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snag Since: Jul, 2014
2014-08-02 21:26:46

do you recall if they were jet or propeller planes? if the enemy plane was eastern european or asian for example? black and white or colour movie?

chainchump Since: Aug, 2014
2014-08-02 22:27:04

They were jet planes, I'm sure about that. I think I remember the enemies being middle eastern, so the jets were prob soviet style jets, perhaps migs? The movie or show was in color and felt current when I saw it as a kid, so it was either made in the 80's or perhaps early 90's.

Edited by chainchump
snag Since: Jul, 2014
2014-08-03 19:32:11

I'm still chipping away at this but by any chance did the fighting look like it was from top gun? I ask because it occurs to me that rather than this being a movie it could be a corny plot in an episode of JAG, and they love recycling top gun and other jet footage. Also, I stumbled on a page talking about "one hand on the throttle, and one hand on the ejection handle" asking where that was from and a responder said they thought it was from either Iron Eagle 2 or Iron Eagle 3. From what I remember, the korean war was the first with jet fighters and American involvement. Vietnam. Israel vs. Egypt on several occasions to mention some older battles with jets which may have been a backdrop for your story. Soviets in Afghanistan.

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