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Originally Posted by Montana Moe

Hmm, look what just dropped in...

U.S. Navy F-5 trainer with the "enemy" paint scheme:

Saw the pic and thought is that the "enemy" MiG's from Top Gun? I didn't get my answer but did find this article:

Top Gun 2 will rock the F-35, Tom Burbage says
Maverick is becoming an F-35 test pilot.

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/th...he-f-35-t.html

Tom Burbage, the Lockheed Martin F-35 programme manager, showed up at a National Aeronautics Association luncheon today and dropped a bombshell of a Hollywood scoop. Sure, there was talk about schedules and budgets, partners and politics, software blocks and carrier hooks. But we'll get to that later.

The big news from Burbage's speech involves Top Gun 2, the long-not-quite-awaited-but-certainly-delayed sequel of the 1986 fighter jock classic.

Tom Cruise, of course, confirmed back in December that the sequel is coming, but nobody -- not even IMDB (we checked) -- knows the full story.

But Burbage does. Lockheed's Fort Worth, Texas, factory and flight test center will host production crew in the "next month or so" to start filming, Burbage told the NAA luncheon crowd.

Burbage also confirmed that Cruise will not just make a cameo; he will be the star, and he is playing the role of a Lockheed F-35 test pilot!