Lieutenant Neil "Omaha" Vikander is a naval aviator trained on the F/A-18E Super Hornet and a graduate of TOPGUN. His weapon systems officer (WSO) is Lt. Callie "Halo" Bassett.
Biography[]
Top Gun: Maverick[]
Omaha is an elite TOPGUN graduate selected to return and train as a candidate for a secret mission to destroy a uranium enrichment facility.
During basic fighter maneuver (BFM) training, the candidates were challenged against CAPT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell to see who could shoot the other down first. Anyone who got shot down by Maverick would have to do two hundred pushups (the agreed upon amount set by LT Reuben "Payback" Fitch) as fulfillment of the lost bet.
Omaha and Halo were shot down by Maverick, and as a result, had to fulfill the pushups. The fulfillment of this lost bet was overseen by CWO-4 Bernie "Hondo" Coleman, who stood-in as an impromptu drill instructor.
At the end of the training period, Omaha was not one of the candidates selected to partake in the operation by CAPT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell. During the special mission, Omaha remained in reserve on the carrier at standby alert.
Notes[]
- Prior to the special mission detachment, Omaha was assigned/attached to strike fighter squadron VFA-136 Knighthawks.
- Factual Error: VFA-136 fly the F/A-18E Super Hornet (single seater). In the Top Gun: Maverick, Omaha is seen piloting an F/A-18F Super Hornet (double seater) with LT Callie "Halo" Bassett as his WSO.
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