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"Heater’s photos were my model and inspiration for all the jet and carrier photography in TOPGUN." Tony Scott, TOPGUN Director, Paramount Pictures
"Star Wars on Earth"—the shot of F-14 Tomcats on the prowl that inspired the producers to make the movie TOPGUN
From the "bar scene" in TOPGUN. F-14 Tomcats enter the break
F-14 on CAT 1 USS Constellation
F-14 Tomcat launches into the cold wet Aleutian sky
A-7 Corsair
Russia TU-16 Badger
F-18
F-14
F-14 loaded with six Phoenix and two Sidewinder missiles
CAG Birds
F-14 Night Launch
Flight Deck
Rainbow Refueling
AH-1 Cobras on flight deck
Sixteen F-14 Tomcats from VF-124
OV-10 Bronco landing on paved road guarded by Marines
Bronco firing air-to-surface rockets
USMC helicopter workhorses
Iwo Jima Memorial
Every USMC tactical jet type in the 1990’s
The "Phrog"
VF-21 F-14 Tomcat with six Phoenix missiles and two Sidewinders
Tomcat in the clouds
TopGun A-4 Skyhawks
Tomcat "Vapes"
Wolfpack Tomcat
F-14 Moonrise at Sunset
A-6 Intruder on Bomb Mission
VF-2 "Bullets" F-14 Tomcat
Tomcat Post-Trap
F-4 Phantom in Full Afterburner
E-2C Hawkeye Hooks a Wire
F-14s over the Indian Ocean
Tomcat Supersonic Fly-By
Plane Guard
Tomcat Silhouette
EA-6B Prowler
F-18 Hornets
VF-21 Freelancers Night Launch
EA-6B Approaches CAT-1 for Night Launch at 56,000 lbs.
E-2C Hawkeye folds Wings
Tomcat Sunset
MiG-17 & MiG-15
Black-tailed "CAG Birds" from each Squadron
E-2C Hawkeye at the Ramp
Tomcat in Tension
Landing time exposure: Approach speed light between wingtip lights. Sparks from Tailhook
TopGun F-16
Stacked Bow
Hornets Rainbow
Tomcat Sunset
Bronco and Hercules
TopGun F-5E
EA-6B High-speed Pass
Russian Badger
Tomcat in Persian Gulf
