Top Gun: Maverick recaptured Top Gun's magic by returning to some of the same locations as the '80s classic as well as seeking out brand new ones.
In order to recapture the magic of the '80s classic Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick went to some of the same locations as the original movie as well as a few brand-new ones. The highly-anticipated sequel once again saw Tom Cruise returning to one of his most famous roles as ace Navy pilot Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, though instead of dive-bombing towers on an aircraft carrier, he's instructing the next generation of Top Gun graduates.
9 San Diego, California San Diego and its surrounding areas provided the locations for several sequences in Top Gun: Maverick, including the Top Gun base which was filmed at North Island Naval Air Station. Penny's Hard Deck bar was filmed as the famous Breaker's Beach in San Diego, and the entire set of the bar was built in less than a month to provide the iconic place for all the pilots to drown their woes and play some volleyball.
6 Chico, California For instances when the filmmakers needed to shoot footage in Butte County and Feather River Canyon in the High Lakes region, they went to the Northgate Aviation Chico Jet Center in Chico, California. These could be put anywhere that F-18 planes were needed using stunt pilots and a special process. Grey L-39 fighter jets were painted at various points so that visual effects artists could transform them into F-18s digitally.
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