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Be sure to check out my two TOPGUN books for the best and most detailed information on the history of the Navy Fighter Weapons School. TOPGUN is much more than two fantastic movies - it is a schoolhouse for teaching tactics and instruction methods that has no equal. 

 

For those who are interested in learning more about the real TOPGUN and a photo history of how it has evolved over the years, please be sure to get a copy of my smaller book, TOPGUN: The US Navy Fighter Weapons School: Fifty Years of Excellence, which is volume 35 in Schiffer’s “Legends of Warfare: Aviation” series. The book has text as well, highlighting some of the more significant evolutions.

 

If you are a graduate of TOPGUN or are interested in a deep-dive into the evolution of air combat, how TOPGUN was formed, how it has evolved, and what makes it special, then get my larger book—over 700 pages—TOPGUN - The Legacy: The Complete History of TOPGUN and Its Impact on Tactical Aviation. This volume is for the serious reader, but it delivers with in-depth interviews, tons of footnotes and documentation, and a real “behind-the-scenes” feel.

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TOPGUN - The Legacy has over 4000 footnotes and a substantial bibliography that will provide hours of reading on the history of air combat. It tells the story of the School's founding as never told before, with vivid accounts from those who were there when it all started.