Fire Birds (1990)
From 1990 comes a Top Gun ripoff, but with helicopters rather than planes. And yes, much better than the stunts in Blue Thunder. Starring Nicolas Cage and Tommy Lee Jones with Sean Young appearing as well. Reasons for riffing?
1) The hokey dialog. The "Teenagers" series has more modern dialog.
2) Aside from "Spikers" this fills in the lack of "Top Gun" ripoffs in the riff library.
3) It's got Nick Cage acting overly earnestly and Tommy Lee Jones chewing scenery.
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B type movie of Tommy Lee Jones and Nick cage. Plus lots of helicopter action