Summary: <p><em>Top Gun: Maverick </em>is flying high at the box office. This newest installment in the <em>Top Gun</em> franchise features Phoenix, the franchise’s first female pilot. We wanted to find out how real the portrayal of her experience was: so we turned to Commander Becky Dowling Calder, the first female pilot ever to graduate from the Naval Fighter Weapons School—a.k.a. Top Gun.</p> <p> </p>
