barnstormer1968
(Thread drift alert)
Harrier Squadron (or was it Holocaust Squadron in the begining?) in the Warlord comic - there's a blast from the past!!! Hob Hogget and his band of multinational Harrier mates fighting off an invasion of the UK by EASTPAC(?) (didn't actually call them Russians). Chillingly realistic storyline for a young impressionable mind! Someone needs to reprint those as a full collection...
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Best: Top Gun/Dambusters
Alright so its naff as hell but Top Gun is exhilarating - and a great advert for joining up. Dambusters - British, daring, technical achievement (the raid, not the special effects...) - need I say more?
Worst: That Fighter Pilot IMAX thing
OK - so it had officially backing and the photography is generally excellent but the Star Wars insides of the AWACS and 3D computer graphics on the displays??? Eh? Then there is the CGI cockpit HUD that is superimposed on some of the low-level stuff. And the A-10 tank attack where there are obviously pyros rigged to give lots of nice flame...
Jeez - if a A-10 guns strafe needs 'pepping up' on a supposedly realistic Red Flag documentry something has gone wrong somewhere...