“It’s not the plane, it’s the pilot,” is one of the most memorable dialogues from the Tom Cruise-starrer Hollywood film, “Top Gun: Maverick,” whose climax showed an incredibly skilled pilot, Maverick, and Rooster, playing his wingman, flying a vintage enemy F-14 Tomcat after being downed over hostile territory. Although never explicitly named in the film, the … Continue reading “We Flew Below 50 Feet”: Iranian F-5 Fighter Pilots Reveal Daring Low-Level Strike on U.S. Military Base in Kuwait