Captain Pete Maverick Mitchell. Top Gun
graduate with real world experience in
every Mission aspect you will be
expected to master.
30 plus years of service.
combat medals citations,
only man to shoot down three enemy
planes in the last 40 years.
your reputation precedes you... yet you
can't get a promotion you won't retire.
and despite your best efforts you refuse
to die. you should be at least a two-star
Admiral by now, if not a senator.
yet here you are...
captain.
why is that?
it's one of life's mysteries, sir
is there a problem captain?
Bradley Bradshaw AKA rooster. I
understand you used to fly with his old
man. what's his call sign?
Goose
Goose's death was an accident
rooster's still angry with me about
what I did.
understand why
I hope, he would forgive me.
with all due respect sir,
I'm not a teacher. you were a Top Gun
instructor before I was almost 30 years
ago, I lasted two months
it's not too late to stop buddy
you know what happens to you if you go
through with this.
I know what happens to everyone else if
I don't.
the end is inevitable, Maverick.
your kind is headed for extinction.
maybe so sir...
but not today.
I'm not a teacher, ice.
I'm a fighter pilot a Naval aviator.
it's not what I am
it' who I am. it's not where I belong.
let me be perfectly blunt you were
not my first choice in fact you weren't
even on a list.
you were here at the request of admiral
kazanski
Iceman happens to be a man I deeply
admire, he seems to think that you have
something left to offer the Navy.
what that is I can't imagine
mission is less than three weeks away.
sir, is this even achievable? the answer
to that question
will come down and Pilot in the Box.
why'd you pull my papers at the Academy?
why did you stand in my way?
the kid's not ready.
we weren't ready.
how do I teach that?
even if I could teach it it's not what
rooster wants it's not what the navy wants.
this will be your last post Captain! you
fly from Top Gun or you don't fly for
the Navy ever again.
the only reason I'm here is you.
keep fighting
you wouldn't just give up those are your
Pilots
if anything happens to them
you'll never forgive yourself
Iceman is no longer here to protect you.
I have everything I need to have been
court-martialed and dishonorably
discharged. the future is coming
trust your instincts don't think just do it
you think up there you're dead believe
me.
my dad believed in you
I'm not gonna make the same mistake.
the Navy
needs Maverick
the kid
needs Maverick.
that's why I fought for you
that's why you're still here.
you're where you belong
thank you for saving my life.
that's what my dad would have done
I'm not gonna let you down