Top Guns: The Next Generation Menu About Episodes Photos Releases Releases August 19, 2025 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC UNVEILS JET-FUELED TRAILER FOR NEW DOCUSERIES TOP GUNS: THE NEXT GENERATION, TAKING VIEWERS INSIDE THE U.S. NAVY’S ELITE AVIATION PROGRAM Watch Trailer HERE Download Key Art HERE (WASHINGTON, D.C. – Aug. 19, 2025) It’s the ultimate test of precision, pressure and perseverance. In National Geographic’s new six-part series TOP GUNS: THE NEXT GENERATION, cameras follow a class of Navy and Marine Corps student pilots as they enter the final and most unforgiving phase of elite strike fighter training. It’s six months of high-stakes aerial training, brutal physical demands, and emotional reckoning—where only the top performers earn the chance to fly the most coveted aircrafts. TOP GUNS: THE NEXT GENERATION premieres Sept. 16 at 9/8c on National Geographic and streaming the next day on Disney+ and Hulu. The series goes beyond the cockpit, following ambitious young Navy and Marine students both in the air and off-base, capturing candid moments with family and friends and revealing the personal stakes, sacrifices and motivations that brought them here. Filmed with unprecedented access, it immerses audiences in a world of intense Press Release
August 19, 2025 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC UNVEILS JET-FUELED TRAILER FOR NEW DOCUSERIES TOP GUNS: THE NEXT GENERATION, TAKING VIEWERS INSIDE THE U.S. NAVY’S ELITE AVIATION PROGRAM Watch Trailer HERE Download Key Art HERE (WASHINGTON, D.C. – Aug. 19, 2025) It’s the ultimate test of precision, pressure and perseverance. In National Geographic’s new six-part series TOP GUNS: THE NEXT GENERATION, cameras follow a class of Navy and Marine Corps student pilots as they enter the final and most unforgiving phase of elite strike fighter training. It’s six months of high-stakes aerial training, brutal physical demands, and emotional reckoning—where only the top performers earn the chance to fly the most coveted aircrafts. TOP GUNS: THE NEXT GENERATION premieres Sept. 16 at 9/8c on National Geographic and streaming the next day on Disney+ and Hulu. The series goes beyond the cockpit, following ambitious young Navy and Marine students both in the air and off-base, capturing candid moments with family and friends and revealing the personal stakes, sacrifices and motivations that brought them here. Filmed with unprecedented access, it immerses audiences in a world of intense Press Release
