They call themselves the "Top Gun" squadrons. Their slender aircraft skim through the sky and seek out their target. They fly, fight and think like Russian pilots and it is their mission to train the US Navy and Air Force pilots in how to hold their own in air combat against an enemy. These squadrons are equipped with high performance aircraft such as the F-5F Tiger II. This 2-seat fighter is capable of reproducing similar flying characteristics to the fighter sused on the Russian front and therefore of simulating their tactics and operational methods.