Aug 18, 2022 · As depicted by Maverick in Top Gun, G-1 jackets are often personalized with patches. These patches often mark deployments, aircraft flown, and significant milestones like carrier landings and flight hours.

May 10, 2022 · On Tom Cruise’s top gun patch jacket, you can see multiple patches. Maverick’s old jacket had a large clip that read “Far East Cruise 63-4, USS Galveston,” which commemorates the actual US military life journey to Japan, Taiwan, and the Western Pacific.

Jul 22, 2019 · The new patch appears to say “85-86” along with the words “Indian Ocean Cruise,” which was where the dogfights in the original Top Gun took place.

Jul 22, 2019 · Tom Cruise appears to be wearing the same jacket in Tom Gun: Maverick as he did in the original, but there's one difference. The full trailer for Top Gun: Maverick hit the Internet...

Jun 13, 2022 · But early in production, eagle-eyed fans wondered if the movie removed an important part of Tom Cruise’s costume in a bid to appease China. When the TOP GUN: MAVERICK trailer first dropped in 2019, people noticed that Cruise’s character, Maverick, was missing a patch from his jacket.

Jun 2, 2022 · The producers of the new movie “Top Gun: Maverick” restored the Taiwanese and Japanese flag patches on the bomber jacket worn by Tom Cruise’s character, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, after previously removing them from early promotional materials for the movie to avoid angering Chinese investors and censors.

Jul 24, 2019 · The latest trailer for Tom Cruise’s upcoming Top Gun: Maverick film revealed that two patches from Cruise’s iconic bomber jacket have been removed. The two patches which featured both the Japanese and Taiwanese flags no longer appear on Maverick’s bomber jacket.

Apr 11, 2023 · The Top Gun patch jacket, worn by Tom Cruise in the 1986 blockbuster movie, has become an iconic piece of fashion. It’s a leather bomber jacket that features a variety of patches on the front...

May 27, 2022 · Tom Cruise plays Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, who in the 1986 original wore a bomber jacket featuring a patch with the flags of Taiwan, Japan, the U.S. and the United Nations. The patch...

Jul 22, 2019 · Controversy has erupted online over Tom Cruise's jacket in the Top Gun: Maverick trailer. The actor was a surprise guest at the Paramount Comic-Con panel last Thursday, where he unveiled...