Example A is a chosen one story (magic powers make him “better”), example B is an experience+skill beats skill story, and from watching “fighter pilot reviews” of the movie that was one aspect they said rings true, someone who was a fighter pilot that long would have had so much more time to develop a high level of skill.

from watching “fighter pilot reviews” of the movie that was one aspect they said rings true

I’m gonna assume every other aspect of the movie does not ring true because that movie was so bad compared to the first Top Gun. There’s a big list of stuff that doesn’t make sense.

it was a huge propaganda piece for the military so much so, it drove up enlistments last year"fullfilled thier qouta" it was coming from “the main military.com site”
Pretty much everything on TV and cinema related to military is for that reason. JAG also had this effect for like 10 straight years. And it actually kept the lights on in some cases as well, when the ratings werent the best. Hell, I wonder how many people joined the Navy after growing up watching Star Trek TNG?