The Final Countdown (1980)

Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a mysterious electrical storm in the Pacific and finds itself transported back in time to 1941 - just before the attack on Pearl Harbor. The captain has to decide whether to strike at the approaching Japanese fleet, that could forever change the course of history or let them attack Pearl Harbor as written in history.

One of those shows like Top Gun (1986), Flight of the Intruder (1991) and Iron Eagle (1986) that doesn’t use heavy special effects for its aerobatic scenes and uses actual fighter aircrafts, which makes watching this a very pleasant experience.

Some things cannot be replaced by modern technology. One reason Jurassic Park (1993) feels more real than Jurassic World (2015), as they uses animatronics for its dinosaurs instead of CGIs.

Tomcats from VF-84 with a T-6 converted to resemble a Zero, during filming of The Final Countdown.

F-14 Tomcat off the U.S.S. Nimitz, The Final Countdown (1980)

This is Eagle One, you are cleared to arm, but do not fire. Blow them off, play with them, but do not fire.

The Final Countdown (1980) directed by Don Taylor

In one scene where an F-14 “thumps” a Zero by flying under and streaking upward in front of the slower aircraft, the resultant “jet blast” of turbulent air was so intense that the yokes of both of the Zeros in the scene were violently wrenched out of the pilots’ hands and caused both aircraft to momentarily tumble out of control. The lead pilot’s headset, along with his watch, were ripped off and out of the open canopy of his Zero, resulting in a few anxious moments as the F-14 pilots were unable to establish contact. During a scene when a Zero fires on an F-14, in order to get on the “six" of the low and slow Zero, the jet fighter did a low pull up that ended just 100 feet (30 m) above the ocean in a screaming recovery. (via wikipedia)