria
1991Desert Storm
1995Bosnia
2014 Syria
2003 Iraq
2001 Afghanistan
KEY NAVAL AVIATION OPERATIONS
TOPGUN TURNS 50