In 'Top Gun: Maverick', Admiral Cain (played by Ed Harris) describes Maverick as, among other things, "the only man to down three enemy planes in the past 40 years." Not true!

Meet Cesar "Rico" Rodriguez, retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and former F-15 Eagle fighter pilot. Rico scored two kills in Operation Desert Storm and a third in Allied Force eight years later.

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