Sky Fighters (Les chevaliers du ciel ) is a 2005 French action film starring Benoît Magimel and Clovis Cornillac as French Air Force pilots who uncover a conspiracy that involves terrorists stealing fighters. Directed by Gérard Pirès, the film is based on the French children's series Les chevaliers du ciel ("The Knights of the Sky"), which was based on the comic series Tanguy et Laverdure, although the character names are different. The film could be described as France's answer to Top Gun, as the production was granted full cooperation with the French Air Force. Unlike Top Gun, where most of the filming of the pilots was done on a soundstage, the actors in this film actually were filmed while flying in the actual jets. The majority of the aerial battles also were done with specially designed camera pods fitted to the Mirage 2000 fighters.
The following weapons were used in the film Sky Fighters:
Captains Antoine "Walk'n" Marchelli (Benoît Magimel) and Sébastien "Fahrenheit" Vallois (Clovis Cornillac) briefly use AKMS rifles taken from terrorists.
As Walk'n and Fahrenheit watch the Bastille Day festivities from home, a Steyr SSG 69 is shown. Since they actually filmed on Bastille Day, it's not clear if this is actually just stock footage.
Walk'n blows up the remaining Mirage 2000 with a single Matra R.550 Magic heat seeking missile.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingIt should be noted that instead of cutting to stock footage of an R.550 Magic missile firing, like in Top Gun, the filmmakers actually went out of their way to have a missile fired by the right plane. Notice that it is a two seater, with the second canopy missing, and even Fahrenheit (or a stunt double) in the back.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe first rogue Mirage 2000 with R.550 Magic and Super 530 missiles.
Matra Super 530
Walk'n blows up the last rogue Mirage 2000 with a single Matra Super 530 missile.
