“Top Gun” and its sequel may be fictional stories, but fighter pilots are, of course, very real — and their job is pretty demanding. As such, National Geographic is taking fans into the cockpit to ...

Andrew Seepe always dreamed of sitting behind the controls of an F-18 Super Hornet. When he was a boy and his mother -- a medical officer in the Navy at the time-- was stationed at Marine Corps Air ...

LOS ANGELES -- National Geographic's "Top Guns: The Next Generation" is soaring onto screens this September. The six-part series takes viewers into the U.S. Navy's elite aviation program, following ...

What it’s like to train in a military flight school. The types of tools used by students. The full extent of the strain on the pilots. If you come to this series expecting the Top Gun movies series, ...

Tom Cruise introduced audiences around the world to the Top Gun training and pilots. He and the filmmakers tried to make the films as realistic as possible to represent the real program and pilots.

The pilots of Top Gun: The Next Generation have the need…the need for speed! This new National Geographic docuseries follows a class of Navy and Marine Corps student pilots on their journey to ...