Ego, arrogance, conceit, one upmanship, gung ho and over the top people that are just not normal--or are they ? The hero is too old in the military to be a fighter pilot. The target of the mission could be taken out by other means and how would they have constructed it in the mountains in the first place; instead of underground? Nothing is believable in this movie. Yes, the flying scenes are very good. The rekindled romance is dead in the water with no sparks between the two. Jennifer's part could have been written out . This is at best a propoganda film showing the "might" of the Top Guns . Who is the enemy that is never mentioned by name in the movie? Yes, it has a lot of action but the action is just fantasy !