Iron Eagle

Iron Eagle (1986)

6 corrected entries

(3 votes)

Correction: The Air Force (and any military branch) has jurisdiction over crimes committed by any person, including civilians, covered by military law when the crime was committed.

Bishop73

Corrected entry: After Doug has finished moaning to his friends about not getting into the air force, his girlfriend can be seen in the background smiling. This is a bit out of character I would think. (At first I thought she might have been smiling at the voice on the PA but the voice is obviously Knotchers, whom she despises).

Gavin Jackson

Correction: Yes, a bit out of character. She could have been thinking about something funny at the time. Either way it is a character flaw, not a movie mistake.

BocaDavie

Corrected entry: 45 minutes into the film, Colonel Masters is berating his son, Doug, for pulling unauthorised maneuvers, as they flew in an F-16. Doug says, "Come on dad!" His father replies, "Don't 'Come on me' Dad" instead of "Don't 'Come on dad' me".

Correction: His character was upset and misspoke. Character error, not a movie mistake.

BocaDavie

Corrected entry: It is impossible to fire a missile or rocket from an F-16 while it is on the ground. They do this while he (Doug) is on the ground rescuing his dad.

Correction: Already challenged and corrected.

Zwn Annwn

Corrected entry: As a former F-16 avionics troop one glaring mistake is the fact that munitions, i.e. missiles, cannot be fired on the ground. There is a switch called a WOW Switch. (Weight On Wheels) This switch will not allow weapons to fire when the landing gear is down.

Correction: As a 22-year F-16 avionics maintainer, instructor, production superintendent, and section chief, I can state that this was one of the few scenes in Iron Eagle that was correct. There is a switch in the cockpit called "Ground Jett Enable" which is intended to perform maintenance checks on the ground. In Desert Storm 1, a Maverick Missile was accidentally fired on the ground when that switch was in the wrong position.

Corrected entry: The helicopters Chappy and Doug engage soon after going feet-dry are Bell AH-1 Huey Cobras. As far as I know the USA is the only country that operates Huey-Cobras.

Correction: The AH-1 Cobras apparently belong to the country of Billyad, or something. The USMC still operates upgraded versions of the AH-1, and countries like Israel and Japan also have them in their arsenals.

Factual error: Doug Masters and his friend Reggie would be grounded on the spot and have their pilot's licences suspended (and in all likelihood cancelled) after buzzing the motorcyclist. Their flying is grossly unsafe. They would be visible for miles flying well below a safe altitude, but even if they were not seen their radio traffic and radar tracking would tell the authorities everything they needed to know.

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Knotcher: Good morning, boys and girls, I have an announcement. One of special interest to you military personnel. Little Dougie Masters has regretfully been denied admission to the Air Force Academy. Too bad. [Laughs] He would have looked cute in his little uniform and haircut, marching around with with the other fairies. [Notices a highly irate Doug standing outside the microphone room] What's the matter, flybaby?

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