Inspired by Top Gun: Japan’s first female fighter pilot breaks air force's glass ceiling

Japan has welcomed its first-ever female fighter pilot into the air force – and you need not guess which high-octane movie the pilot watched as inspiration.

Lieutenant Misa Matsushima had dreamed of becoming a fighter pilot since watching Tom Cruise don a flight suit in the film Top Gun. Unperturbed by the fact that Cruise’s character, Maverick, was somewhat responsible for a crash that resulted in the death of Goose, his best friend and co-pilot, Matsushima felt the need, the need for speed keenly and, this week, completed her training to become Japan’s first female fighter pilot.

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Good for her.