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*In 2006, [[Michael J. Nelson]] and [[Bill Corbett]] of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' fame released a humorous audio commentary track of the film on their [[RiffTrax]] service.
*According to the DVD director Tony Scott was fired several times during the production.
*During the final dogfight scene, it is stated that launches had to be delayed because both catapults were jammed. In reality, all U.S. Navy supercarriers have four catapults, with two located on the bow and two located one third of the way back on the port side of the
* The incident in which "Goose" died is similar in reverse to the 1994 accident in which Naval aviator [[Kara Hultgreen]] died, both involved ejection from a plane in an unrecoverable flat spin: in the movie, Maverick ejected successfully, but Goose hit his head on the canopy and drowned; In the Hultgreen accident, the RIO ejected successfully at a very low altitude and survived, but the pilot's ejection seat fired after a delay of 0.4 second, during which time her plane rolled; and she was ejected downward into the water, killing her instantly. After a tricky salvage operation, the plane and her body were recovered: she was still strapped into the seat.
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