The most important 'Top Gun: Maverick' moment nearly every moviegoer missed
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'Top Gun: Maverick" uses just a few seconds to reveal how an expert carrier team keeps Navy jets flying. It's not just pilots who make our fighters top-notch.
The film's six stars are standing in front of row after row of aviation personnel. These rows of men and women, dressed in shirts of varied colors, look like a rainbow. Without them, nobody’s getting a jet into the air. Author Alvin Townley has written multiple nationally acclaimed books, including "Defiant" and "Captured," as well as "Legacy of Honor" and "Fly Navy," which featured Jim Lovell. Follow him @AlvinTownley.
During my first watching, the scene entirely escaped notice. Producers had sandwiched it between mission-centered drama and supremely distracting high-G maneuvers. But in my second screening, I caught it.