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• Backed by the Pentagon
• Hey, It's That Guy!: Goose's wife is Meg Ryan.
  • Merlin is Tim Robbins.
  • Michael Ironside is Jester.
  • Mr. Strickland thinks Maverick's ego is writing checks his body can't cash!
  • Trivetteis Sundown.
  • Chipper ran for Congress after leaving the Navy.
• Truth in Television - The training accident that kills Goose was entirely possible due to the design of the Tomcat. Early Tomcats had Pratt & Whitney TF30 engines which were underpowered for the aircraft, resulting in compressor stalls at high angles of attack. The space in between the two engines would also easily result in a flat spin due to the massive amount of asymmetrical thrust should one engine crap out.
• What Could Have Been: Bryan Adams was approached to use his song, "Only the Strong Survive," but he refused since he felt that the film glorified war.