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As someone that was in Naval Aviation, I can only speak for Navy pilots and they continually face the best pilots in the world to hone their craft. And those were other US pilots. Not only did they train constantly against other US pilots, we had combat exercises (in my theater) with Japan, South Korea, Australia, and others. I can pretty much assure you that the same type of activities occurred in the Atlantic Fleets AOR against the UK, France, Spain, Israel, etc.
I used to fly as a back ender in E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Command and Control aircraft and worked in the environment day in and day out.
Being in Naval Aviation, I hated the Top Gun movies because Hollywood bullshit. Nice for recruiting, but absolute horseshit on reality.
WW
Training is one thing, but actual combat is quite another. There’s only so much training can prepare you for, and assuming the enemy will be easily blown out of the sky in a few minutes, as toddsterpatriot does, is foolish.