Lieutenant (junior grade) Ron "Slider" Kerner is a naval flight officer trained on the Grumman F-14 Tomcat and a graduate of TOPGUN. Slider is LT Tom "Iceman" Kazansky's radar intercept officer (RIO).
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Top Gun[]
In the final engagement, Iceman and Slider shoot down one of the six MiG-28s. Another MiG-28 damaged their F-14, and that MiG was shot down by LT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell and LTJG Sam "Merlin" Wells.
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- Trivia: Slider has a rather cocky personality, similar to Tom "Iceman" Kazansky.
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- ↑ The character's age is conjecture based on actor Rick Rossovich, who was born on August 28th, 1957; Rich was currently 28-years-old at the time of the film's full release on May 16th, 1986.