The film "Top Gun" with Tom Cruise made the Fighter Weapons Instructor Training
famous. The most advanced training a fighter pilot can get and only a chosen few are
given the chance.
The course last six months and each student are in this period provided with his own F–
16 fighterplane, his own full–time instructor and the necessary ground crew to keep the
plane operational at all times. They will also fire and drop live examples of all the
different weapon types in his nations arsenal.
Since most nations build their air force on different mixes of airplanes and arsenal,
there are different variations of the training on this absolute top level.
The Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal and Norway do all use the F–16 plane
and they have organized a common training, named EPAF (European Participating Air
Forces). This is coordinated and benchmarked with the US Air force training. "Top Gun"
is the nickname of the US Navys course.
For the first time a television crew has been given full access to this course.
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MOVIE INFO
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director:
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Gard A. Andreassen - Amund Lie
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exec. Producer:
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Styrk Jansen
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producer:
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Styrk Jansen
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shot:
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March 2008 - December 2008
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format:
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Shooting format HD 720p - Master: SD
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duration:
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46 minutes
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available:
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December 2008
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