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Originally Posted by Chock

The F-14 looks impressive in Top Gun, but what you don't see in that movie is that all that turning and burning they do (using the afterburners) uses fuel up so fast that the thing basically has to land minutes later, or the pilots would find themselves swimming home.

You missed the point.

They made all kind of officer-level quota for several years. Even the guys who washed out of flight school were put to use. The Nav spent maybe $20m for marketing if you include fuel, maintenance, and security. Most of that money was spent doing training that they'd have been doing *anyway* -- traps, flight school excursions. Really, the only "extra" the Navy had to cover was security for all the film crew on base and the carrier. Maybe $50,000 if they just picked up a carrier training run (pilots learning to trap on their new plane type) out of Norfolk or something.


The F-14 is done.