Uss Lexington Pins and Buttons
Description: USS Saratoga is a aircraft carrier of United States, first commissioned in 1927. This vintage naval artwork depicts a sunset Pacific sea with a broad funnel, a straight flight deck and propeller aircraft. Weathered steel, directional light and foaming waves give the main vessel depth and a sense of movement, while ship-name lettering and a country emblem complete the composition. A historical illustration for naval enthusiasts, maritime collectors and military history readers. Every image in this collection is created with care and the intention of making its details as complete and historically accurate as possible. The scene is an artistic reconstruction, not a documentary photograph; the commissioning year refers to the vessel’s first en
Description: According to David F. Brown’s book Tomcat Alley: A Photographic Roll Call of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, 160694 was assigned to VF-51 during the making of the movie and received full Top Gun movie markings. The aircraft featured the fictious VF-1 badge, which was actually the insignia for VAW-110, an E-2C Hawkeye squadron based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar. During the movie Top Gun, this Tomcat displayed Lt. Mitchell’s name and callsign plus that of his new RIO, Ltjg. Sam “Merlin” Wells. It was also equipped as a camera ship and shot many of the dramatic air-to-air ACM footage. This Tomcat was stricken on Sep. 26, 1994.
