Maverick vs. Iceman: Who Is Really The Better Top Gun Pilot
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Top Gun: Maverick!
The rivalry between Top Gun pilots Maverick and Iceman is a well-worn formula, with the two constantly feuding over which is the better TOPGUN pilot. Even all these years later, the question is brought up again in Top Gun: Maverick as the pair reunites after 36 years. Now, it is finally time to declare which one of these Top Gun aerial aces comes out on top.
Lt. Pete «Maverick» Mitchell (Tom Cruise) and Lt. Tom «Iceman» Kazansky (Val Kilmer) are two of the best pilots to have ever gone through the TOPGUN Naval Fighter Weapons School. However, in the original Top Gun, the two are bitter rivals. The two constantly try to one-up each other, and even after Maverick and Iceman fight together at the end of the movie, they still jokingly debate which one is the better pilot. The two TOPGUN alumni are subsequently shown to have remained close friends throughout the years, once again bringing up their skill debate in Top Gun: Maverick.
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Both Maverick and Iceman excel at all aspects of being a pilot, but each one of the pair shines in a few different ways. Maverick undoubtedly has exceptional talent in the air, pulling off stunts that would get a lesser pilot killed. Maverick can break the hard deck and fly at Mach 10 with ease. From his inverted maneuver in the MiG-28 to his impressive low flying in Maverick, Maverick holds a mastery of the air. Besides just his flying, Maverick is also excellent at dogfighting. Maverick is the only fighter pilot to take out three MiGs in 40 years, a feat he performs at the end of the original Top Gun. He takes out another two planes in Maverick, giving him an incredibly high kill count for a
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