 Producers paid the US Navy $886,000 as reimbursement for flight time of aircraft in the film with an F-14 billed at $7,600 per flight hour.Two F-14As of VF-84 from the USS "Nimitz" appeared in the 1980 film "The Final Countdown", with four from the squadron in the 1996 release "Executive Decision", the Jolly Rogers' final film appearance before being disestablished.The military legal drama TV series "JAG" (1995–2005) featured lead character Harmon Rabb, a Tomcat pilot-turned-lawyer.