Though the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet multirole fighter jet had already been a well-known warbird for over two decades, it gained bona fide celebrity status in the summer of 2022 thanks to the boffo box office of the blockbuster action-adventure film “Top Gun: Maverick,” the long-awaited sequel to the 1986 original which in turn had conferred celebrity status upon the Grumman F-14 Tomcat (though in fairness the Tomcat also got a wee bit of movie fame from the 1980 film “The Final Countdown“).