in the movie they mention the superiority of 5th generation fighters alot
so why did they chose to go with the older F-18
the only thing I really remember reading , was that there are no two seat F-35's , and they needed a two seater for filming
which , I can kinda sorta buy
but .............
they could have still filmed the cockpit scenes with F-18 , and used the new F-35 for all exterior shots
or they could have used a pair each
in the movie , they broke off into pairs anyways , used two , two seat F-18's for the bombing run and the F-35's for their escorts
I love the F-18 , might be my favorite plane of all time , I worked on them for 4 years
but I would have really loved to have seen the F-35 in action
maybe in Top Gun 3 ?.....................lol
GO NAVY !!!