With visor strategically placed and a determined thumbs-up from the cockpit, the pilot leading the UAE’s airstrikes on Syrian jihadists pulls off the Top Gun look with aplomb.

Scores waved tiny flags after taking the oath of US citizenship at the foot of the Statue of Liberty on Friday, 125 years after the iconic American symbol welcoming visitors and immigrants was dedicated.

IT arrived from France in more than 200 crates in 1885, and it’s been an enduring symbol of Franco-American friendship ever since.