US B-52 losses were heavy. Although as a twist to the story, US airmen claim to have shot down two Vietnamese MiG-21 fighter ...

While the B-52s are known to have gunned down two MiG-21s, the F-22 has never shot down a fighter jet in anger.

and even the MiG-31. However, no country uses what "Top Gun" called the MiG-28. It doesn't exist. The plane in the '80s flick was a repainted Northrop Grumman F-5 Tiger. The movie had some fun ...

Moore, just 18 during the 1972 Christmas Eve mission, shot down a MiG-21 while manning the tail gun of "Diamond Lil" during Operation Linebacker II. What You Need to Know: Airman 1st Class Albert ...