Saw it today, 5/27, in a theater filled about 50%. The movie is not bad, keeping in mind strict “realism” is not necessarily required in an action/adventure movie. Make no mistake, that’s what this is. The good guys get into some tough scrapes, deal with thick-headed superiors, yada yada, pretty much the same plotline as any interchangeable Elvis movie with flying scenes instead of songs. I had not read the previous comment about editing & the first 15 minutes until after I saw the movie and that could explain why the first 15 minutes seemed a little slow and forced. It’s easy to poke holes in Hollywood depictions of aviation and it will be even easier if the next blockbuster (Do those even happen anymore?) happens to be about ballooning. All in all I enjoyed it, and you might too. The original “Top Gun” turned out to be an effective recruiting film for the USN, mostly due to the live-action footage of real Naval aviation ops. Maybe it will happen again, for the same reasons.