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31st Oct 2000, 12:49

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Captain Airclues

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"Call the Ball"

In the opening scenes of 'Top Gun', the controller on the carrier says "Maverick...Call the ball" to which the reply is "Maverick has the ball". Could any navy types please explain what this means?

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