Remember the MiG-28 in Top Gun? It Was Really the F-5 Fighter Plane
The iconic 1986 film Top Gun not only boosted Tom Cruise's career but also revitalized the image of the U.S. military, especially the Navy. Its primary antagonist, the fictional Soviet MiG-28, portrayed as a cutting-edge enemy aircraft, was actually an American-made Northrop F-5
Source: nationalinterest.org