Tom Cruise was honored for his service to the Navy, which increased the recruitment of pilots in the 1980s and 1990s.

After years of playing military heroes on screen, Tom Cruise is now one in real life. The “Top Gun” star was honored with the Department of the Navy Distinguished Public Service (DPS) Award during a ...

The Navy said in the news release that Cruise’s work on the original “Top Gun” movie sparked a surge in Navy pilot recruitment at the time.

Tom Cruise was 24 at the time the first Top Gun movie was released in 1986. He was born on July 3, 1962, at Syracuse, New York. Top Gun is an action movie inspired by an article "Top Guns" by Ehud ...

Tom Cruise has been honoured by the US Navy for Top Gun's incredible real-life impact that has left him "proud and overwhelmed".

The first Top Gun film was directed by Tony Scott in 1986 Credit: Paramount/Getty Cruise was awarded the honorary title of Naval Aviator in 2020 alongside Top Gun producer Jerry Bruckheimer.