Early in the movie, Viper explains that Top Gun was established because the kill ratio went from 12 :1 in Korea to 4:1 in Vietnam. He says the reason was that the US pilots became too reliant on missiles and had lost their dogfighting (gun) skills, which is a reference to the title- it is not Top Missile. Top Gun was to fix that by teaching dogfighting skills. In the climax of the movie, 3 US jets take on 6 MIGs. The US loses 1. Maverick and Ice splash 4 MIGs. That's a 4:1 ratio. All the MIGs were shot down by missiles. In fact, none of the US pilots ever fires the 20mm cannon (gun) on their F-14 aircraft. In the final battle, Iceman is hit by cannon fire from one of the MIGs. It could be argued that despite graduating Top Gun, the US pilots were inferior at dogfights as compared to the foreign pilots.

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