We've seen this movie dozens of times and, to be honest, sometimes — despite the F-14 Tomcat's iconic silhouette — it's difficult to tell exactly what is going on, or which plane is which. Regardless, though, the editing is so top-notch (and the "let's turn around quickly in our fake cockpits" acting style so urgent) that the dogfight and training scenes remain as tense a quarter-century later as they did upon the film's premiere.