Editing Top Gun (section)

== Cast ==
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* [[Tom Cruise]] as LT [[Pete "Maverick" Mitchell]]: A young and cocky U.S. Navy aviator assigned to Top Gun. The character was loosely based on [[Duke Cunningham]] and his accomplishments during the Vietnam War.<ref>{{Cite web |last=tamera.twitty@gazette.com |first=TAMERA TWITTY |title='Top Gun' inspiration, presidentially pardoned Randy 'Duke' Cunningham speaks in Colorado Springs |url=https://gazette.com/military/top-gun-inspiration-presidentially-pardoned-randy-duke-cunningham-speaks-in-colorado-springs/article_f58b23d2-b04f-11eb-b95e-b7929844bd46.html |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=Colorado Springs Gazette |date=May 8, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Kelly McGillis]] as Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood: Instructor of Top Gun and Maverick's love interest. The character is based on a real-life person, [[Christine Fox]], who worked at [[Marine Corps Air Station Miramar|Naval Air Station Miramar]].<ref name=Richman1985>{{cite news|last=Richman|first=Alan|title=Air Warfare Expert Christine Fox—Fighter Pilots Call Her "Legs"—Inspires the New Movie Top Gun| url= http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,20091443,00.html|access-date=December 22, 2013| work=People |date=August 5, 1985| page= 115| archive-date=June 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616055144/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,20091443,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Val Kilmer]] as LT Tom "Iceman" Kazansky: Top Gun's best student and Maverick's rival turned wingman. 
* [[Anthony Edwards (actor)|Anthony Edwards]] as [[Lieutenant (junior grade)|LTJG]] Nick "Goose" Bradshaw: Maverick's radar intercept officer and best friend.
* [[Tom Skerritt]] as [[Commander (United States)|CDR]] Mike "Viper" Metcalf: Commanding officer and instructor of Top Gun, also the very first graduate. A veteran of the [[Vietnam War]] who served with Duke Mitchell, Maverick's father. The character was based on a real person: Rear Admiral [[Pete Pettigrew|Pete "Viper" Pettigrew]], a former Navy aviator, Vietnam War veteran and Top Gun instructor, who served as a technical advisor on the film and also makes a cameo appearance in the film as a colleague of Charlie's.
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* [[Michael Ironside]] as [[Lieutenant commander (United States)|LCDR]] Rick "Jester" Heatherly: A Naval Aviator, and Top Gun instructor
* [[John Stockwell (actor)|John Stockwell]] as LT Bill "Cougar" Cortell: Maverick's former wingman
* [[Barry Tubb]] as LTJG Leonard "Wolfman" Wolfe: Hollywood's radar intercept officer
* [[Rick Rossovich]] as LTJG Ron "Slider" Kerner: Iceman's radar intercept officer
* [[Tim Robbins]] as LTJG Sam "Merlin" Wells: Cougar's radar intercept officer (later Maverick's during the climax)
* [[Clarence Gilyard]] as LTJG Marcus "Sundown" Williams: Chipper's radar intercept officer (later Maverick's during the end of training)
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* [[Whip Hubley]] as LT Rick "Hollywood" Neven: A student from Top Gun and Iceman's wingman during the climax
* [[James Tolkan]] as CDR Tom "Stinger" Jardian: Commander of the [[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)|USS ''Enterprise'']] Carrier Air Group
* [[Meg Ryan]] as Carole Bradshaw (wife of LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw)
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* [[Adrian Pasdar]] as LT Charles "Chipper" Piper: A Naval Aviator and student of Top Gun
* [[Duke Stroud]] as Air Boss Johnson
* [[Aaron and Adam Weis]] as Bradley Bradshaw: Goose and Carole's son (uncredited)
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