I attended Top Gun class 84-01 as a student but I was not a pilot, I was an air intercept controller, the guy on the ground watching on radar and providing close control to the pilots as needed - and let me tell you, they didn't need much help. These were outstanding aviators. I went with a couple of Marine F-4 crews from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. It was the time of my life. A great experience. I'm thrilled to see the fighter pilot community lifted up like this. They really are a breed apart. Flash and Dog Food, if you're out there, greetings my friends!
Yup, very few real life pilots gets cool callsigns like "Phoenix", "Coyote", "Ice" or "Maverick" (I learned it from the Fighter Pilot Podcast). Most likely its a play on their names, or because of something dumb they did or said, the more you dislike a nickname, the more likely it is to stand! Sadly, times seems to be changing, with people getting (over)sensitive, so the more...creative callsigns are getting rarer...
Clint Eastwood used to fly helos as well in his younger days, his son Scott does too. Burt Reynolds used to in his younger days as well. Tom regularly rides his motorcycle around the L.A and Hollywood area. If the folks he passed only knew....
@@sweeptheleg. Clint who? This about Tom Cruise & Top Gun … not the good bad and the ugly! Anyway, since you brought up Clint? Clint only served as a life guard in Fort Ord during Korea
Back in 1987 when I checked into VF21 freelancers at NAS Miramar, slapshot was there as well as Maverick, lieutenant Mark Garcia and goose, lieutenant Calvin Craig. We also had the famous C.J. Heatley call sign heater as the commanding officer. We also had lieutenant Commander Berg call sign ice just to name a few. It was my first F14 squadron and one of my best that I had the honor in working with during my Navy career. I sure do miss those days and my Tomcat. Retired AD1 AW. Mark Warner.
Fun Watch. Thank you Sir. USS Midway, VIGI, 85 NOV, transitioned - LLF - back to Midway, then ships company ASN-92 and 130 tech till 89 MAR. TWO Bob Hope Christmas shows!
@@yslllgnike apparently didn't FIT in the Movie Script. Only wanted 4 18's involved, as cost was $11,000 per hour for Movie with 12 to 16 on Runway View (I can't count with Bad Eyes). Trying to FLY LOW ENOUGH TO AVOID DETECTION, AS ABOVE 200-300 FEET 🐾 was an ERROR to EXPLAIN to RELATIVES "WHY" Their Aviator wasn't coming home. Somebody else wants to know why 114 "Cruise" Missiles could not have eliminated SAM's , Especially along Mountain's Rim/Higher Edges, Timed before or after Bombing Target Position Exit UP & OVER with F-18's at 1,100 mph. Movie Required Air-to-Air Missiles rather than Radar Jamming Pods on Wing-Tips for Visual Conflict presentation. As in UKRAINE, Administration might not have wanted commitment of large numbers of Pilots - compared with JAPAN on December 7, 1941, overwhelming Defensive Batteries and Conquest of Enemy, nor GULF WAR commencement of January 17, 1991, with a COALITION of Nations concerned with Individual Conquest. This Enemy Threat has many CONFUSED, with 1 Nation in this World desiring Nuclear Weapons (Secret Centrifuges) compared with a SNOW ENVIRON of ADVERSARIES that already have Nuclear Weapons, though there might be a ROUGE NATION launching Missiles over Japan EQUIPPED with 5th Generation Fighters, found in the Outback of Washington State Wilderness, unknown to CNN, FOX, ABC, CBS, BBC News. Simpler to send in Rangers, Seals, or mop up with Marines-Raiders, or, Delta Force. Whichever can of Worms you want next. Only, "not" with this Administration, too yellow for this World.
They should have send in wild weasel aircraft to kill the SAMs before sending in the Calvary or one or two B-52s to mop up the rest like this scene here ruclips.net/video/2wOJBjpLTBA/видео.html
He was a RIO. LOL. My old man was triple centurion on multiple carriers and he didn't put any of those silly patches on his flight jacket, but that's the sort of thing that back-seaters do.. Calling him President Carter made us LOL
I take it you've had more carrier landings than Slapshot and you're not on here disrepectong him being a RIO by piggybacking on your dad? Cheers to your dad though, cool story bro!
I respect Admiral Carter's service. He was a model Officer and is a patriot. Nobody can deny that. However, he is NOT a Naval Aviator. He is a Naval Flight Officer. That's a back-seater, not a pilot. To say he set a record for landing on aircraft carriers is a slap in the face to pilots who actually did it. He set a record for being a passenger during carriers landings.
Admiral Carter was recognized as the Gray Owl, which is awarded to the senior Naval Flight Officer in the Navy. A Naval Flight Officer is recognized as such regardless of whether he is a pilot, co-pilot (in such aircraft as S-2, E-2, E-6, etc.), RIO, or WSO because of the inherent dangers of their job, whether you sit in the front seat, back seat, or side-to-side. The Navy tracks its flight crews' flight hours and carrier landing meticulously and those are legitimate numbers, not just the Admiral's own ego hashmarks. I think your comment is a slap on the face of Naval Aviators and flight crew in general.
@@philiplee8330 I am a Naval Aviator. I have landed hundreds of times on the ship. Nobody in the Navy gives credit to Flight Officers for the landings. I am sorry my friend, but you are way off base on this. I guess passengers in the back of a Boeing 737 should take credit for the landing also?
@@richardclark4733 Your comment just proves you are not a Naval Aviator. (1) From the Navy's official bio of Vice Admiral Walter Carter Jr. "Carter flew 125 combat missions in support of joint operations in Bosnia, Kosovo, Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan. He accumulated 6,150 flight hours in F-4, F-14, and F-18 aircraft during his career and safely completed 2,016 carrier-arrested landings, the record among all active and retired U.S. Naval Aviation designators." (2) A real Naval Aviator does not count "landings" on aircraft carrier, they count "arrests". You can sound like a real Naval Aviator once you get the lingo down. SMH
@@philiplee8330 We call them carrier landings, and of course we only count the landings with which we stop. I have read the Admiral's bio. He has a great reputation and many of my former squadron mates speak highly of him. Like I said, he is an accomplished officer and a great patriot. He is not a pilot, he has accumulated zero flight hours, and he has zero carrier landings. My helmet bag and knee board flew on all my missions also. I guess they too should claim the landings.
@@richardclark4733 LOL "we only count the landings with which we stop", are you serious? I already proved you wrong on "he has accumulated zero flight hours, and he has zero carrier landings" by showing you the Navy's own official bio of Admiral Carter. You know why I know you are fake? Because every pilot I've served with, regardless how confident or cocky he was, would never degrade their RIO or WSO by comparing them to passengers on a 737 or helmet bag/knee board. But you know what, I'll play your game. I really don't like civilian wannabes who've seen too many Top Gun movies pretending to be something they're not. Tell me which squadron you served with during what years. What was your callsign, hotshot? Naval Aviation is a pretty small and tight community; I'm sure I can make a few calls to find out if you're real or not, Mr. Richard Clark.
Using the same title for a Ph.D is misleading and diminishes the efforts of those who spent many grueling years in med school and residency. I too believed Jill to be an actual physician until I discovered she acquired the same degree as Bill Cosby. A new title should be created that makes a crystal clear distinction.
Dear ADM Ted , Flying Through The Narrow Arched Bridge was Questionable , I found The Trailers Was Better than the Highly Exaggerated Sequel & Script , [Top Gun 1] " Had" The Right Stuff" Its Was Based on Real Events, Not Delusional Scenarios 2/5
I would have loved to serve in the USN during the 70s and 80s. No way in hell I would serve in today's navy with all the senior woke a$$holes. Competence, cohesion, morale, retention and recruiting are in the shitter as evidenced by the enduring string of the aerial, surface and undersea accidents. Sad and disgraceful.
It's amazing how ignorant people love to comment on RUclips about stuff they have no knowledge about. Admiral Carter has 6300 flight hours and 2,016 arrests. These are stats that the Navy tracks. He is not a pilot, but a RIO is a flight crew (no different than when most airliners had flight engineers on board). Guy drives a flying bus for a living and all of a sudden he thinks he knows everything...SMH
There’s a bunch of cgi in the film I know not a popular thought but it is true. Not all of it was possible to do in real life, sorry admiral the people who have done the CGI have outed the movie already. Also some flying sequences are impossible to do as well 1 v 1
I attended Top Gun class 84-01 as a student but I was not a pilot, I was an air intercept controller, the guy on the ground watching on radar and providing close control to the pilots as needed - and let me tell you, they didn't need much help. These were outstanding aviators. I went with a couple of Marine F-4 crews from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. It was the time of my life. A great experience. I'm thrilled to see the fighter pilot community lifted up like this. They really are a breed apart. Flash and Dog Food, if you're out there, greetings my friends!
ADM Carter, I also served on the Midway from '89-'91. Pleasure to listen to you, Sir.
I think its great that you highlighted the truth about callsigns. MOST people are unaware of that. Pleased you highlighted that!
Yup, very few real life pilots gets cool callsigns like "Phoenix", "Coyote", "Ice" or "Maverick" (I learned it from the Fighter Pilot Podcast).
Most likely its a play on their names, or because of something dumb they did or said, the more you dislike a nickname, the more likely it is to stand!
Sadly, times seems to be changing, with people getting (over)sensitive, so the more...creative callsigns are getting rarer...
ADM Carter is a great guy. He was formerly Superintendent of the US Naval Academy, very approachable, very friendly and a great leader.
My high school classmate went in to pilot for Blue Angels and now commands a warship.
Was in VFA 151 from Aug 86- Fed 90. AD 3. I saw the first Top Gun right after Boot in San Diego. Thank you for your service Admiral.
Wooww.....such great person.....those pilots are amazing person....
I love the trivia of that. I'm certain this is a drop in the bucket, but thank you for sharing what you did.
Thanks for all your service awesome interview Godbless You all prayers 🙏😊 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟
Tom Cruise in real life is a licensed commercial propeller , jet and helo pilot😀
Clint Eastwood used to fly helos as well in his younger days, his son Scott does too. Burt Reynolds used to in his younger days as well. Tom regularly rides his motorcycle around the L.A and Hollywood area. If the folks he passed only knew....
He also fly helicopters. Apparently you need to train and get licensed for it.
@@sweeptheleg. Clint who? This about Tom Cruise & Top Gun … not the good bad and the ugly!
Anyway, since you brought up Clint? Clint only served as a life guard in Fort Ord during Korea
Back in 1987 when I checked into VF21 freelancers at NAS Miramar, slapshot was there as well as Maverick, lieutenant Mark Garcia and goose, lieutenant Calvin Craig. We also had the famous C.J. Heatley call sign heater as the commanding officer. We also had lieutenant Commander Berg call sign ice just to name a few. It was my first F14 squadron and one of my best that I had the honor in working with during my Navy career. I sure do miss those days and my Tomcat. Retired AD1 AW. Mark Warner.
Wow the president Carter I like!
Wild! That is a dream job and career. Yeah
Fun Watch. Thank you Sir. USS Midway, VIGI, 85 NOV, transitioned - LLF - back to Midway, then ships company ASN-92 and 130 tech till 89 MAR.
TWO Bob Hope Christmas shows!
"Slapshot" what an awesome callsign
Good for you, he's only an actor, but in another life, he was a pilot
No, he's a pilot NOW. Tom Cruise owns and flies a P-51 Mustang
Watch Ward Carroll's interviews of Vice Admiral Ted "Slapshot" Carter:
ruclips.net/video/knLdtg2e28U/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/E44IZoZA784/видео.html
One of my best students ever. :-)
President Carter sure aged well.
Very nice ( from France) 🤘🏽
Beautiful
4:49. hahahah Love the cut to the interior of the Millennium Falcon. hahaha
They should of had a Growler as part of the strike package!
@@gregorybullard2671 growler is to jam enemy radars or electronic attacks so it would not affect the awacs
nor does it do what awacs do
@@yslllgnike apparently didn't FIT in the Movie Script. Only wanted 4 18's involved, as cost was $11,000 per hour for Movie with 12 to 16 on Runway View (I can't count with Bad Eyes). Trying to FLY LOW ENOUGH TO AVOID DETECTION, AS ABOVE 200-300 FEET 🐾 was an ERROR to EXPLAIN to RELATIVES "WHY" Their Aviator wasn't coming home.
Somebody else wants to know why 114 "Cruise" Missiles could not have eliminated SAM's , Especially along Mountain's Rim/Higher Edges, Timed before or after Bombing Target Position Exit UP & OVER with F-18's at 1,100 mph.
Movie Required Air-to-Air Missiles rather than Radar Jamming Pods on Wing-Tips for Visual Conflict presentation.
As in UKRAINE, Administration might not have wanted commitment of large numbers of Pilots - compared with JAPAN on December 7, 1941, overwhelming Defensive Batteries and Conquest of Enemy, nor GULF WAR commencement of January 17, 1991, with a COALITION of Nations concerned with Individual Conquest.
This Enemy Threat has many CONFUSED, with 1 Nation in this World desiring Nuclear Weapons (Secret Centrifuges) compared with a SNOW ENVIRON of ADVERSARIES that already have Nuclear Weapons, though there might be a ROUGE NATION launching Missiles over Japan EQUIPPED with 5th Generation Fighters, found in the Outback of Washington State Wilderness, unknown to CNN, FOX, ABC, CBS, BBC News.
Simpler to send in Rangers, Seals, or mop up with Marines-Raiders, or, Delta Force. Whichever can of Worms you want next.
Only, "not" with this Administration, too yellow for this World.
They should have send in wild weasel aircraft to kill the SAMs before sending in the Calvary or one or two B-52s to mop up the rest like this scene here
ruclips.net/video/2wOJBjpLTBA/видео.html
In this episode, Pete has created a bunch of Mavericks., the contested skies will no longer safe for the other guys ..bad guys now
Hero !!!!
He was a RIO. LOL. My old man was triple centurion on multiple carriers and he didn't put any of those silly patches on his flight jacket, but that's the sort of thing that back-seaters do.. Calling him President Carter made us LOL
I take it you've had more carrier landings than Slapshot and you're not on here disrepectong him being a RIO by piggybacking on your dad? Cheers to your dad though, cool story bro!
no way your father was a pilot.
You have 355 more landings, Cruise has 355 more million dollars.
4:47 I missed the scene with the Millennium Falcon. Guess it got cut.
No shit ! LOL
1st Thought - when Objective announced, same as Star Wars Episode 4, 1977 - for Luke Skywalker.
gotta flex with that many deck landings cause i would
L
i agree 2nd movie was wayyyyy better than the first
Everybody wants their credit on the movie
I respect Admiral Carter's service. He was a model Officer and is a patriot. Nobody can deny that. However, he is NOT a Naval Aviator. He is a Naval Flight Officer. That's a back-seater, not a pilot. To say he set a record for landing on aircraft carriers is a slap in the face to pilots who actually did it. He set a record for being a passenger during carriers landings.
Admiral Carter was recognized as the Gray Owl, which is awarded to the senior Naval Flight Officer in the Navy. A Naval Flight Officer is recognized as such regardless of whether he is a pilot, co-pilot (in such aircraft as S-2, E-2, E-6, etc.), RIO, or WSO because of the inherent dangers of their job, whether you sit in the front seat, back seat, or side-to-side. The Navy tracks its flight crews' flight hours and carrier landing meticulously and those are legitimate numbers, not just the Admiral's own ego hashmarks. I think your comment is a slap on the face of Naval Aviators and flight crew in general.
@@philiplee8330 I am a Naval Aviator. I have landed hundreds of times on the ship. Nobody in the Navy gives credit to Flight Officers for the landings. I am sorry my friend, but you are way off base on this.
I guess passengers in the back of a Boeing 737 should take credit for the landing also?
@@richardclark4733 Your comment just proves you are not a Naval Aviator. (1) From the Navy's official bio of Vice Admiral Walter Carter Jr. "Carter flew 125 combat missions in support of joint operations in Bosnia, Kosovo, Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan. He accumulated 6,150 flight hours in F-4, F-14, and F-18 aircraft during his career and safely completed 2,016 carrier-arrested landings, the record among all active and retired U.S. Naval Aviation designators." (2) A real Naval Aviator does not count "landings" on aircraft carrier, they count "arrests". You can sound like a real Naval Aviator once you get the lingo down. SMH
@@philiplee8330 We call them carrier landings, and of course we only count the landings with which we stop. I have read the Admiral's bio. He has a great reputation and many of my former squadron mates speak highly of him. Like I said, he is an accomplished officer and a great patriot. He is not a pilot, he has accumulated zero flight hours, and he has zero carrier landings. My helmet bag and knee board flew on all my missions also. I guess they too should claim the landings.
@@richardclark4733 LOL "we only count the landings with which we stop", are you serious? I already proved you wrong on "he has accumulated zero flight hours, and he has zero carrier landings" by showing you the Navy's own official bio of Admiral Carter. You know why I know you are fake? Because every pilot I've served with, regardless how confident or cocky he was, would never degrade their RIO or WSO by comparing them to passengers on a 737 or helmet bag/knee board. But you know what, I'll play your game. I really don't like civilian wannabes who've seen too many Top Gun movies pretending to be something they're not. Tell me which squadron you served with during what years. What was your callsign, hotshot? Naval Aviation is a pretty small and tight community; I'm sure I can make a few calls to find out if you're real or not, Mr. Richard Clark.
I'll be giggling all day at double-chin "Doctor" Harley. A "doctorate" in "management."
A doctor like Jill Biden is a doctor.
Using the same title for a Ph.D is misleading and diminishes the efforts of those who spent many grueling years in med school and residency. I too believed Jill to be an actual physician until I discovered she acquired the same degree as Bill Cosby. A new title should be created that makes a crystal clear distinction.
Or call physicians, physicians.
Waiting for New HOT SHOTS Movie.
Dear ADM Ted , Flying Through The Narrow Arched Bridge was Questionable , I found The Trailers Was Better than the Highly Exaggerated Sequel & Script , [Top Gun 1] " Had" The Right Stuff" Its Was Based on Real Events, Not Delusional Scenarios 2/5
why is the millenium falcon in there???
😂😂😂
Did the Dod allowed them to say that about the Plane ?
I would have loved to serve in the USN during the 70s and 80s. No way in hell I would serve in today's navy with all the senior woke a$$holes. Competence, cohesion, morale, retention and recruiting are in the shitter as evidenced by the enduring string of the aerial, surface and undersea accidents. Sad and disgraceful.
An NFO does not “land” on an aircraft carrier.
I have more carrier landing on the Midway than he does!!!
Tom: true BUT I am richer!!!
Maverick can and will use a Baseball Bat to Destroy the SU-57!
He should be addressed as “Admiral” not president.
President Admiral
HE IS NOT A PILOT a rio is NOT a pilot and has never landed a plane on a carrier HE WASNT FLYING HE WAS RIDIDNG
It's amazing how ignorant people love to comment on RUclips about stuff they have no knowledge about. Admiral Carter has 6300 flight hours and 2,016 arrests. These are stats that the Navy tracks. He is not a pilot, but a RIO is a flight crew (no different than when most airliners had flight engineers on board). Guy drives a flying bus for a living and all of a sudden he thinks he knows everything...SMH
LOOK AT ME how I TYPE, I AM SpEcIaL
HE'S NOT FLYING HE WAS RIDING! !!
Me: If something happen to the pilot then he is screwed!!
There’s a bunch of cgi in the film I know not a popular thought but it is true. Not all of it was possible to do in real life, sorry admiral the people who have done the CGI have outed the movie already. Also some flying sequences are impossible to do as well 1 v 1
Lmao so this is how the “loser” pilots retire?