- Birth nameKenneth Pettigrew
- Pete Pettigrew is known for Top Gun (1986), Behind Closed Doors (2016) and VH-1 Behind the Movie (1999).
- As a lieutenant commander (O-4), he flew F-4J Phantoms with Navy Fighter Squadron 114, from the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, off North Vietnam. On 6 May 1972, he and his wingman engaged four North Vietnamese MiG-21 fighters. In a 90-second dogfight (because both were low on fuel), he shot down one MiG, his leader got another, and both F-4s disengaged without an enemy shot fired.
- Graduated from Stanford University.
- Pete Pettigrew believe it or not in real life has the navel callsign Viper. Which was of course the callsign of Tom Skerritt's character commander Mike Metcalf.
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