Top Gun Jacket Controversy: “Maverick” Has Backtracked on A Tweak that Opponents Claim Was Made to Placate China.
Top Gun: Maverick premiered in 2019 with a number of notable changes, notably the disputed patches stitched onto Tom Cruise’s character’s clothing. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell wears a bomber jacket that had belonged to the fighter’s father in the original Top Gun film, which premiered in 1986. Maverick’s father served in the U.S. Navy, including a…