What is the greatest movie about air warfare?

[HomeAppraiser]

My second goes to BAT 21

 

[Xstatic1]

top gun for the hunks, i mean action, LOL. i also really liked tuskegee airmen.

 

[novasatori]

Originally posted by: Excelsior
Memphis Belle.

4 sure

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: weadjust
Tora! Tora! Tora!

 

[fire400]

there was a black and white movie about Pearl Harbor.

the ending, only one plane returned and the crews had to make a lot of sacrifices on the way home....., America saw them as heroes.

it was ... absolutely awesome... I don't have the name, but you know what I mean guys!?

 

[Chiller2]

Tuskgegee Airmen was pretty good.

 

[murban135]

The Great Waldo Pepper

 

[CVSiN]

Midway.. my fave
Tora Tora Tora second..

 

[Gibsons]

Originally posted by: ScrapSilicon
Battle of Britain

Yeah, that. :thumbsup: I love Spitfires.

Midway might've been as good if they'd ditched the dumb love story part.

edit: just want to add Bridges of Toko-Ri, since it hasn't been mentioned.

 

[spacejamz]

does The Final Countdown count??

or Firefox? (or Foxfire - the one where Clint Eastwood steals the Russian fighter)...

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: spacejamz
does The Final Countdown count??

or Firefox? (or Foxfire - the one where Clint Eastwood steals the Russian fighter)...

LOL.

Grumman F14 Tomcat vs. Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero. And the winner is....

 

[jdini76]

The new "Flyboys" movie looks pretty good.

 

[elektrolokomotive]

Nobody came up with Flight of the Intruder?

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

I'd say it's a toss up between Memphis Belle and Top Gun.

 

[Tates]

Twelve O'Clock High

 

[spacejamz]

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: spacejamz
does The Final Countdown count??

or Firefox? (or Foxfire - the one where Clint Eastwood steals the Russian fighter)...

LOL.

Grumman F14 Tomcat vs. Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero. And the winner is....

pretty sure that was a F14B though...

now if it was an F14D or a Super Tomcat....

 

[lokiju]

Memphis Bell is really the only that comes to mind that was about true life war fare.

 

[loic2003]

Memphis Bell again here.

Pearl harbour was insulting.
Top gun was way too homo-erotic.
Hot shots was good, but slightly innacurate: "I'll have a hamburger!"

 

[rudder]

Midway... greast movie.

It also reflected that the day of the battleship was over and battles as sea would take place without the ships ever seeing eachother.

 

[Pastore]

I can't believe no one has said Full Metal Jacket?

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: RyanB18
Pearl Harbor

Yeah, I loved it for the fact that an American fighter pilot single handedly won the Battle of Britain, the single handedly fought off the Japs at Pearl Harbor and then became a bomber pilot so he could (almost) single handedly bomb Tokyo.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: rudder
Midway... greast movie.

It also reflected that the day of the battleship was over and battles as sea would take place without the ships ever seeing eachother.

It wasn't quite over as the navies only had so many carriers to use at the time. The USN and IJN slugged it out the old fashoned way a number of places, the most notable being the series of battles over Guadalcanal and and Leyte Gulf.

 

[maximus maximus]

Originally posted by: weadjust
Tora! Tora! Tora!

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: Pastore
I can't believe no one has said Full Metal Jacket?

How exactly does this qualify?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: RyanB18
Pearl Harbor

Er... Tora! Tora! Tora!