1 00:03:07,742 --> 00:03:10,119 Today, we're looking at some of the hottest weather... 2 00:05:04,859 --> 00:05:06,026 Hey. 3 00:05:10,656 --> 00:05:11,657 What is it? 4 00:05:14,076 --> 00:05:15,369 What? 5 00:05:15,453 --> 00:05:18,664 We've been ordered to stand down. They're scrapping the program. 6 00:05:19,915 --> 00:05:21,917 They say we fell short. 7 00:05:22,001 --> 00:05:24,211 The contract threshold is Mach 10. 8 00:05:24,295 --> 00:05:28,424 Mach 10 is supposed to be in two months. Today's test point is Mach 9. 9 00:05:28,507 --> 00:05:30,342 Well, that's not good enough. 10 00:05:30,426 --> 00:05:31,802 Says who? 11 00:05:31,886 --> 00:05:33,429 Admiral Cain. 12 00:05:34,722 --> 00:05:36,182 The Drone Ranger. 13 00:05:36,265 --> 00:05:38,767 He wants our budget for his unmanned program. 14 00:05:38,851 --> 00:05:42,354 He's on his way to kill the test and shut us down personally. 15 00:05:56,076 --> 00:05:57,661 Well, he isn't here yet. 16 00:06:01,916 --> 00:06:03,250 They want Mach 10, 17 00:06:03,959 --> 00:06:05,169 let's give 'em Mach 10. 18 00:06:23,187 --> 00:06:26,106 Now remember, the contract threshold is Mach 10. 19 00:06:26,190 --> 00:06:29,693 Not 10.1. Not 10.2. Mach 10. 20 00:06:29,777 --> 00:06:31,779 That should keep the program alive. 21 00:06:34,698 --> 00:06:36,242 I don't like that look, Mav. 22 00:06:38,285 --> 00:06:39,787 It's the only one I got. 23 00:06:48,712 --> 00:06:51,340 Control, this is Darkstar. How do you read? 24 00:06:51,423 --> 00:06:53,801 Darkstar, Control. Loud and clear. How me? 25 00:06:53,884 --> 00:06:55,844 Loud and clear. Takeoff precheck's complete. 26 00:06:55,928 --> 00:06:57,137 Ready for APU start. 27 00:06:58,097 --> 00:06:59,890 Ready left engine start. 28 00:07:01,642 --> 00:07:03,102 Ready right engine start. 29 00:07:04,228 --> 00:07:05,312 Thumbs for taxi. 30 00:07:07,815 --> 00:07:09,483 We are ready for taxi. 31 00:07:11,110 --> 00:07:14,488 Tower, this is Darkstar We are taxiing with information Alpha. 32 00:07:14,572 --> 00:07:16,490 Darkstar, you are clear to taxi. 33 00:07:16,574 --> 00:07:19,493 Runway 21. Winds 210, 10. 34 00:07:19,577 --> 00:07:22,079 - Fuel temps are looking good. - Control concurs. 35 00:07:22,162 --> 00:07:24,832 Battery's holding at 95%. Cabin pressure looks good. 36 00:07:24,915 --> 00:07:26,125 Control concurs. 37 00:07:26,208 --> 00:07:27,835 Tower, this is Darkstar. We're ready for takeoff. 38 00:07:27,918 --> 00:07:30,879 Requesting an unrestricted climb to 600 and above. 39 00:07:30,963 --> 00:07:33,382 Darkstar, the runway and skies are yours. 40 00:07:33,465 --> 00:07:35,509 Rear Admiral Chester Cain. 41 00:07:36,260 --> 00:07:38,846 Maverick, Cain just pulled up to the gate. 42 00:07:39,597 --> 00:07:41,015 It's not too late to stop, buddy. 43 00:07:42,099 --> 00:07:44,727 You know what happens to you if you go through with this. 44 00:07:46,895 --> 00:07:49,356 I know what happens to everyone else if I don't. 45 00:07:51,650 --> 00:07:53,611 Darkstar is ready for takeoff. 46 00:07:56,614 --> 00:07:57,740 Everyone, 47 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,492 go for takeoff, starting with engine. 48 00:08:00,576 --> 00:08:02,369 - Engine, go. - Thermals, go. 49 00:08:02,453 --> 00:08:04,538 - Fuel, go. - Electric, go. 50 00:08:04,622 --> 00:08:05,956 Control surfaces, go. 51 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,751 Darkstar, Control. You're cleared for takeoff. 52 00:08:08,834 --> 00:08:10,377 All right, sweetheart, 53 00:08:11,045 --> 00:08:12,212 one last ride. 54 00:08:37,946 --> 00:08:41,950 Darkstar, you are cleared above 600. Increase to Mach 3.5. 55 00:08:42,034 --> 00:08:45,871 Cleared above 600. increase to Mach 3.5. 56 00:08:52,211 --> 00:08:53,253 Admiral. 57 00:08:54,046 --> 00:08:56,590 - Just in time, sir. - I'm early. So are you. 58 00:08:56,674 --> 00:08:58,133 You care to explain? 59 00:08:58,217 --> 00:09:00,177 Transitioning to scram jet. 60 00:09:14,566 --> 00:09:15,984 Mav, Admiral Cain is asking... 61 00:09:16,068 --> 00:09:18,529 - Ordering. - Ordering that we bring her down. 62 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:27,579 within six... 63 00:09:27,663 --> 00:09:29,415 This is where we've had trouble with comms, sir. 64 00:09:29,498 --> 00:09:31,875 It's the Earth's curvature. It's called "Earth Bulge." 65 00:09:31,959 --> 00:09:33,293 Did anyone offer you a coffee? 66 00:09:35,045 --> 00:09:35,879 Okay. 67 00:09:43,846 --> 00:09:45,723 He's at Mach 7, pushing 8. 68 00:09:45,806 --> 00:09:48,016 - Flight data? - Receiving. Data is good. 69 00:09:53,397 --> 00:09:55,774 Temperature's climbing. Response is still stable. 70 00:09:55,858 --> 00:09:56,692 We're feeling good. 71 00:10:00,487 --> 00:10:01,697 Mach 8.8. 72 00:10:02,698 --> 00:10:03,699 8.9. 73 00:10:04,324 --> 00:10:05,617 Mach 9. 74 00:10:05,701 --> 00:10:07,411 He's the fastest man alive. 75 00:10:26,680 --> 00:10:28,307 Talk to me, Goose. 76 00:10:30,309 --> 00:10:31,435 Mach 9.1. 77 00:10:32,436 --> 00:10:33,437 9.2. 78 00:10:40,736 --> 00:10:41,945 Mach 9.3. 79 00:10:44,740 --> 00:10:45,866 9.4. 80 00:10:47,367 --> 00:10:49,328 Approaching high hypersonic. 81 00:11:01,715 --> 00:11:03,258 Windshield hot caution. 82 00:11:12,392 --> 00:11:14,019 Surface temp rising. 83 00:11:19,399 --> 00:11:21,360 Come on, sweetheart, just a little more. 84 00:11:22,194 --> 00:11:23,237 Just a little. 85 00:11:27,032 --> 00:11:27,866 Come on! 86 00:11:34,540 --> 00:11:35,374 Come on! 87 00:11:40,879 --> 00:11:41,880 Mach 10! 88 00:11:44,550 --> 00:11:46,385 Put that in your Pentagon budget! 89 00:11:48,303 --> 00:11:49,513 Sir. 90 00:12:01,108 --> 00:12:02,317 Don't do it. Don't do it. 91 00:12:02,401 --> 00:12:03,402 Just... 92 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:07,489 a little push. 93 00:12:11,618 --> 00:12:13,370 Holy shit. 94 00:12:22,838 --> 00:12:25,883 You got some balls, stick jockey. 95 00:12:25,966 --> 00:12:27,384 I'll give you that. 96 00:12:31,638 --> 00:12:32,806 Shit. 97 00:12:38,228 --> 00:12:39,104 Maverick. 98 00:12:41,148 --> 00:12:42,441 Maverick! 99 00:13:32,699 --> 00:13:33,784 Thank you. 100 00:13:34,618 --> 00:13:35,786 Where am I? 101 00:13:37,245 --> 00:13:38,455 Earth. 102 00:13:53,053 --> 00:13:54,388 Maverick. 103 00:13:55,138 --> 00:13:56,807 Thirty-plus years of service. 104 00:13:58,016 --> 00:13:59,393 Combat medals. 105 00:13:59,476 --> 00:14:00,811 Citations. 106 00:14:01,478 --> 00:14:05,899 Only man to shoot down three enemy planes in the last 40 years. 107 00:14:06,566 --> 00:14:07,943 "Distinguished." 108 00:14:08,026 --> 00:14:11,613 "Distinguished."Distinguished." 109 00:14:13,365 --> 00:14:16,660 Yet you can't get a promotion, you won't retire, 110 00:14:16,743 --> 00:14:19,788 and despite your best efforts, you refuse to die. 111 00:14:20,372 --> 00:14:24,418 You should be at least a two-star admiral by now, if not a senator. 112 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:26,586 Yet here you are: 113 00:14:28,255 --> 00:14:29,339 Captain. 114 00:14:30,424 --> 00:14:31,758 Why is that? 115 00:14:32,551 --> 00:14:34,177 It's one of life's mysteries, sir. 116 00:14:34,261 --> 00:14:37,764 This isn't a joke. I asked you a question. 117 00:14:39,599 --> 00:14:41,435 I'm where I belong, sir. 118 00:14:42,102 --> 00:14:44,646 Well, the navy doesn't see it that way. 119 00:14:45,689 --> 00:14:46,773 Not anymore. 120 00:14:48,275 --> 00:14:49,985 These planes you've been testing, 121 00:14:50,694 --> 00:14:51,778 Captain, 122 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:55,323 one day, sooner than later, they won't need pilots at all. 123 00:14:56,074 --> 00:14:59,411 Pilots that need to sleep, eat, take a piss. 124 00:15:01,621 --> 00:15:03,790 Pilots that disobey orders. 125 00:15:05,250 --> 00:15:08,170 All you did was buy some time for those men out there. 126 00:15:10,255 --> 00:15:11,506 The future is coming, 127 00:15:12,549 --> 00:15:14,384 and you're not in it. 128 00:15:16,303 --> 00:15:18,388 Escort this man off the base. 129 00:15:19,556 --> 00:15:23,894 Take him to his quarters. Wait with him while he packs his gear. 130 00:15:26,229 --> 00:15:29,357 I want him on the road to North Island within the hour. 131 00:15:32,611 --> 00:15:34,154 North Island, sir? 132 00:15:35,113 --> 00:15:37,574 Call came in with impeccable timing, 133 00:15:37,657 --> 00:15:41,328 right as I was driving here to ground your ass once and for all. 134 00:15:42,788 --> 00:15:45,332 It galls me to say it, but... 135 00:15:46,750 --> 00:15:50,504 for reasons known only to the Almighty and your guardian angel... 136 00:15:52,506 --> 00:15:54,925 you've been called back to TOPGUN. 137 00:15:59,096 --> 00:16:02,516 - Sir? - You are dismissed, Captain. 138 00:16:07,771 --> 00:16:09,689 The end is inevitable, Maverick. 139 00:16:10,607 --> 00:16:12,526 Your kind is headed for extinction. 140 00:16:16,321 --> 00:16:17,823 Maybe so, sir. 141 00:16:19,491 --> 00:16:20,951 But not today. 142 00:17:26,016 --> 00:17:28,727 Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell. 143 00:17:29,519 --> 00:17:31,396 Your reputation precedes you. 144 00:17:32,689 --> 00:17:33,732 Thank you, sir. 145 00:17:35,066 --> 00:17:36,526 Wasn't a compliment. 146 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:39,321 I'm Admiral Beau Simpson. 147 00:17:39,404 --> 00:17:41,573 I'm the Air Boss. I believe you know Admiral Bates. 148 00:17:42,324 --> 00:17:43,241 Warlock, sir. 149 00:17:43,325 --> 00:17:46,077 Must admit, I wasn't expecting an invitation back. 150 00:17:46,161 --> 00:17:47,954 They're called orders, Maverick. 151 00:17:49,331 --> 00:17:50,832 You two have something in common. 152 00:17:50,916 --> 00:17:53,710 Cyclone here was first in his class back in '88. 153 00:17:53,793 --> 00:17:55,754 Actually, sir, I finished second. 154 00:17:56,421 --> 00:17:58,423 Just want to manage expectations. 155 00:18:02,636 --> 00:18:03,887 The target... 156 00:18:06,014 --> 00:18:08,725 is an unsanctioned uranium enrichment plant 157 00:18:08,808 --> 00:18:11,269 built in violation of a multilateral NATO treaty. 158 00:18:11,353 --> 00:18:14,314 The uranium produced there represents a direct threat 159 00:18:14,397 --> 00:18:15,690 to our allies in the region. 160 00:18:15,774 --> 00:18:20,028 The Pentagon has tasked us with assembling a strike team and taking it out 161 00:18:20,111 --> 00:18:21,821 before it becomes fully operational. 162 00:18:22,864 --> 00:18:26,701 The plant sits in an underground bunker at the end of this valley. 163 00:18:26,785 --> 00:18:28,495 Said valley is GPS-jammed 164 00:18:28,578 --> 00:18:31,373 and defended by an extensive surface-to-air missile array 165 00:18:31,456 --> 00:18:34,125 serving a limited number of fifth-generation fighters, 166 00:18:34,209 --> 00:18:38,171 which in turn are backed up by a plentiful reserve of surplus aircraft. 167 00:18:38,255 --> 00:18:40,548 Even a few old F-14s. 168 00:18:40,632 --> 00:18:42,926 Seems like we're not the only ones holding on to old relics. 169 00:18:44,761 --> 00:18:46,221 What's your read, Captain? 170 00:18:48,390 --> 00:18:52,185 Well, sir, normally this would be a cakewalk for the F-35's stealth, 171 00:18:52,269 --> 00:18:54,980 but the GPS-jamming negates that. 172 00:18:55,063 --> 00:18:58,817 And a surface-to-air threat necessitates a low-level laser-guided strike 173 00:18:58,900 --> 00:19:00,318 tailor-made for the F-18. 174 00:19:00,402 --> 00:19:01,403 I figure, 175 00:19:02,070 --> 00:19:04,072 two precision bombs, minimum. 176 00:19:04,155 --> 00:19:06,616 Makes it four aircraft flying in pairs. 177 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:09,369 That is one hell of a steep climb out of there, 178 00:19:09,452 --> 00:19:11,788 exposing you to all the surface-to-air missiles. 179 00:19:12,497 --> 00:19:13,748 You survive that, 180 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,626 it's a dogfight all the way home. 181 00:19:16,710 --> 00:19:19,337 All requirements for which you have real-world experience. 182 00:19:20,088 --> 00:19:22,173 Not in the same mission, sir. 183 00:19:24,926 --> 00:19:25,927 No. 184 00:19:28,763 --> 00:19:31,224 No, someone's not coming back from this. 185 00:19:31,308 --> 00:19:32,767 Can it be done or not? 186 00:19:33,435 --> 00:19:35,270 How soon before the plant becomes operational? 187 00:19:35,353 --> 00:19:37,147 Three weeks. Maybe less. 188 00:19:38,523 --> 00:19:41,151 Well, it's been a while since I've flown an F-18, and... 189 00:19:42,152 --> 00:19:44,612 I'm not sure who I'd trust to fly the other three. 190 00:19:44,696 --> 00:19:46,823 But I'll find a way to make it work. 191 00:19:46,906 --> 00:19:48,575 I think you misunderstand, Captain. 192 00:19:49,284 --> 00:19:50,118 Sir? 193 00:19:50,201 --> 00:19:53,455 We don't want you to fly it. We want you to teach it. 194 00:19:56,374 --> 00:19:57,667 Teach, sir? 195 00:19:59,210 --> 00:20:02,714 We've recalled 12 TOPGUN graduates from their squadrons. 196 00:20:02,797 --> 00:20:05,508 We want you to narrow that pool down to six. 197 00:20:06,176 --> 00:20:07,761 They'll fly the mission. 198 00:20:09,471 --> 00:20:10,889 Is there a problem, Captain? 199 00:20:12,807 --> 00:20:15,101 You know there is, sir. 200 00:20:16,311 --> 00:20:17,145 Yeah. 201 00:20:17,812 --> 00:20:20,315 Bradley Bradshaw, aka "Rooster." 202 00:20:20,398 --> 00:20:22,233 I understand you used to fly with his old man. 203 00:20:22,317 --> 00:20:24,110 What was his call sign? 204 00:20:24,861 --> 00:20:26,488 "Goose," sir. 205 00:20:26,571 --> 00:20:27,906 Tragic what happened. 206 00:20:27,989 --> 00:20:29,908 Captain Mitchell was cleared of any wrongdoing. 207 00:20:29,991 --> 00:20:31,826 Goose's death was an accident. 208 00:20:31,910 --> 00:20:33,536 Is that how you see it, Captain? 209 00:20:33,620 --> 00:20:35,705 Is that how Goose's son sees it? 210 00:20:38,750 --> 00:20:41,711 With all due respect, sir, I'm not a teacher. 211 00:20:41,795 --> 00:20:43,463 You were a TOPGUN instructor before. 212 00:20:43,546 --> 00:20:45,965 That was almost 30 years ago. I lasted two months. 213 00:20:46,049 --> 00:20:47,300 It's not where I belong. 214 00:20:47,384 --> 00:20:49,552 Then let me be perfectly blunt. 215 00:20:49,636 --> 00:20:52,889 You were not my first choice. In fact, you weren't even on the list. 216 00:20:53,681 --> 00:20:56,226 You are here at the request of Admiral Kazansky. 217 00:20:56,935 --> 00:21:00,605 Now, Iceman happens to be a man I deeply admire, 218 00:21:00,688 --> 00:21:03,691 and he seems to think that you have something left to offer the navy. 219 00:21:04,692 --> 00:21:06,611 What that is, I can't imagine. 220 00:21:08,071 --> 00:21:09,948 You don't have to take this job. 221 00:21:10,031 --> 00:21:11,282 But let me be clear: 222 00:21:11,366 --> 00:21:14,285 This will be your last post, Captain. 223 00:21:16,037 --> 00:21:19,499 You fly for TOPGUN, or you don't fly for the navy ever again. 224 00:21:28,049 --> 00:21:29,884 Twenty bucks you can't get three in a row. 225 00:22:11,301 --> 00:22:13,511 You've got to be kidding me. 226 00:22:16,097 --> 00:22:17,182 Pete. 227 00:22:18,558 --> 00:22:19,684 Penny? 228 00:22:20,643 --> 00:22:24,063 - What are you doing here? - I should ask you the same thing. 229 00:22:25,315 --> 00:22:27,525 - Well, that is a long story. - I doubt that. 230 00:22:27,609 --> 00:22:28,443 Yeah. 231 00:22:28,526 --> 00:22:30,320 Who'd you piss off this time? 232 00:22:30,403 --> 00:22:31,821 Another admiral. 233 00:22:31,905 --> 00:22:32,906 Exactly. 234 00:22:35,742 --> 00:22:37,785 - Are you mad at me? - Pete. 235 00:22:38,745 --> 00:22:41,915 I can never stay mad at you. That's the problem. 236 00:22:43,374 --> 00:22:44,667 I got to say, 237 00:22:44,751 --> 00:22:48,296 North Island is the one place I thought for sure I'd never run into you. 238 00:22:48,796 --> 00:22:51,758 - How long you been here? - Bought this place about three years ago. 239 00:22:51,841 --> 00:22:53,676 - Three years? - Yeah. 240 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:58,264 Not long after you got shipped off to the desert for pissing off that other admiral. 241 00:22:59,182 --> 00:23:01,309 That was three years ago? 242 00:23:02,435 --> 00:23:04,604 You must be in a lot of trouble. 243 00:23:05,188 --> 00:23:07,273 No way you'd come back here willingly. 244 00:23:09,108 --> 00:23:10,109 Well, 245 00:23:10,944 --> 00:23:12,529 you'll sort it out. 246 00:23:13,196 --> 00:23:14,405 No, I think... 247 00:23:15,782 --> 00:23:18,284 - I think this is it. - Come on, Pete. 248 00:23:18,368 --> 00:23:21,120 You've been saying that as long as I've known you. 249 00:23:21,204 --> 00:23:24,832 You said it after they busted you for taking me on a joyride in that F-18. 250 00:23:25,416 --> 00:23:27,835 Then the next thing I know, you're off to Bosnia. 251 00:23:28,461 --> 00:23:31,047 Then Iraq. Both times. 252 00:23:31,130 --> 00:23:32,757 You get yourself in trouble, 253 00:23:33,883 --> 00:23:36,761 Iceman makes a call, and you're back in the air. 254 00:23:36,844 --> 00:23:38,388 Penny, this is different. 255 00:23:38,471 --> 00:23:39,973 Pete, trust me, 256 00:23:40,056 --> 00:23:42,308 as improbable as it seems right now, 257 00:23:42,392 --> 00:23:45,728 somehow you'll be back in a fighter plane with your tail on fire. 258 00:23:46,896 --> 00:23:48,898 - Penny... - Too late. 259 00:23:48,982 --> 00:23:49,816 What? 260 00:23:49,899 --> 00:23:52,068 You were about to ask me what time I get off. 261 00:23:55,655 --> 00:23:57,323 Don't give me that look. 262 00:23:58,491 --> 00:24:00,952 I'm not giving you any look. I swear. 263 00:24:01,661 --> 00:24:04,163 It always ends the same with us, Pete. 264 00:24:05,665 --> 00:24:07,500 Let's not start this time. 265 00:24:11,921 --> 00:24:12,755 Okay. 266 00:24:13,673 --> 00:24:14,674 Okay. 267 00:24:19,512 --> 00:24:20,847 You look good. 268 00:24:31,024 --> 00:24:32,609 Much appreciated, pal. 269 00:24:35,361 --> 00:24:36,446 What am I missing? 270 00:24:38,865 --> 00:24:42,785 "Disrespect a lady, the navy, or put your cell phone on my bar..." 271 00:24:42,869 --> 00:24:44,746 "... And you buy a round." 272 00:24:45,330 --> 00:24:46,456 For everyone? 273 00:24:46,539 --> 00:24:49,292 I'm afraid rules are rules. You're lucky it's early. 274 00:24:50,501 --> 00:24:52,128 Come on! 275 00:24:52,712 --> 00:24:54,672 What do we have here? 276 00:24:56,382 --> 00:24:58,635 If it ain't Phoenix! 277 00:24:58,718 --> 00:25:01,137 And here I thought we were special, Coyote. 278 00:25:02,555 --> 00:25:05,433 Turns out the invite went to anyone. 279 00:25:06,225 --> 00:25:07,852 Fellas, this here's Bagman. 280 00:25:07,935 --> 00:25:09,687 - Hangman. - Whatever. 281 00:25:10,229 --> 00:25:12,482 You're looking at the only naval aviator on active duty 282 00:25:12,565 --> 00:25:14,067 with a confirmed air-to-air kill. 283 00:25:14,150 --> 00:25:14,984 Stop. 284 00:25:15,068 --> 00:25:19,072 Mind you, the other guy was in a museum piece from the Korean War. 285 00:25:19,155 --> 00:25:21,908 - Cold War. - Different wars, same century. 286 00:25:21,991 --> 00:25:22,992 Not this one. 287 00:25:23,076 --> 00:25:24,452 Who are your friends? 288 00:25:24,535 --> 00:25:26,537 - Payback. - Fanboy. 289 00:25:26,621 --> 00:25:28,623 - Hey, Coyote. - Hey. 290 00:25:28,706 --> 00:25:30,249 - Who's he? - Who's who? 291 00:25:33,336 --> 00:25:34,629 When did you get in? 292 00:25:35,254 --> 00:25:37,340 I've been here the whole time. 293 00:25:38,007 --> 00:25:40,051 - The man's a stealth pilot. - Literally. 294 00:25:40,134 --> 00:25:42,512 Weapons systems officer, actually. 295 00:25:43,179 --> 00:25:44,597 With no sense of humor. 296 00:25:46,557 --> 00:25:47,725 What do they call you? 297 00:25:48,434 --> 00:25:49,769 Bob. 298 00:25:49,852 --> 00:25:51,104 No, your call sign. 299 00:25:54,023 --> 00:25:55,024 Bob. 300 00:25:55,525 --> 00:25:56,442 Bob Floyd. 301 00:25:57,318 --> 00:26:00,154 You're my new backseater? From Lemoore? 302 00:26:01,322 --> 00:26:03,032 Looks like it. Yeah. 303 00:26:06,619 --> 00:26:07,954 Nine-ball, Bob. 304 00:26:08,705 --> 00:26:09,539 Rack 'em. 305 00:26:11,541 --> 00:26:12,792 Okay. 306 00:26:13,459 --> 00:26:15,461 - Penny, my dear. - Yeah. 307 00:26:15,545 --> 00:26:17,714 I'll have four more on the old-timer. 308 00:26:34,564 --> 00:26:36,065 Bradshaw! 309 00:26:36,816 --> 00:26:38,317 Is that you? 310 00:26:43,948 --> 00:26:46,075 This is how I find out you're stateside? 311 00:26:46,159 --> 00:26:48,035 Yeah, I just thought I'd surprise you. 312 00:26:50,830 --> 00:26:52,957 I guess I surprised you back. 313 00:26:54,667 --> 00:26:56,461 - It's good to see you. - Good to see you too. 314 00:26:59,172 --> 00:27:00,923 - Here you go. - Thank you. 315 00:27:01,007 --> 00:27:02,717 Much appreciated, Pops. 316 00:27:10,183 --> 00:27:13,019 How about ringing me up before the evening rush? 317 00:27:27,158 --> 00:27:28,409 Bradshaw. 318 00:27:28,493 --> 00:27:30,077 As I live and breathe. 319 00:27:30,912 --> 00:27:31,913 Hangman. 320 00:27:31,996 --> 00:27:34,165 You look... good. 321 00:27:35,333 --> 00:27:37,084 Well, I am good, Rooster. 322 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:39,921 I'm very good. 323 00:27:40,505 --> 00:27:42,048 In fact, 324 00:27:42,131 --> 00:27:43,925 I am too good to be true. 325 00:27:44,008 --> 00:27:45,259 So, 326 00:27:45,343 --> 00:27:47,887 anybody know what this special detachment is all about? 327 00:27:47,970 --> 00:27:51,015 No, mission's a mission. They don't confront me. 328 00:27:51,766 --> 00:27:54,727 What I want to know: Who's gonna be team leader? 329 00:27:55,436 --> 00:27:59,440 And which one of y'all has what it takes to follow me? 330 00:28:00,942 --> 00:28:04,445 Hangman, the only place you'll lead anyone is an early grave. 331 00:28:13,287 --> 00:28:17,041 Well, anyone who follows you is just gonna run out of fuel. 332 00:28:17,875 --> 00:28:20,169 But that's just you, ain't it, Rooster? 333 00:28:20,962 --> 00:28:23,464 You're snug on that perch, 334 00:28:23,548 --> 00:28:25,758 waiting for just the right moment... 335 00:28:27,885 --> 00:28:29,220 that never comes. 336 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:34,559 I love this song! 337 00:28:41,691 --> 00:28:43,359 Well, he hasn't changed. 338 00:28:44,402 --> 00:28:46,571 Nope. Sure hasn't. 339 00:28:51,158 --> 00:28:52,201 Check it out. 340 00:28:53,286 --> 00:28:54,412 More patches. 341 00:28:54,954 --> 00:28:58,040 That's Harvard, Yale, Omaha. Shit, that's Fritz. 342 00:28:58,124 --> 00:29:00,334 What the hell kind of mission is this? 343 00:29:01,335 --> 00:29:03,337 That's not the question we should be asking. 344 00:29:04,130 --> 00:29:06,132 Everyone here is the best there is. 345 00:29:07,633 --> 00:29:09,594 Who the hell are they gonna get to teach us? 346 00:29:13,014 --> 00:29:14,557 It's been declined. 347 00:29:15,141 --> 00:29:15,975 You're kidding. 348 00:29:31,657 --> 00:29:33,910 Hey, guys. Come on. 349 00:29:48,007 --> 00:29:49,050 How about... 350 00:29:50,593 --> 00:29:52,345 That won't cover it. 351 00:29:57,808 --> 00:30:00,311 I'll come by tomorrow and bring you the cash. 352 00:30:00,394 --> 00:30:03,272 I'm afraid rules are rules, Pete. 353 00:30:09,362 --> 00:30:12,239 Overboard! Overboard! 354 00:30:13,157 --> 00:30:14,450 Really? 355 00:30:15,451 --> 00:30:18,537 Overboard! Overboard! 356 00:30:25,753 --> 00:30:27,630 Great to see you, Pete! 357 00:30:28,297 --> 00:30:31,133 Overboard! Overboard! 358 00:30:34,762 --> 00:30:37,139 Thanks for the beers! Come back anytime! 359 00:30:48,776 --> 00:30:51,278 You shake my nerves And you rattle my brain 360 00:30:51,362 --> 00:30:54,240 Too much love drives a man insane 361 00:30:54,323 --> 00:30:56,993 You broke my will, but what a thrill 362 00:30:57,076 --> 00:31:00,287 Goodness gracious, great balls of fire! 363 00:31:00,371 --> 00:31:03,040 I laughed at love 'Cause I thought it was funny 364 00:31:03,124 --> 00:31:06,252 But you came along and you moved me, honey 365 00:31:06,335 --> 00:31:09,088 I changed my mind, this love is fine 366 00:31:09,171 --> 00:31:11,924 Goodness gracious, great balls of fire! 367 00:31:12,008 --> 00:31:14,301 Kiss me, baby 368 00:31:19,890 --> 00:31:22,727 Goodness gracious, great balls of fire! 369 00:31:39,201 --> 00:31:42,288 Altitude 8, 000... 7, 000... 370 00:31:42,371 --> 00:31:44,707 Goose, I can't reach the ejection handle. 371 00:31:44,790 --> 00:31:46,792 Eject, eject, eject! 372 00:31:52,715 --> 00:31:54,216 Goose! No! 373 00:31:54,300 --> 00:31:57,094 God, he loved flying with you, Maverick. 374 00:32:41,180 --> 00:32:42,389 Attention on deck! 375 00:32:53,317 --> 00:32:54,360 Morning. 376 00:32:55,027 --> 00:32:57,196 Welcome to your special training detachment. 377 00:32:57,279 --> 00:32:58,322 Be seated. 378 00:32:58,906 --> 00:33:01,575 I'm Admiral Bates, NAWDC commander. 379 00:33:01,659 --> 00:33:03,410 You're all TOPGUN graduates. 380 00:33:04,203 --> 00:33:05,496 The elite. 381 00:33:05,579 --> 00:33:07,581 The best of the best. 382 00:33:08,165 --> 00:33:10,000 That was yesterday. 383 00:33:11,043 --> 00:33:15,047 The enemy's new fifth-generation fighter has leveled the playing field. 384 00:33:15,131 --> 00:33:16,757 Details are few, but you can be sure 385 00:33:16,841 --> 00:33:18,884 we no longer possess the technological advantage. 386 00:33:18,968 --> 00:33:22,263 Success, now more than ever, 387 00:33:22,346 --> 00:33:25,516 comes down to the man or woman in the box. 388 00:33:26,433 --> 00:33:28,727 Half of you will make the cut. 389 00:33:28,811 --> 00:33:30,688 One of you will be named mission leader. 390 00:33:31,438 --> 00:33:33,941 The other half will remain in reserve. 391 00:33:34,942 --> 00:33:36,944 Your instructor is a TOPGUN graduate 392 00:33:37,027 --> 00:33:39,572 with real-world experience in every mission aspect 393 00:33:39,655 --> 00:33:41,240 you will be expected to master. 394 00:33:42,199 --> 00:33:44,410 His exploits are legendary. 395 00:33:45,870 --> 00:33:48,038 And he's considered to be one of the finest pilots 396 00:33:48,122 --> 00:33:50,124 this program has ever produced. 397 00:33:51,542 --> 00:33:53,127 What he has to teach you 398 00:33:53,210 --> 00:33:56,589 may very well mean the difference between life and death. 399 00:33:57,423 --> 00:33:59,758 I give you Captain Pete Mitchell. 400 00:34:00,259 --> 00:34:03,053 Call sign: "Maverick." 401 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:08,601 Good morning. 402 00:34:16,984 --> 00:34:18,652 The F-18 NATOPS. 403 00:34:20,237 --> 00:34:23,741 It contains everything they want you to know about your aircraft. 404 00:34:24,742 --> 00:34:27,536 I'm assuming you know the book inside and out. 405 00:34:27,620 --> 00:34:28,871 - Damn right. - Damn straight. 406 00:34:28,954 --> 00:34:30,122 You got it. 407 00:34:38,172 --> 00:34:39,673 So does your enemy. 408 00:34:40,257 --> 00:34:41,759 And we're off. 409 00:34:42,801 --> 00:34:46,013 But what the enemy doesn't know is your limits. 410 00:34:46,805 --> 00:34:48,515 I intend to find them, 411 00:34:48,599 --> 00:34:50,226 test them, 412 00:34:50,809 --> 00:34:52,186 push beyond. 413 00:34:53,354 --> 00:34:56,941 Today we'll start with what you only think you know. 414 00:34:58,859 --> 00:35:00,653 You show me what you're made of. 415 00:35:05,783 --> 00:35:06,784 Rooster. 416 00:35:07,952 --> 00:35:08,994 Bradley. 417 00:35:09,620 --> 00:35:11,372 Lieutenant Bradshaw! 418 00:35:13,374 --> 00:35:14,375 Yes, sir. 419 00:35:15,376 --> 00:35:17,086 Let's not do it like this. 420 00:35:17,878 --> 00:35:19,255 You gonna wash me out? 421 00:35:20,881 --> 00:35:22,591 That'll be up to you, not me. 422 00:35:24,885 --> 00:35:26,262 Am I dismissed? 423 00:35:43,821 --> 00:35:46,240 Good morning, aviators. This is your captain speaking. 424 00:35:46,323 --> 00:35:48,450 Welcome to basic fighter maneuvers. 425 00:35:49,994 --> 00:35:52,955 As briefed, today's exercise is dogfighting. 426 00:35:53,038 --> 00:35:54,665 Guns only, no missiles. 427 00:35:55,666 --> 00:35:58,794 We do not go below the hard deck of 5,000 feet. 428 00:35:58,877 --> 00:36:01,797 Working as a team, you have to shoot me down, or else. 429 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:05,217 - Or else what, sir? - Or else I shoot back. 430 00:36:05,301 --> 00:36:08,220 If I shoot either one of you down, you both lose. 431 00:36:08,304 --> 00:36:10,180 This guy needs an ego check. 432 00:36:10,264 --> 00:36:11,598 We'll see to that. 433 00:36:11,682 --> 00:36:14,351 - What say we put some skin in the game? - What do you have in mind? 434 00:36:14,435 --> 00:36:17,313 Whoever gets shot down first has to do 200 push-ups. 435 00:36:17,396 --> 00:36:20,149 Guys. That's a lot of push-ups. 436 00:36:20,232 --> 00:36:22,359 They don't call it an exercise for nothing, sir. 437 00:36:22,443 --> 00:36:24,361 You got yourself a deal, gentlemen. 438 00:36:24,445 --> 00:36:26,739 Fight's on. Let's turn and burn. 439 00:36:28,324 --> 00:36:29,575 Fanboy, you see him? 440 00:36:29,658 --> 00:36:32,661 Nothing on radar up ahead. He must be somewhere behind us. 441 00:36:35,289 --> 00:36:36,915 - Damn it! - What the hell? 442 00:36:36,999 --> 00:36:37,833 Shit! 443 00:36:42,546 --> 00:36:43,380 Easy, Maverick. 444 00:36:43,464 --> 00:36:46,550 Let's try not to get fired on the first day. 445 00:36:46,633 --> 00:36:49,553 Tally, tally, tally! Maverick's coming in! Break left! 446 00:36:49,636 --> 00:36:50,804 Breaking left. 447 00:36:52,806 --> 00:36:54,850 Payback, where's your wingman? 448 00:36:54,933 --> 00:36:57,144 - Rooster, where are you? - I got your back. 449 00:36:57,227 --> 00:36:59,730 I'm coming. Hang in there. Hang in there. 450 00:36:59,813 --> 00:37:01,148 Hurry up, man! Hurry up! 451 00:37:04,902 --> 00:37:06,862 - Payback, break right. - Breaking right. 452 00:37:08,238 --> 00:37:11,658 Rooster just saved your life, fellas. But it's gonna cost him. 453 00:37:11,742 --> 00:37:13,410 Not this time, old man. 454 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:17,706 Don't let him get to you, Maverick. 455 00:37:24,671 --> 00:37:27,299 Rooster, you're too low! Pull up! You're hitting the hard deck! 456 00:37:27,383 --> 00:37:29,885 - Altitude. Altitude. - Shit. 457 00:37:34,306 --> 00:37:35,307 That's a kill. 458 00:37:35,391 --> 00:37:37,768 Down! 109. 459 00:37:38,727 --> 00:37:41,355 Down! 110. 460 00:37:43,273 --> 00:37:45,025 That should be us down there. 461 00:37:45,109 --> 00:37:46,235 But it's not. 462 00:37:47,027 --> 00:37:49,530 And now you know a little something about Rooster. 463 00:37:51,532 --> 00:37:53,659 Hold that tarmac down till we get back, brother, all right? 464 00:37:53,742 --> 00:37:55,452 Get in there, boys. 465 00:37:58,580 --> 00:38:00,332 - That's a kill. - Damn! 466 00:38:01,083 --> 00:38:02,668 - Smoked. - Damn it. 467 00:38:03,377 --> 00:38:06,004 It was all fun and games in that selfie, wasn't it? Down! 468 00:38:06,088 --> 00:38:06,922 Say, Phoenix. 469 00:38:07,005 --> 00:38:09,842 How's about we tell everybody "Bob" stands for something? 470 00:38:09,925 --> 00:38:12,261 - Other than Robert, I mean. - Don't take the bait, Bob. 471 00:38:12,344 --> 00:38:14,388 Want to know why we call him Hangman? 472 00:38:14,471 --> 00:38:16,723 I got it. "Baby On Board." 473 00:38:19,143 --> 00:38:20,602 Shit! 474 00:38:21,895 --> 00:38:23,814 Greetings, aviators. Fight's on. 475 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:26,692 All right, Phoenix, let's take this guy out! 476 00:38:26,775 --> 00:38:27,943 Watch your back, Phoenix. 477 00:38:28,026 --> 00:38:29,903 - Break right! - Breaking right. 478 00:38:32,322 --> 00:38:33,323 Where's he going? 479 00:38:33,407 --> 00:38:36,493 That's why we call him Hangman. He'll always hang you out to dry. 480 00:38:37,494 --> 00:38:38,996 Leaving your wingman. 481 00:38:39,079 --> 00:38:40,747 There's a strategy I haven't seen in a while. 482 00:38:40,831 --> 00:38:43,250 He called you a man, Phoenix. You gonna take that? 483 00:38:43,333 --> 00:38:44,751 So long as he doesn't call you a man. 484 00:38:44,835 --> 00:38:46,795 Talk to me, Bob. Where's Maverick? 485 00:38:46,879 --> 00:38:48,881 Jesus, his nose is already coming around! 486 00:38:48,964 --> 00:38:50,340 Get him off me, Hangman! 487 00:38:50,424 --> 00:38:54,386 For all you folks at home, this is how you bury a fossil. 488 00:38:54,470 --> 00:38:57,097 All right, Hangman. Time to teach you a lesson. 489 00:38:57,181 --> 00:38:59,057 - You're out, Phoenix. - Son of a bitch! 490 00:39:00,350 --> 00:39:01,351 That's it. 491 00:39:01,435 --> 00:39:03,937 - Let's go, Mav. Let's see what you got. - Come get me. 492 00:39:06,356 --> 00:39:08,066 Evil be gone. Hangman's coming. 493 00:39:09,276 --> 00:39:11,487 Yeah, you're good. I'll give you that. 494 00:39:17,993 --> 00:39:21,246 Shit. Phoenix, I can't see him. How close am I? 495 00:39:21,330 --> 00:39:23,707 - Phoenix? - I'm dead, dickhead. 496 00:39:23,790 --> 00:39:25,667 See you in the afterlife, Bagman. 497 00:39:27,085 --> 00:39:28,670 Where is he? Where is he? 498 00:39:29,379 --> 00:39:30,672 That's a kill. 499 00:39:31,381 --> 00:39:34,968 Seventy-nine. Down. Eighty. Down. 500 00:39:35,052 --> 00:39:36,220 Let's go. Who's next? 501 00:39:37,471 --> 00:39:39,223 - I got you, Omaha. - Damn it! 502 00:39:42,267 --> 00:39:44,520 - Lights out, Coyote. - Copy kill. 503 00:39:44,603 --> 00:39:49,066 Down. Fifty-one. Down. Fifty-two. 504 00:39:51,902 --> 00:39:54,905 So, Rooster, mind if I ask you a personal question? 505 00:39:54,988 --> 00:39:56,281 Would it matter if I did? 506 00:39:56,365 --> 00:39:58,617 What's the story with you and Maverick? 507 00:39:58,700 --> 00:40:01,745 - It seems like he's got you rattled. - That's none of your business. 508 00:40:01,828 --> 00:40:03,664 Now where the hell is he? 509 00:40:03,747 --> 00:40:05,415 Been here the whole time. 510 00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:08,335 Holy shit. 511 00:40:10,420 --> 00:40:11,588 You see me now? 512 00:40:12,506 --> 00:40:14,299 Come on, let's get it over with. 513 00:40:14,925 --> 00:40:16,343 Fight's on! 514 00:40:18,053 --> 00:40:20,389 What is with these two? 515 00:40:24,935 --> 00:40:28,397 All right, you put us here. How you gonna get yourself out? 516 00:40:28,981 --> 00:40:31,066 You can bail out anytime. 517 00:40:31,149 --> 00:40:32,484 How low you want to go, Rooster? 518 00:40:32,568 --> 00:40:35,821 I can go as low as you, sir! And that's saying something. 519 00:40:39,616 --> 00:40:41,660 What's past is past. For both of us. 520 00:40:41,743 --> 00:40:43,579 You'd like to believe that, wouldn't you? 521 00:40:43,662 --> 00:40:46,748 Hard deck is 5,000 feet, fellas. You are running out of room. 522 00:40:47,749 --> 00:40:48,750 Altitude. 523 00:40:48,834 --> 00:40:50,836 Your strategy is about to run us into the ground. 524 00:40:50,919 --> 00:40:53,380 - What's your move? - Altitude. Altitude. 525 00:40:53,463 --> 00:40:54,840 Altitude. 526 00:40:56,633 --> 00:40:59,511 Altitude. Altitude. Altitude. 527 00:40:59,595 --> 00:41:02,014 Altitude. Altitude. 528 00:41:04,057 --> 00:41:06,727 Pull up! Pull up! Pull up! Pull up! 529 00:41:07,436 --> 00:41:08,437 Pull up! Pull up! 530 00:41:11,690 --> 00:41:13,400 You got it. Don't think, just do. 531 00:41:14,568 --> 00:41:17,112 Come on, Rooster, you got him! Drop down and take the shot! 532 00:41:18,739 --> 00:41:19,656 It's too low. 533 00:41:20,699 --> 00:41:22,409 Too late. You had your chance. 534 00:41:28,540 --> 00:41:31,293 That's a kill. Knock it off. 535 00:41:32,294 --> 00:41:33,420 Damn it! 536 00:41:33,503 --> 00:41:35,380 Same old Rooster. 537 00:41:37,924 --> 00:41:40,260 Go see Hondo about your push-ups. 538 00:41:48,477 --> 00:41:49,978 All right, that's enough. 539 00:41:50,646 --> 00:41:52,731 Rooster. That's enough, man. 540 00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:10,791 Breaking the hard deck, insubordination. Are you trying to get kicked out? 541 00:42:10,874 --> 00:42:12,334 Don't worry about it. 542 00:42:12,834 --> 00:42:15,337 Look, I'm going on this mission. 543 00:42:16,296 --> 00:42:19,091 But if you get kicked out, you leave us flying with Hangman. 544 00:42:19,716 --> 00:42:23,345 - Talk to me. What the hell was that? - He pulled my papers. 545 00:42:23,428 --> 00:42:26,890 - What? Who? - Maverick. 546 00:42:28,058 --> 00:42:30,602 He pulled my application to the Naval Academy. 547 00:42:31,687 --> 00:42:33,689 Set me back four years. 548 00:42:36,191 --> 00:42:37,651 Why would he do that? 549 00:42:43,490 --> 00:42:46,034 The hard deck is 5,000 feet above ground level. 550 00:42:46,118 --> 00:42:48,453 A parameter is set not just for the safety of our pilots, 551 00:42:48,537 --> 00:42:50,038 but for the safety of their aircraft. 552 00:42:50,122 --> 00:42:54,334 5,000 feet is not just a rule. It is a law, as immutable as gravity. 553 00:42:54,418 --> 00:42:57,087 The hard deck will be much lower for the mission, sir. 554 00:42:57,170 --> 00:43:00,298 And it will not change without my approval! 555 00:43:00,382 --> 00:43:02,300 Especially not in the middle of an exercise. 556 00:43:02,968 --> 00:43:06,346 And that Cobra maneuver of yours? That could've got all three of you killed. 557 00:43:06,430 --> 00:43:08,306 I never want to see that shit again. 558 00:43:09,391 --> 00:43:11,643 What exactly do you suppose you were teaching, Captain? 559 00:43:11,727 --> 00:43:14,146 That as good as they are, sir, they still have something to learn. 560 00:43:14,229 --> 00:43:16,815 You are talking about the best fighter pilots on the planet, Captain. 561 00:43:16,898 --> 00:43:18,650 And they've been told that their entire career, 562 00:43:18,734 --> 00:43:20,610 while they've been dropping bombs from a high altitude 563 00:43:20,694 --> 00:43:22,446 with little to no dogfighting. 564 00:43:22,529 --> 00:43:25,282 The parameters of this mission call for something they have never encountered. 565 00:43:25,365 --> 00:43:29,077 Okay, you have less than three weeks to teach them how to fight as a team 566 00:43:29,911 --> 00:43:31,204 and how to strike the target. 567 00:43:31,288 --> 00:43:33,039 And how to come home. 568 00:43:35,876 --> 00:43:37,878 And how to come home, sir. 569 00:43:43,550 --> 00:43:45,218 Every mission has its risks. 570 00:43:46,094 --> 00:43:47,971 These pilots accept that. 571 00:43:48,054 --> 00:43:49,639 I don't, sir. 572 00:43:53,852 --> 00:43:55,187 Every morning, from this day forward, 573 00:43:55,270 --> 00:43:57,981 you will brief us on your instructional plans in writing. 574 00:43:58,064 --> 00:44:00,984 And nothing will change without my express approval. 575 00:44:01,067 --> 00:44:04,237 - Including the hard deck, sir? - Especially the hard deck, Captain. 576 00:44:06,323 --> 00:44:07,407 Sir. 577 00:44:08,325 --> 00:44:09,534 What is this? 578 00:44:09,618 --> 00:44:11,286 It's a request to lower the hard deck, sir, 579 00:44:11,369 --> 00:44:13,789 to practice a low-level bombing run per the mission parameters. 580 00:44:19,878 --> 00:44:22,506 You could learn a thing or two about timing, Captain. 581 00:44:23,340 --> 00:44:24,299 Yo, Coyote. 582 00:44:25,008 --> 00:44:26,301 Take a look at this. 583 00:44:30,222 --> 00:44:32,933 The man, the legend. There he is. 584 00:44:33,016 --> 00:44:35,018 No, no, no. Next to him. 585 00:44:35,977 --> 00:44:38,021 He look familiar to you? 586 00:44:39,940 --> 00:44:41,566 What have we here? 587 00:44:42,359 --> 00:44:44,069 Bradshaw. 588 00:44:45,028 --> 00:44:46,696 As I live and breathe. 589 00:44:49,866 --> 00:44:52,452 Hey, Theo, you got big. 590 00:44:53,286 --> 00:44:54,412 Hey, Mav. 591 00:45:01,503 --> 00:45:02,546 Amelia? 592 00:45:02,629 --> 00:45:04,172 I know. I got big. 593 00:45:04,256 --> 00:45:05,507 Yes. 594 00:45:06,591 --> 00:45:07,884 Bar opens at 5:00. 595 00:45:08,718 --> 00:45:10,720 No, I just came by to pay off a debt. 596 00:45:10,804 --> 00:45:12,055 Mom! 597 00:45:16,768 --> 00:45:19,729 - Hey, how's your dad? - With his wife, in Hawaii. 598 00:45:19,813 --> 00:45:21,189 Mom! 599 00:45:22,148 --> 00:45:24,276 Mav says he owes you money. 600 00:45:25,777 --> 00:45:27,779 - Don't worry about it. - I insist. 601 00:45:30,991 --> 00:45:34,661 Thank you, Captain. Consider your tab closed. 602 00:45:35,662 --> 00:45:37,539 Captain? Still? 603 00:45:38,164 --> 00:45:40,292 A highly decorated captain. 604 00:45:40,375 --> 00:45:41,418 Finish up. 605 00:45:41,501 --> 00:45:43,295 We have to get the boat to the yard. 606 00:45:43,378 --> 00:45:45,338 - I can't go. - What do you mean, you can't go? 607 00:45:45,422 --> 00:45:48,758 Test tomorrow. I have to study. They only told us today. 608 00:45:48,842 --> 00:45:50,802 Well, I can't sail her alone. 609 00:45:50,886 --> 00:45:52,304 Just use the engine. 610 00:45:52,387 --> 00:45:54,556 Why are we taking her to the yard? 611 00:45:55,181 --> 00:45:56,641 To fix the engine. 612 00:45:57,434 --> 00:45:58,435 I can help. 613 00:46:04,691 --> 00:46:07,903 - Little rougher than I was expecting. - You don't say. 614 00:46:08,612 --> 00:46:11,573 Pull on the backstay. We'll de-power the sails. 615 00:46:11,656 --> 00:46:12,657 Okay. 616 00:46:13,199 --> 00:46:14,784 What does that mean? 617 00:46:16,202 --> 00:46:18,455 You're supposed to be in the navy! 618 00:46:18,538 --> 00:46:21,875 I don't sail boats, Penny. I land on them. 619 00:46:22,417 --> 00:46:25,629 It's sort of like raising the flaps on an airplane. 620 00:46:25,712 --> 00:46:27,172 So how do I do that? 621 00:46:27,923 --> 00:46:30,133 You pull on that green line up there. 622 00:46:30,216 --> 00:46:31,551 Green line. 623 00:46:34,095 --> 00:46:35,639 Yep. Pull it hard. 624 00:46:35,722 --> 00:46:38,642 Yep. Crank that winch right there, 625 00:46:38,725 --> 00:46:40,518 tighten the jib. 626 00:46:41,227 --> 00:46:43,563 - Crank it. You okay? - Yeah. 627 00:46:45,106 --> 00:46:46,066 Good. 628 00:46:47,317 --> 00:46:48,318 Now, 629 00:46:49,736 --> 00:46:51,154 you ready? 630 00:46:53,073 --> 00:46:54,157 For what? 631 00:46:54,741 --> 00:46:56,284 The afterburner. 632 00:47:16,596 --> 00:47:18,431 Now you're in the navy. 633 00:47:40,704 --> 00:47:42,539 Thanks for helping out today. 634 00:47:44,249 --> 00:47:45,667 I'm not exactly sure I helped. 635 00:47:51,131 --> 00:47:52,632 Don't give me that look. 636 00:47:52,716 --> 00:47:54,050 What look? 637 00:47:54,134 --> 00:47:55,760 That one. 638 00:47:59,055 --> 00:48:00,348 Good night, Pete. 639 00:48:01,141 --> 00:48:02,475 Night, Penny. 640 00:48:17,949 --> 00:48:19,451 Mom, is that you? 641 00:48:20,076 --> 00:48:21,369 Yeah, it's me. 642 00:48:22,370 --> 00:48:24,080 I'll make you dinner. 643 00:48:24,164 --> 00:48:25,165 Okay. 644 00:48:31,379 --> 00:48:33,631 Time is your greatest enemy. 645 00:48:35,050 --> 00:48:37,177 Phase one of the mission will be a low-level ingress 646 00:48:37,260 --> 00:48:39,012 attacking in two-plane teams. 647 00:48:39,596 --> 00:48:41,806 You'll fly along this narrow canyon to your target. 648 00:48:41,890 --> 00:48:45,310 Radar-guided surface-to-air missiles defend the area. 649 00:48:45,393 --> 00:48:47,645 These SAMs, they're lethal. 650 00:48:48,313 --> 00:48:52,192 But they were designed to protect the skies above, not the canyon below. 651 00:48:52,275 --> 00:48:56,154 That's because the enemy knows no one is insane enough to try and fly below them. 652 00:48:57,072 --> 00:48:59,032 That's exactly what I'm gonna train you to do. 653 00:49:00,075 --> 00:49:04,287 On the day, your altitude will be 100 feet maximum. 654 00:49:04,370 --> 00:49:07,499 You exceed this altitude, radar will spot you, 655 00:49:08,374 --> 00:49:09,876 and you're dead. 656 00:49:11,002 --> 00:49:12,962 Your airspeed will be 660 knots 657 00:49:13,797 --> 00:49:15,048 minimum. 658 00:49:15,131 --> 00:49:17,467 Time to target: two and a half minutes. 659 00:49:18,051 --> 00:49:21,805 That's because fifth-generation fighters wait at an air base nearby. 660 00:49:22,680 --> 00:49:27,102 In a head-to-head with these planes in your F-18s, you're dead. 661 00:49:27,852 --> 00:49:30,814 That's why you need to get in, hit your target and be gone 662 00:49:30,897 --> 00:49:34,067 before these planes even have a chance of catching you. 663 00:49:34,150 --> 00:49:36,986 This makes time your greatest adversary. 664 00:49:38,822 --> 00:49:42,117 You'll fly a route in your nav system that simulates the canyon. 665 00:49:42,909 --> 00:49:44,577 The faster you navigate this canyon, 666 00:49:44,661 --> 00:49:47,330 the harder it'll be to stay under the radar of these enemy SAMs. 667 00:49:48,331 --> 00:49:49,457 The tighter the turns, 668 00:49:49,541 --> 00:49:52,752 the more intensely the force of gravity on your body multiplies, 669 00:49:53,419 --> 00:49:55,171 compressing your lungs, 670 00:49:55,255 --> 00:49:56,673 forcing the blood from your brain, 671 00:49:56,756 --> 00:49:59,968 impairing your judgment and reaction time. 672 00:50:00,051 --> 00:50:02,428 So for today's lesson, we're gonna take it easy on you. 673 00:50:02,512 --> 00:50:05,515 Max ceiling: 300 feet. Time to target: three minutes. 674 00:50:07,392 --> 00:50:08,601 Good luck. 675 00:50:17,026 --> 00:50:18,820 Time to target is one minute 30. 676 00:50:18,903 --> 00:50:21,322 We are two seconds behind. Increase to 480 knots. 677 00:50:21,406 --> 00:50:22,657 We got to move, Coyote. 678 00:50:23,533 --> 00:50:25,201 Copy. Increasing speed. 679 00:50:27,579 --> 00:50:28,496 Shit! 680 00:50:32,292 --> 00:50:33,334 Why are they dead? 681 00:50:33,418 --> 00:50:36,212 We broke the 300-foot ceiling, and a SAM took us out. 682 00:50:36,296 --> 00:50:37,922 No. Why are they dead? 683 00:50:38,006 --> 00:50:40,341 I slowed down and didn't give her a warning. It was my fault. 684 00:50:40,425 --> 00:50:42,260 Was there a reason you didn't communicate with your team? 685 00:50:42,343 --> 00:50:43,469 I was focusing on... 686 00:50:43,553 --> 00:50:45,346 One that their family will accept at the funeral. 687 00:50:46,347 --> 00:50:47,307 None, sir. 688 00:50:48,266 --> 00:50:51,311 Why didn't you anticipate the turn? You were briefed on the terrain. 689 00:50:51,936 --> 00:50:54,647 Don't tell me. Tell it to his family. 690 00:51:00,069 --> 00:51:02,614 Hangman, ease up. The canyon's getting tighter. 691 00:51:02,697 --> 00:51:05,283 Negative, Payback. Increase your speed. 692 00:51:06,910 --> 00:51:10,246 - You're going too fast, man. - No harm in being ahead of schedule. 693 00:51:12,457 --> 00:51:15,418 Damn it, slow down! I can't stay on the course! 694 00:51:15,501 --> 00:51:18,087 You're gonna hit the wall! Watch out! Watch out! 695 00:51:21,799 --> 00:51:24,510 - What happened? - I flew as fast as I could. 696 00:51:25,094 --> 00:51:26,679 Kind of like my ass depended on it. 697 00:51:26,763 --> 00:51:29,974 And you put your team in danger, and your wingman's dead. 698 00:51:31,184 --> 00:51:32,727 They couldn't keep up. 699 00:51:38,858 --> 00:51:41,486 Rooster, we're 20 seconds behind and dropping. 700 00:51:41,569 --> 00:51:44,155 We're fine. Speed is good. 701 00:51:44,239 --> 00:51:45,782 Increase to 500 knots. 702 00:51:45,865 --> 00:51:48,910 - Negative, Yale. Hold your speed. - Rooster, we're late! 703 00:51:48,993 --> 00:51:51,788 We're alive. We'll make up time in the straightaway. 704 00:51:51,871 --> 00:51:53,456 We are not gonna make it. 705 00:51:53,539 --> 00:51:56,542 Just trust me. Maintain your speed. We can make it. 706 00:51:56,626 --> 00:51:57,752 Why are you dead? 707 00:51:59,087 --> 00:52:03,049 You're team leader up there. Why are you, why is your team dead? 708 00:52:03,132 --> 00:52:05,802 Sir, he's the only one who made it to the target. 709 00:52:05,885 --> 00:52:07,095 A minute late. 710 00:52:07,887 --> 00:52:10,473 He gave enemy aircraft time to shoot him down. 711 00:52:10,556 --> 00:52:12,392 - He is dead. - You don't know that. 712 00:52:12,475 --> 00:52:15,979 You're not flying fast enough. You don't have a second to waste. 713 00:52:16,062 --> 00:52:17,313 We made it to the target. 714 00:52:17,397 --> 00:52:21,109 And superior enemy aircraft intercepted you on your way out. 715 00:52:21,192 --> 00:52:24,195 - Then it's a dogfight. - Against fifth-generation fighters. 716 00:52:24,279 --> 00:52:26,864 - Yeah. We'd still have a chance. - In an F-18. 717 00:52:26,948 --> 00:52:29,450 It's not the plane, sir, it's the pilot. 718 00:52:29,534 --> 00:52:30,660 Exactly! 719 00:52:37,792 --> 00:52:40,461 There's more than one way to fly this mission. 720 00:52:40,545 --> 00:52:42,505 You really don't get it. 721 00:52:43,506 --> 00:52:46,175 On this mission, a man flies like Maverick here, 722 00:52:46,259 --> 00:52:48,094 or a man does not come back. 723 00:52:49,095 --> 00:52:51,180 No offense intended. 724 00:52:51,264 --> 00:52:53,558 Yet somehow you always manage. 725 00:52:55,101 --> 00:52:57,895 Look, I don't mean to criticize. You're conservative, that's all. 726 00:52:57,979 --> 00:52:58,813 Lieutenant. 727 00:52:58,896 --> 00:53:03,484 We're going into combat, son, on a level no living pilot's ever seen. 728 00:53:05,028 --> 00:53:06,154 Not even him. 729 00:53:08,156 --> 00:53:09,991 That's no time to be thinking about the past. 730 00:53:14,078 --> 00:53:16,122 - What's that supposed to mean? - Rooster. 731 00:53:16,205 --> 00:53:18,791 I can't be the only one that knows that Maverick flew with his old man. 732 00:53:18,875 --> 00:53:20,335 - That's enough. - Or that Maverick was flying 733 00:53:20,418 --> 00:53:22,128 - when his old man... - Lieutenant, that's enough! 734 00:53:24,088 --> 00:53:25,965 - That's enough. - You son of a bitch! 735 00:53:26,049 --> 00:53:27,008 Hey, come on! 736 00:53:27,091 --> 00:53:29,594 I'm cool, I'm cool. Hey, hey, hey. 737 00:53:29,677 --> 00:53:30,511 That's enough. 738 00:53:30,595 --> 00:53:32,680 - He's not cut out for this mission. - That's enough! 739 00:53:32,764 --> 00:53:34,015 You know it. 740 00:53:37,060 --> 00:53:38,061 You know I'm right. 741 00:53:44,525 --> 00:53:45,651 You're all dismissed. 742 00:54:49,966 --> 00:54:51,342 Maverick. 743 00:54:53,678 --> 00:54:54,971 It's come back? 744 00:54:55,638 --> 00:54:57,098 No one knows. 745 00:54:59,267 --> 00:55:00,977 There's nothing else they can do. 746 00:55:01,853 --> 00:55:04,856 Even speaking is painful now. 747 00:55:10,862 --> 00:55:12,572 Sarah, I'm so sorry. 748 00:55:32,258 --> 00:55:33,259 Admiral. 749 00:55:44,812 --> 00:55:46,022 How's my wingman? 750 00:55:57,658 --> 00:55:59,952 Please, don't worry about me. 751 00:56:00,912 --> 00:56:02,663 What can I do for you? 752 00:56:11,130 --> 00:56:12,215 All right. 753 00:56:15,051 --> 00:56:18,179 Well, Rooster's still angry with me about what I did. 754 00:56:19,680 --> 00:56:22,433 I thought eventually he would understand why. 755 00:56:24,685 --> 00:56:26,354 I hoped he'd forgive me. 756 00:56:34,779 --> 00:56:36,697 The mission is less than three weeks away. 757 00:56:37,281 --> 00:56:38,866 The kid's not ready. 758 00:56:47,208 --> 00:56:49,168 He doesn't want what I have to give. 759 00:56:50,378 --> 00:56:51,629 Ice, please, 760 00:56:51,712 --> 00:56:54,048 don't ask me to send someone else to die. 761 00:56:54,131 --> 00:56:55,258 Please don't... 762 00:56:56,259 --> 00:56:57,843 Don't ask me to send him. 763 00:56:57,927 --> 00:56:59,512 Send me. 764 00:57:31,294 --> 00:57:32,962 I don't know how. 765 00:57:46,183 --> 00:57:47,935 I'm not a teacher, Ice. 766 00:57:50,354 --> 00:57:52,189 I'm a fighter pilot. 767 00:57:54,775 --> 00:57:56,193 A naval aviator. 768 00:57:58,696 --> 00:58:00,781 It's not what I am. 769 00:58:02,033 --> 00:58:03,618 It's who I am. 770 00:58:05,369 --> 00:58:07,121 How do I teach that? 771 00:58:08,998 --> 00:58:11,626 Even if I could teach it, it's not what Rooster wants. 772 00:58:12,585 --> 00:58:14,754 It's not what the navy wants. 773 00:58:14,837 --> 00:58:17,173 That's why they canned me the last time. 774 00:58:20,009 --> 00:58:22,970 The only reason I'm here is you. 775 00:58:30,311 --> 00:58:32,146 If I send him on this mission, 776 00:58:33,564 --> 00:58:35,441 he might never come home. 777 00:58:39,195 --> 00:58:40,821 And if I don't send him, 778 00:58:41,530 --> 00:58:43,366 he'll never forgive me. 779 00:58:46,077 --> 00:58:48,537 Either way, I could lose him forever. 780 00:58:59,006 --> 00:59:00,007 I know. 781 00:59:00,841 --> 00:59:02,176 I know. 782 00:59:13,354 --> 00:59:16,982 The navy needs Maverick. 783 00:59:19,026 --> 00:59:22,571 The kid needs Maverick. 784 00:59:23,656 --> 00:59:25,866 That's why I fought for you. 785 00:59:27,910 --> 00:59:30,246 That's why you're still here. 786 00:59:38,295 --> 00:59:40,047 Thank you, Ice, 787 00:59:40,715 --> 00:59:42,133 for everything. 788 00:59:47,054 --> 00:59:48,514 One last thing. 789 00:59:49,140 --> 00:59:50,891 Who's the better pilot? 790 00:59:50,975 --> 00:59:52,268 You or me? 791 00:59:55,396 --> 00:59:57,982 This is a nice moment. Let's not ruin it. 792 01:00:38,355 --> 01:00:40,065 All right, all right. 793 01:00:50,284 --> 01:00:51,994 Touchdown! 794 01:02:01,647 --> 01:02:02,648 Sir. 795 01:02:02,731 --> 01:02:04,775 - What is this? - This is dogfight football. 796 01:02:04,859 --> 01:02:07,027 Offense and defense at the same time. 797 01:02:07,862 --> 01:02:08,863 Who's winning? 798 01:02:08,946 --> 01:02:11,866 I think they stopped keeping score a while ago. 799 01:02:11,949 --> 01:02:14,994 This detachment still has some training to complete, Captain. 800 01:02:15,077 --> 01:02:17,288 - Every available minute matters. - Yes, sir. 801 01:02:17,371 --> 01:02:19,582 So why are we out here playing games? 802 01:02:19,665 --> 01:02:21,542 You said to create a team, sir. 803 01:02:23,043 --> 01:02:24,587 There's your team. 804 01:04:03,978 --> 01:04:06,563 Should I go? Before Amelia gets back? 805 01:04:06,647 --> 01:04:08,983 - She'll be at her friend's house tonight. - Good. 806 01:04:12,152 --> 01:04:13,821 You and Amelia, you seem... 807 01:04:16,573 --> 01:04:18,993 a lot closer than when I last saw you. 808 01:04:19,076 --> 01:04:21,495 - Yeah. Yeah, we are. - How do you manage? 809 01:04:23,664 --> 01:04:24,790 Well, 810 01:04:26,458 --> 01:04:29,670 you know, she always wanted more freedom than I thought she was ready for. 811 01:04:30,421 --> 01:04:32,381 Where'd she get that from, I wonder? 812 01:04:36,010 --> 01:04:37,428 I guess I realized 813 01:04:38,345 --> 01:04:40,431 I also had to trust her. 814 01:04:42,016 --> 01:04:44,518 Let her make some of her own mistakes sometimes. 815 01:04:47,021 --> 01:04:48,689 Not an easy choice. 816 01:04:53,027 --> 01:04:55,029 Is that what happened with Rooster? 817 01:04:58,699 --> 01:05:01,452 I pulled his papers from the Naval Academy. 818 01:05:04,496 --> 01:05:06,206 Took years off his career. 819 01:05:12,504 --> 01:05:13,505 Why? 820 01:05:16,425 --> 01:05:19,928 His mother never wanted him to fly, not after what happened to Goose. 821 01:05:22,723 --> 01:05:26,143 She made me promise before she died, so... 822 01:05:26,226 --> 01:05:28,145 Does Rooster know that? 823 01:05:31,690 --> 01:05:34,735 He will always resent me for what I did. 824 01:05:36,737 --> 01:05:38,739 Why should he resent her too? 825 01:05:43,660 --> 01:05:45,370 Not an easy choice. 826 01:05:48,332 --> 01:05:50,834 I was trying to be the father he lost. 827 01:05:53,921 --> 01:05:54,922 I just... 828 01:05:57,800 --> 01:05:59,968 I wish I would've done it better. 829 01:06:02,221 --> 01:06:05,057 But the truth is... 830 01:06:07,601 --> 01:06:09,436 I didn't think he was ready. 831 01:06:13,023 --> 01:06:14,733 Is he ready now? 832 01:06:18,195 --> 01:06:19,613 Mom, I'm home! 833 01:06:21,365 --> 01:06:23,784 I thought you were staying at Karen's tonight. 834 01:06:23,867 --> 01:06:26,620 Karen's sick. And I've got homework to do. 835 01:06:26,703 --> 01:06:29,123 - I should go. - You should go. 836 01:06:29,706 --> 01:06:32,501 - Have you had dinner yet? - Not yet. You want to go out? 837 01:06:32,584 --> 01:06:35,546 No, it's okay. I'll make you something. 838 01:06:35,629 --> 01:06:36,713 I'll be down in a sec! 839 01:06:37,589 --> 01:06:39,550 - Wait! Not that way. - What? 840 01:06:41,218 --> 01:06:43,428 Look, I have an example to set. 841 01:06:43,512 --> 01:06:45,973 I can't be bringing guys home on a first date. 842 01:06:46,056 --> 01:06:47,391 This is not our first date. 843 01:06:48,559 --> 01:06:50,102 You know what I mean. 844 01:06:52,855 --> 01:06:53,856 Okay. 845 01:06:55,023 --> 01:06:56,066 Fine. 846 01:06:57,109 --> 01:06:59,403 But this is the last time I go out your window. 847 01:06:59,486 --> 01:07:00,946 We'll see. 848 01:07:01,029 --> 01:07:02,447 No. No, I mean it. 849 01:07:03,198 --> 01:07:05,033 I'm never gonna leave you again. 850 01:07:07,119 --> 01:07:08,745 Shut up. 851 01:07:08,829 --> 01:07:10,706 Go on, get out of here. 852 01:07:24,261 --> 01:07:26,221 Just don't break her heart again. 853 01:07:38,150 --> 01:07:39,151 Good morning. 854 01:07:39,401 --> 01:07:41,403 The uranium enrichment plant that is your target 855 01:07:41,486 --> 01:07:43,947 will be operational earlier than expected. 856 01:07:44,031 --> 01:07:47,159 Raw uranium will be delivered to the plant in ten days' time. 857 01:07:47,868 --> 01:07:50,954 As a result, your mission has been moved up one week 858 01:07:51,038 --> 01:07:54,666 in order to avoid contaminating the target valley with radiation. 859 01:07:54,750 --> 01:07:57,586 Sir, no one here has successfully flown a low-level course. 860 01:07:57,669 --> 01:07:59,588 Nevertheless, you've been ordered to move on. 861 01:08:00,797 --> 01:08:01,798 Captain. 862 01:08:04,843 --> 01:08:07,221 We have one week left to focus on phase two. 863 01:08:07,304 --> 01:08:09,181 It's the most difficult stage of the mission. 864 01:08:09,264 --> 01:08:11,058 It's a pop-up strike with a steep dive, 865 01:08:11,141 --> 01:08:14,061 requiring nothing less than two consecutive miracles. 866 01:08:15,229 --> 01:08:18,398 Two pairs of F-18s will fly in a welded wing formation. 867 01:08:18,482 --> 01:08:19,733 Teamwork. 868 01:08:19,816 --> 01:08:22,319 Precise coordination of these aircraft is essential 869 01:08:22,402 --> 01:08:25,113 to both the mission's success and your survival. 870 01:08:25,197 --> 01:08:27,908 As you know, the plant rests between two mountains. 871 01:08:27,991 --> 01:08:32,079 On final approach, you'll invert directly into a steep dive. 872 01:08:33,080 --> 01:08:35,749 This allows you to maintain the lowest possible altitude 873 01:08:36,959 --> 01:08:38,752 and the only possible attack angle. 874 01:08:42,506 --> 01:08:46,343 Your target is an impact point less than three meters wide. 875 01:08:47,594 --> 01:08:50,514 The two-seat aircraft will paint the target with a laser bull's-eye. 876 01:08:51,974 --> 01:08:53,850 The first pair will breach the reactor 877 01:08:53,934 --> 01:08:57,604 by dropping a laser-guided bomb on an exposed ventilation hatch. 878 01:08:57,688 --> 01:08:59,898 This will create an opening for the second pair. 879 01:09:00,732 --> 01:09:02,192 That's miracle number one. 880 01:09:04,486 --> 01:09:05,946 The second team 881 01:09:06,029 --> 01:09:07,364 will deliver the kill shot 882 01:09:08,699 --> 01:09:10,492 and destroy the target. 883 01:09:11,743 --> 01:09:13,078 That's miracle number two. 884 01:09:14,454 --> 01:09:16,707 If either team misses the target... 885 01:09:19,001 --> 01:09:19,876 That's a miss. 886 01:09:19,960 --> 01:09:21,962 - ... the mission is a failure. - Damn it! 887 01:09:22,671 --> 01:09:26,466 Egress is a steep high-G climb out to avoid hitting this mountain. 888 01:09:29,344 --> 01:09:32,639 A steep climb at that speed, you're pulling at least eight G's. 889 01:09:32,723 --> 01:09:34,224 Nine, minimum. 890 01:09:34,308 --> 01:09:37,102 The stress limit of the F-18's airframe is 7.5. 891 01:09:37,185 --> 01:09:38,562 That's the accepted limit. 892 01:09:38,645 --> 01:09:40,856 To survive this mission, you'll pull beyond that, 893 01:09:40,939 --> 01:09:43,608 even if it means bending your airframe. 894 01:09:44,943 --> 01:09:48,322 You'll be pulling so hard, you'll weigh close to 2, 000 pounds, 895 01:09:48,405 --> 01:09:51,283 your skull crushing your spine, 896 01:09:51,366 --> 01:09:54,453 your lungs imploding like an elephant's sitting on your chest, 897 01:09:54,536 --> 01:09:57,956 fighting with everything you have just to keep from blacking out. 898 01:10:00,042 --> 01:10:02,544 And this is where you'll be at your most vulnerable. 899 01:10:03,503 --> 01:10:06,381 This is Coffin Corner. 900 01:10:06,465 --> 01:10:09,217 Assuming you avoid crashing into this mountain, 901 01:10:09,301 --> 01:10:12,888 you'll climb straight up into enemy radar while losing all of your airspeed. 902 01:10:13,472 --> 01:10:16,099 Within seconds, you'll be fired upon by enemy SAMs. 903 01:10:17,601 --> 01:10:19,811 You've all faced sustained G's before, but this... 904 01:10:20,562 --> 01:10:24,232 This is gonna take you and your aircraft to the breaking point. 905 01:10:24,316 --> 01:10:27,069 Sir, is this even achievable? 906 01:10:27,152 --> 01:10:28,820 The answer to that question 907 01:10:29,404 --> 01:10:31,406 will come down to the pilot in the box. 908 01:10:41,333 --> 01:10:43,585 - Talk to me, Bob. - We are 12 seconds late on target. 909 01:10:43,668 --> 01:10:46,380 - We got to move! We got to move! - Copy. Try to stay with me. 910 01:10:50,384 --> 01:10:51,593 Wait, who's that? 911 01:10:52,886 --> 01:10:54,262 Blue Team, you've been spotted. 912 01:10:54,346 --> 01:10:56,973 - Shit, it's Maverick. - What the hell is he doing here? 913 01:10:57,057 --> 01:11:00,185 I'm a bandit on course to intercept. Blue Team, what are you gonna do? 914 01:11:00,268 --> 01:11:03,480 He's 20 miles left. Ten o'clock. 700 knots closure. 915 01:11:03,563 --> 01:11:05,399 Your call. What do you want to do? 916 01:11:05,482 --> 01:11:08,193 Continue. We're close. Stay on target. 917 01:11:08,276 --> 01:11:11,488 - He's swinging around to the north! - Stand by for pop-up. 918 01:11:11,571 --> 01:11:13,657 - Be ready on that laser, Bob. - Copy. I'm on it. 919 01:11:15,909 --> 01:11:17,619 Blue Team, bandit is still closing. 920 01:11:17,702 --> 01:11:18,870 Popping now. 921 01:11:25,043 --> 01:11:27,170 Talk to me, Bob. Where's Maverick? 922 01:11:27,254 --> 01:11:29,297 He's five miles out. He's coming fast. 923 01:11:35,178 --> 01:11:37,681 - Target's in sight. - Where's my laser, Bob? 924 01:11:38,515 --> 01:11:41,893 Deadeye! Deadeye! It's no good. Sorry, I can't get a lock. 925 01:11:41,977 --> 01:11:43,812 We're out of time. I'm dropping blind. 926 01:11:47,065 --> 01:11:48,483 Damn it, missed! 927 01:12:00,078 --> 01:12:02,247 - That's tone. - Maverick's got missile lock on us. 928 01:12:02,330 --> 01:12:03,373 Shit! We're dead. 929 01:12:04,207 --> 01:12:06,960 Blue Team, that's a fail. Level out, Coyote. 930 01:12:09,629 --> 01:12:11,548 Coyote? Do you copy? 931 01:12:14,384 --> 01:12:15,844 Coyote, come in. 932 01:12:16,470 --> 01:12:18,388 Coyote, level wings. 933 01:12:18,472 --> 01:12:20,056 God. He's in G-LOC. 934 01:12:20,807 --> 01:12:23,351 Coyote? Coyote? 935 01:12:23,435 --> 01:12:25,645 - He's gonna burn in! - I'm going after him. 936 01:12:29,357 --> 01:12:31,651 Come on. Give me tone, give me tone, give me tone. 937 01:12:32,194 --> 01:12:34,613 Snap out of it, Coyote. Come on! Come on! 938 01:12:37,657 --> 01:12:40,410 Come on, Coyote, come on. Come on! 939 01:12:40,494 --> 01:12:42,662 - Damn it! Coyote! - Pull up! 940 01:12:42,746 --> 01:12:45,373 - Coyote! Coyote! - Pull up! Pull up! 941 01:12:50,587 --> 01:12:52,380 Coyote, you okay? 942 01:12:53,423 --> 01:12:55,175 I'm okay. I'm good. 943 01:12:56,176 --> 01:12:59,012 Good. Good. That's enough for today. 944 01:13:01,223 --> 01:13:02,432 That was close. 945 01:13:03,016 --> 01:13:03,934 Too close. 946 01:13:04,809 --> 01:13:06,978 Bird strike! Bird strike! 947 01:13:07,062 --> 01:13:08,188 Bird strike! 948 01:13:11,525 --> 01:13:14,194 - Phoenix, left engine's on fire! - Climbing. 949 01:13:16,196 --> 01:13:18,698 Throttling back. Shutting off fuel to left engine. 950 01:13:18,782 --> 01:13:20,408 Extinguishing fire. 951 01:13:22,786 --> 01:13:23,787 Right engine is out! 952 01:13:23,870 --> 01:13:25,539 It's still spinning. Trying to restart it. 953 01:13:28,041 --> 01:13:30,669 - Phoenix, it's on fire. Don't start it. - Throttling up. 954 01:13:32,254 --> 01:13:33,505 My God. 955 01:13:36,883 --> 01:13:39,302 - We're on fire! We're on fire! - Damn it! 956 01:13:39,386 --> 01:13:42,138 - Engine fire. Right. - Extinguishing right engine. 957 01:13:45,433 --> 01:13:47,352 Phoenix, Bob, punch out, punch out! 958 01:13:47,435 --> 01:13:49,646 Warning lights everywhere! Hydraulic failure! 959 01:13:49,729 --> 01:13:51,439 - Flight controls. - I can't control it. 960 01:13:51,523 --> 01:13:54,276 We're going down, Phoenix! We're going in! We're going in! 961 01:13:54,359 --> 01:13:56,987 You can't save it. Eject, eject! 962 01:13:57,070 --> 01:13:58,238 Eject, eject, eject! 963 01:13:58,321 --> 01:14:01,157 Altitude. Altitude. 964 01:14:22,679 --> 01:14:25,682 They'll keep Phoenix and Bob in the hospital overnight for observation. 965 01:14:25,765 --> 01:14:27,267 They're gonna be okay. 966 01:14:31,354 --> 01:14:32,689 That's good. 967 01:14:35,942 --> 01:14:37,777 I've never lost a wingman. 968 01:14:38,528 --> 01:14:39,738 You're lucky. 969 01:14:40,322 --> 01:14:42,157 Fly long enough, it'll happen. 970 01:14:44,951 --> 01:14:46,620 There will be others. 971 01:14:49,372 --> 01:14:51,374 Easy for you to say. No wife. 972 01:14:53,335 --> 01:14:54,544 No kids. 973 01:14:55,378 --> 01:14:57,881 Nobody to mourn you when you burn in. 974 01:15:01,134 --> 01:15:02,469 Go home. 975 01:15:03,595 --> 01:15:05,055 Just get some sleep. 976 01:15:07,599 --> 01:15:09,809 Why'd you pull my papers at the Academy? 977 01:15:09,893 --> 01:15:11,519 Why did you stand in my way? 978 01:15:14,105 --> 01:15:15,440 You weren't ready. 979 01:15:15,523 --> 01:15:16,816 Ready for what? 980 01:15:18,485 --> 01:15:20,278 - Ready to fly like you? - No. 981 01:15:20,362 --> 01:15:21,988 Ready to forget the book. 982 01:15:22,072 --> 01:15:24,783 Trust your instincts. Don't think, just do. 983 01:15:24,866 --> 01:15:27,535 You think up there, you're dead. Believe me. 984 01:15:28,828 --> 01:15:30,497 My dad believed in you. 985 01:15:33,208 --> 01:15:35,669 I'm not gonna make the same mistake. 986 01:15:41,341 --> 01:15:42,842 Maverick. 987 01:15:53,395 --> 01:15:56,272 Ready, aim, fire. 988 01:16:01,027 --> 01:16:02,195 Ready, 989 01:16:02,696 --> 01:16:03,738 aim, 990 01:16:04,280 --> 01:16:05,615 fire. 991 01:16:15,667 --> 01:16:16,876 Ready, 992 01:16:17,919 --> 01:16:19,295 aim, 993 01:16:19,379 --> 01:16:20,672 fire. 994 01:16:54,456 --> 01:16:56,624 I can only imagine what you must be feeling right now. 995 01:16:57,709 --> 01:16:59,961 Take some time. Whatever you need. 996 01:17:01,421 --> 01:17:03,590 I appreciate that, sir, but there is no time. The mission... 997 01:17:03,673 --> 01:17:05,759 I'll be taking over the training from here. 998 01:17:06,760 --> 01:17:07,761 Sir? 999 01:17:09,179 --> 01:17:10,972 We both know you didn't want this job, Captain. 1000 01:17:11,055 --> 01:17:13,391 - Sir, they're not ready. - It was your job to get them ready. 1001 01:17:13,475 --> 01:17:16,936 Sir, they have to believe that this mission can be flown. 1002 01:17:17,020 --> 01:17:19,773 And all you've managed to do is teach them that it can't. 1003 01:17:20,607 --> 01:17:22,942 - Sir... - You're grounded, Captain. 1004 01:17:23,026 --> 01:17:24,527 Permanently. 1005 01:17:28,406 --> 01:17:29,699 - Sir... - That is all. 1006 01:17:48,218 --> 01:17:49,219 I heard. 1007 01:17:51,513 --> 01:17:52,680 I'm sorry. 1008 01:17:53,556 --> 01:17:55,225 What are you gonna do? 1009 01:17:56,392 --> 01:17:57,685 Ice is gone. 1010 01:18:00,230 --> 01:18:01,940 What choice do I have? 1011 01:18:03,149 --> 01:18:05,735 You'll have to find a way back on your own. 1012 01:18:05,819 --> 01:18:07,070 No, Penny. 1013 01:18:08,863 --> 01:18:10,198 I'm out. 1014 01:18:11,950 --> 01:18:13,201 This is over. 1015 01:18:13,743 --> 01:18:14,744 Pete. 1016 01:18:14,828 --> 01:18:17,288 If you lost your wingman up there, 1017 01:18:18,039 --> 01:18:19,749 you'd keep fighting. 1018 01:18:19,833 --> 01:18:21,125 You wouldn't just give up. 1019 01:18:21,918 --> 01:18:23,878 Those are your pilots. 1020 01:18:25,171 --> 01:18:27,340 If anything happens to them, 1021 01:18:28,174 --> 01:18:30,218 you'll never forgive yourself. 1022 01:18:34,264 --> 01:18:36,140 I don't know what to do. 1023 01:18:40,186 --> 01:18:41,729 But you'll find a way. 1024 01:18:44,148 --> 01:18:45,358 I know you will. 1025 01:18:47,527 --> 01:18:49,904 Captain Mitchell is no longer your instructor. 1026 01:18:49,988 --> 01:18:52,407 And as of today, there are new mission parameters. 1027 01:18:53,157 --> 01:18:55,034 Time to target is now four minutes. 1028 01:18:55,785 --> 01:18:58,329 You'll be entering the valley level at reduced speed. 1029 01:18:58,413 --> 01:19:01,374 Not to exceed 420 knots. 1030 01:19:01,457 --> 01:19:04,252 Sir, won't we be giving their planes time to intercept? 1031 01:19:04,335 --> 01:19:06,838 Well, Lieutenant, you have a fighting chance against enemy aircraft. 1032 01:19:06,921 --> 01:19:10,008 What are the odds of surviving a head-on collision with a mountain? 1033 01:19:10,091 --> 01:19:12,677 You'll be attacking the target from a higher altitude, 1034 01:19:12,760 --> 01:19:13,970 level with the north wall. 1035 01:19:14,053 --> 01:19:16,472 Gonna be a little harder to keep your lase on target, 1036 01:19:16,556 --> 01:19:18,474 but you will avoid the high-G climb out. 1037 01:19:18,558 --> 01:19:20,768 We'll be sitting ducks for enemy missiles. 1038 01:19:26,190 --> 01:19:27,442 Who the hell is that? 1039 01:19:29,235 --> 01:19:32,071 Maverick to Range Control. Entering Point Alpha. 1040 01:19:32,155 --> 01:19:33,823 Confirm green range. 1041 01:19:34,449 --> 01:19:36,784 Maverick, Range Control, 1042 01:19:36,868 --> 01:19:38,494 green range is confirmed. 1043 01:19:38,578 --> 01:19:41,956 I don't see an event scheduled for you, sir. 1044 01:19:42,040 --> 01:19:43,249 Well, I'm going anyway. 1045 01:19:43,917 --> 01:19:45,168 Nice. 1046 01:19:45,919 --> 01:19:48,963 Setting time to target: Two minutes, 15 seconds. 1047 01:19:49,047 --> 01:19:50,798 2:15? That's impossible. 1048 01:19:50,882 --> 01:19:53,426 Final attack point. Maverick's inbound. 1049 01:21:31,107 --> 01:21:34,318 Popping in three, two, one. 1050 01:22:00,803 --> 01:22:02,180 Bombs away. 1051 01:22:19,655 --> 01:22:21,574 Bull's-eye! Holy shit! 1052 01:22:22,867 --> 01:22:24,452 Yes. 1053 01:22:27,330 --> 01:22:28,456 Damn. 1054 01:22:41,219 --> 01:22:43,429 You have put me in a difficult position, Captain. 1055 01:22:44,347 --> 01:22:48,101 On the one hand, you have demonstrated that this mission can be flown. 1056 01:22:48,184 --> 01:22:50,269 Perhaps the only way it can be survived. 1057 01:22:51,687 --> 01:22:53,397 On the other hand, 1058 01:22:53,481 --> 01:22:56,400 you did it by stealing a multimillion-dollar military aircraft 1059 01:22:56,484 --> 01:22:59,362 and flying it in such a manner that it may never be airworthy again. 1060 01:23:00,780 --> 01:23:03,074 Iceman is no longer here to protect you. 1061 01:23:03,908 --> 01:23:06,536 I have everything I need to have you court-martialed 1062 01:23:06,619 --> 01:23:08,371 and dishonorably discharged. 1063 01:23:09,163 --> 01:23:10,540 So what do I do? 1064 01:23:11,541 --> 01:23:14,669 Risk the lives of my pilots and perhaps the success of this mission 1065 01:23:16,170 --> 01:23:17,171 or... 1066 01:23:18,714 --> 01:23:20,174 risk my career 1067 01:23:21,259 --> 01:23:23,010 by appointing you team leader? 1068 01:23:26,347 --> 01:23:27,348 Sir... 1069 01:23:27,431 --> 01:23:31,060 I think the admiral's asking a rhetorical question, Captain. 1070 01:25:11,911 --> 01:25:13,496 Talk to me, Goose. 1071 01:25:16,832 --> 01:25:18,334 Captain Mitchell! 1072 01:25:25,299 --> 01:25:26,968 You're where you belong. 1073 01:25:31,889 --> 01:25:33,391 Make us proud. 1074 01:25:59,500 --> 01:26:01,627 It has been an honor flying with you. 1075 01:26:02,712 --> 01:26:06,173 Each one of you represents the best of the best. 1076 01:26:06,966 --> 01:26:09,677 This is a very specific mission. 1077 01:26:10,511 --> 01:26:13,806 My choice is a reflection of that and nothing more. 1078 01:26:13,889 --> 01:26:15,725 Choose your two Foxtrot teams. 1079 01:26:17,310 --> 01:26:18,936 Payback and Fanboy. 1080 01:26:20,021 --> 01:26:21,355 Phoenix and Bob. 1081 01:26:25,651 --> 01:26:26,944 And your wingman. 1082 01:26:31,741 --> 01:26:32,742 Rooster. 1083 01:26:37,288 --> 01:26:39,582 The rest of you will stand by on the carrier 1084 01:26:39,665 --> 01:26:42,543 for any reserve role that's required. 1085 01:26:43,419 --> 01:26:44,587 Dismissed. 1086 01:26:52,386 --> 01:26:55,222 Your target is a clear and present threat. 1087 01:26:56,724 --> 01:27:00,561 A secret uranium enrichment site under rogue state control. 1088 01:27:01,187 --> 01:27:02,563 It's an underground bunker, 1089 01:27:02,646 --> 01:27:04,440 tucked between these two mountains. 1090 01:27:05,900 --> 01:27:09,695 Your route of ingress is heavily defended by surface-to-air missiles 1091 01:27:09,779 --> 01:27:12,281 backed up by fifth-generation fighters. 1092 01:27:12,365 --> 01:27:15,117 Once your F-18 strike team crosses the border, 1093 01:27:15,201 --> 01:27:17,203 Tomahawk missiles from the USS Leyte Gulf 1094 01:27:17,286 --> 01:27:20,915 will launch a synchronized strike on the enemy's airfield here. 1095 01:27:22,208 --> 01:27:24,418 This will knock out their runway. 1096 01:27:26,212 --> 01:27:29,590 But you'll have to contend with any planes already in the air. 1097 01:27:29,673 --> 01:27:32,510 The moment those Tomahawks hit, the enemy will know you're coming. 1098 01:27:33,719 --> 01:27:37,765 Your time to target will be two minutes and 30 seconds. 1099 01:27:39,433 --> 01:27:41,435 Any longer than that, and you will be exposed 1100 01:27:41,519 --> 01:27:44,146 to any aircraft the Tomahawks may have missed. 1101 01:27:47,525 --> 01:27:49,944 This is what you've all been training for. 1102 01:27:51,904 --> 01:27:53,406 Come home safely. 1103 01:28:08,087 --> 01:28:09,839 You give 'em hell! 1104 01:28:22,476 --> 01:28:23,477 Sir. 1105 01:28:23,978 --> 01:28:24,979 Sir? 1106 01:28:27,231 --> 01:28:28,232 I... 1107 01:28:31,152 --> 01:28:32,778 I just want to say... 1108 01:28:41,871 --> 01:28:43,205 We'll talk 1109 01:28:44,707 --> 01:28:46,083 when we get back. 1110 01:28:52,173 --> 01:28:53,966 Hey, Bradley! Bradley! 1111 01:28:55,092 --> 01:28:56,093 Hey. 1112 01:28:59,597 --> 01:29:01,015 You got this. 1113 01:29:09,440 --> 01:29:10,441 Maverick. 1114 01:29:12,693 --> 01:29:13,527 Maverick? 1115 01:29:15,488 --> 01:29:17,406 Hey, you with me? 1116 01:29:18,991 --> 01:29:20,826 I don't like that look, Mav. 1117 01:29:23,662 --> 01:29:25,164 It's the only one I got. 1118 01:29:29,793 --> 01:29:31,128 Thank you. 1119 01:29:32,630 --> 01:29:34,715 If I don't see you again, Hondo, 1120 01:29:34,798 --> 01:29:36,133 thank you. 1121 01:29:43,891 --> 01:29:45,726 It's been an honor, Captain. 1122 01:30:18,884 --> 01:30:21,929 Dagger One, up and ready on Catapult One. 1123 01:30:22,012 --> 01:30:24,139 Dagger Spare standing by. 1124 01:30:24,223 --> 01:30:26,016 Dagger Four, up and ready. 1125 01:30:26,100 --> 01:30:27,601 Dagger Three, up and ready. 1126 01:30:27,685 --> 01:30:29,812 Dagger Two, up and ready. 1127 01:30:30,980 --> 01:30:33,649 Support assets airborne. Strike package ready. 1128 01:30:33,732 --> 01:30:35,609 Standing by for launch decision. 1129 01:30:36,235 --> 01:30:37,236 Send them. 1130 01:30:57,881 --> 01:30:59,174 Dagger Two away. 1131 01:31:00,175 --> 01:31:02,136 Dagger Three away. 1132 01:31:02,720 --> 01:31:04,138 Dagger Four away. 1133 01:31:15,149 --> 01:31:17,568 Comanche, Dagger One. Standby check in. 1134 01:31:18,944 --> 01:31:20,404 Comanche 11, set. 1135 01:31:20,487 --> 01:31:22,740 Picture clean. Recommend Dagger continue. 1136 01:31:22,823 --> 01:31:24,783 Copy. Daggers descending below radar. 1137 01:31:44,678 --> 01:31:47,348 Daggers now below radar. Switching to E-2 picture. 1138 01:31:55,856 --> 01:31:58,442 Here we go. Enemy territory up ahead. 1139 01:31:58,525 --> 01:32:01,487 Feet dry in 60 seconds. Comanche, Dagger One. Picture. 1140 01:32:01,570 --> 01:32:04,365 Comanche. Picture clean. Decision is yours. 1141 01:32:04,448 --> 01:32:05,741 Copy. 1142 01:32:14,041 --> 01:32:15,167 Dagger attack. 1143 01:32:20,464 --> 01:32:21,757 Tomahawks airborne. 1144 01:32:21,840 --> 01:32:23,926 No turning back now. 1145 01:32:29,682 --> 01:32:31,725 Daggers, assume attack formation. 1146 01:32:40,818 --> 01:32:42,778 Daggers set. Proceeding to target. 1147 01:32:42,861 --> 01:32:47,408 Two minutes and 30 seconds in three, two, one, mark. 1148 01:32:47,491 --> 01:32:48,826 - Two mark. - Three mark. 1149 01:32:48,909 --> 01:32:49,785 Four mark. 1150 01:32:54,748 --> 01:32:55,666 Going in. 1151 01:33:11,306 --> 01:33:13,517 First SAM site overhead. 1152 01:33:17,896 --> 01:33:19,398 Looks like we're clear on radar, Mav. 1153 01:33:19,481 --> 01:33:21,233 Let's not take it for granted. 1154 01:33:24,737 --> 01:33:26,947 More SAMs! Three o'clock high! 1155 01:33:29,283 --> 01:33:31,660 - We got two minutes to target. - Copy. 1156 01:33:31,744 --> 01:33:34,079 We're a few seconds behind, Rooster. We got to move. 1157 01:33:35,622 --> 01:33:38,500 Thirty seconds to Tomahawk impact on enemy airstrip. 1158 01:33:46,884 --> 01:33:47,885 Dagger, Comanche. 1159 01:33:47,968 --> 01:33:50,137 We're picking up two bandits. Single group, two contacts. 1160 01:33:50,220 --> 01:33:52,973 - Where the hell'd they come from? - Long-range patrol? 1161 01:33:57,978 --> 01:33:59,438 Comanche, what's their heading? 1162 01:33:59,521 --> 01:34:02,024 Bull's-eye 090, 50, tacked southwest. 1163 01:34:02,107 --> 01:34:04,193 They're headed away from us. They don't know we're here. 1164 01:34:04,276 --> 01:34:06,236 The second those Tomahawks hit the air base, 1165 01:34:06,320 --> 01:34:08,489 those bandits are gonna move to defend the target. 1166 01:34:08,572 --> 01:34:11,158 We have to get there before they do. Increase speed. 1167 01:34:12,534 --> 01:34:14,828 We got you, Mav. Don't wait for me. 1168 01:34:20,793 --> 01:34:23,796 Sir, Daggers Two and Four are behind schedule. 1169 01:34:23,879 --> 01:34:25,881 Time to target, one minute 20. 1170 01:34:27,090 --> 01:34:29,259 Tomahawk impact in three, two... 1171 01:34:33,639 --> 01:34:36,099 Impact. Enemy runway is destroyed. 1172 01:34:36,892 --> 01:34:38,560 They know we're coming now. 1173 01:34:41,939 --> 01:34:44,274 Bandits are switching course to defend the target. 1174 01:34:44,358 --> 01:34:45,484 Rooster, where are you? 1175 01:34:47,194 --> 01:34:48,946 Come on, Rooster. Bandits inbound. 1176 01:34:49,029 --> 01:34:51,198 We got to make up time now. Let's turn and burn. 1177 01:34:59,164 --> 01:35:00,207 Heads up, Phoenix. 1178 01:35:10,008 --> 01:35:14,388 Sir, bandits are two minutes from target. Daggers are one minute from target. 1179 01:35:14,471 --> 01:35:16,765 Come on, Rooster. Move it or lose it. 1180 01:35:19,017 --> 01:35:21,854 Guys, we're falling behind. We really got to move. 1181 01:35:21,937 --> 01:35:23,730 If we don't increase our speed right now, 1182 01:35:23,814 --> 01:35:26,608 those bandits are gonna be waiting for us when we reach the target. 1183 01:35:28,402 --> 01:35:29,611 Talk to me, Dad. 1184 01:35:30,946 --> 01:35:32,447 Come on, kid, you can do it. 1185 01:35:32,531 --> 01:35:34,575 Don't think, just do. 1186 01:35:43,083 --> 01:35:44,543 Jesus, Rooster, not that fast! 1187 01:35:44,626 --> 01:35:47,170 That's it, kid, that's it. All right, let's go. 1188 01:35:51,258 --> 01:35:53,010 Damn, Rooster, take it easy. 1189 01:35:53,677 --> 01:35:56,305 Sir, Dagger Two is reengaging. 1190 01:35:56,388 --> 01:35:58,765 All right, now hit your target and come home. 1191 01:36:03,186 --> 01:36:05,898 Thirty seconds to target. Bob, check your laser. 1192 01:36:05,981 --> 01:36:09,484 Air-to-ground check complete. Laser code verified, 1688. 1193 01:36:09,568 --> 01:36:10,652 Laser is a go! 1194 01:36:12,988 --> 01:36:14,364 Watch your heads. 1195 01:36:16,116 --> 01:36:17,576 Holy shit! 1196 01:36:17,659 --> 01:36:19,578 - Payback, you with me? - Right behind you. 1197 01:36:20,662 --> 01:36:22,497 Phoenix, stand by for pop-up strike. 1198 01:36:22,581 --> 01:36:23,916 Dagger Three in position. 1199 01:36:24,583 --> 01:36:27,252 Popping in three, two, one. 1200 01:36:55,280 --> 01:36:57,532 - Get me eyes on that target, Bob. - Dagger Three. 1201 01:36:58,408 --> 01:36:59,701 Stand by, Mav. 1202 01:36:59,785 --> 01:37:02,204 - Come on, Bob, come on. - Stand by. 1203 01:37:02,788 --> 01:37:05,540 - I've got it. Captured! - Target acquired. Bombs away. 1204 01:37:26,603 --> 01:37:29,982 We've got impact! Check, direct hit! Direct hit! 1205 01:37:30,065 --> 01:37:31,900 That's miracle number one. 1206 01:37:32,567 --> 01:37:33,986 Dagger Two, status. 1207 01:37:34,069 --> 01:37:35,570 Almost there, Mav. Almost there. 1208 01:37:38,240 --> 01:37:39,825 Fanboy, where's my laser? 1209 01:37:40,409 --> 01:37:42,536 Rooster, there's something wrong with this laser. 1210 01:37:42,619 --> 01:37:44,246 Shit! Deadeye, deadeye, deadeye! 1211 01:37:44,329 --> 01:37:46,665 Come on, guys, we're running out of time. Get it online! 1212 01:37:46,748 --> 01:37:48,208 - I'm trying! - Come on, Fanboy! 1213 01:37:48,291 --> 01:37:49,960 Nearly there! Nearly there! 1214 01:37:58,844 --> 01:38:01,430 - Come on, Fanboy, get it online. - There's no time. I'm dropping blind. 1215 01:38:01,513 --> 01:38:03,724 - Rooster, I got this! - No time. Pull up. 1216 01:38:03,807 --> 01:38:05,183 - Wait! - Bombs away! Bombs away! 1217 01:38:18,739 --> 01:38:20,574 Bull's-eye, bull's-eye, bull's-eye! 1218 01:38:24,536 --> 01:38:25,829 Miracle number two. 1219 01:38:25,912 --> 01:38:27,539 Now they're in Coffin Corner. 1220 01:38:27,622 --> 01:38:29,708 We're not out of this yet. 1221 01:38:31,543 --> 01:38:32,961 Here it comes. 1222 01:38:36,006 --> 01:38:38,175 Radar warning! Smoke in the air. Phoenix, break right. 1223 01:38:38,258 --> 01:38:40,552 Emergency jettison. Dagger Three defending. 1224 01:38:40,635 --> 01:38:42,429 Here comes another one! 1225 01:38:42,512 --> 01:38:44,181 Dagger One defending. 1226 01:38:50,479 --> 01:38:51,563 Rooster, status. 1227 01:38:59,780 --> 01:39:00,781 My God. 1228 01:39:02,991 --> 01:39:04,409 Smoke in the air! 1229 01:39:05,786 --> 01:39:07,662 - Break right, Payback! - Breaking right. 1230 01:39:09,081 --> 01:39:10,916 My God, here they come! 1231 01:39:10,999 --> 01:39:12,375 SAM on your six, Rooster! 1232 01:39:13,835 --> 01:39:15,212 Deploying countermeasures. 1233 01:39:18,048 --> 01:39:19,549 Negative contact. 1234 01:39:21,593 --> 01:39:22,677 Dagger One defending. 1235 01:39:24,096 --> 01:39:26,973 - Talk to me, Bob. - Break right, Phoenix! Break right! Mav! 1236 01:39:27,057 --> 01:39:28,558 Nine o'clock! Nine o'clock! 1237 01:39:29,392 --> 01:39:31,353 Rooster, two more on your six. 1238 01:39:31,436 --> 01:39:32,896 Dagger Two, defending. 1239 01:39:37,484 --> 01:39:39,820 - Payback, SAM on your nose. - Dagger Four defending. 1240 01:39:39,903 --> 01:39:41,488 - Rooster, tally, seven o'clock! - Talk to me, Bob! 1241 01:39:41,571 --> 01:39:42,906 - On our six! - Dagger Two defending. 1242 01:39:42,989 --> 01:39:44,658 - Phoenix, break right! - I see it! 1243 01:39:52,040 --> 01:39:53,416 Dagger Two defending. 1244 01:39:54,793 --> 01:39:55,961 Shit, I'm out of flares! 1245 01:39:56,044 --> 01:39:58,380 Rooster, evade, evade! 1246 01:39:58,463 --> 01:40:00,715 I can't shake 'em! They're on me! They're on me! 1247 01:40:10,851 --> 01:40:12,477 Mav! No! 1248 01:40:14,479 --> 01:40:17,983 Dagger One is hit! I repeat, Dagger One is hit! 1249 01:40:18,066 --> 01:40:19,568 Maverick is down. 1250 01:40:19,651 --> 01:40:20,819 Dagger One, status. 1251 01:40:20,902 --> 01:40:22,529 Status! 1252 01:40:22,612 --> 01:40:24,739 Anyone see him? Does anyone see him? 1253 01:40:24,823 --> 01:40:27,075 - Dagger One, come in! - I didn't see a parachute. 1254 01:40:27,159 --> 01:40:28,785 We have to circle back. 1255 01:40:28,869 --> 01:40:31,371 Comanche. Bandits inbound. Single group, hot. 1256 01:40:31,454 --> 01:40:32,956 Recommend Dagger flow south. 1257 01:40:33,790 --> 01:40:35,792 One minute to intercept. 1258 01:40:39,045 --> 01:40:40,630 Get 'em back to the carrier now. 1259 01:40:40,714 --> 01:40:43,216 All Daggers flow to ECP. You have bandits headed for you. 1260 01:40:43,300 --> 01:40:44,342 What about Maverick? 1261 01:40:44,426 --> 01:40:47,429 Tell him there's nothing he can do for Maverick, not in a goddamn F-18. 1262 01:40:47,512 --> 01:40:50,348 Dagger Spare request permission to launch and fly air cover. 1263 01:40:52,642 --> 01:40:53,643 Negative, Spare. 1264 01:40:54,811 --> 01:40:57,355 - Launch search and rescue. - Negative. Not with bandits in the air. 1265 01:40:57,439 --> 01:41:00,984 - But, sir, Maverick is still out there. - We are not losing anyone else today. 1266 01:41:02,944 --> 01:41:04,446 Get 'em home now. 1267 01:41:04,529 --> 01:41:07,073 Dagger, you are not to engage. 1268 01:41:07,157 --> 01:41:09,242 Repeat, do not engage. 1269 01:41:09,326 --> 01:41:12,412 Dagger Two, return to carrier. Acknowledge. 1270 01:41:12,495 --> 01:41:13,496 Acknowledge. 1271 01:41:13,580 --> 01:41:17,042 Rooster, those bandits are closing. We can't go back. 1272 01:41:17,125 --> 01:41:20,003 Rooster, he's gone. 1273 01:41:21,671 --> 01:41:23,173 Maverick's gone. 1274 01:42:53,638 --> 01:42:54,639 No, no. 1275 01:43:01,396 --> 01:43:02,856 Dagger Two is hit. 1276 01:43:04,024 --> 01:43:05,108 Dagger Two is hit. 1277 01:43:06,693 --> 01:43:08,069 Dagger Two, come in. 1278 01:43:09,779 --> 01:43:11,614 Dagger Two, do you copy? 1279 01:43:12,282 --> 01:43:14,576 Dagger Two, come in. 1280 01:43:39,851 --> 01:43:41,061 You all right? 1281 01:43:41,144 --> 01:43:42,729 Yeah, I'm good. You all right? 1282 01:43:45,315 --> 01:43:46,399 What the hell? 1283 01:43:46,483 --> 01:43:48,860 - What are you doing here? - What am I doing here? 1284 01:43:48,943 --> 01:43:51,321 You think I took that missile so you could be down here with me? 1285 01:43:51,404 --> 01:43:53,239 You should be back on the carrier by now! 1286 01:43:53,323 --> 01:43:55,033 I saved your life! 1287 01:43:55,116 --> 01:43:58,244 I saved your life. That's the whole point. 1288 01:43:58,328 --> 01:44:00,121 What the hell were you even thinking? 1289 01:44:00,205 --> 01:44:02,248 You told me not to think! 1290 01:44:18,973 --> 01:44:20,058 Well, 1291 01:44:21,393 --> 01:44:22,769 it's good to see you. 1292 01:44:25,188 --> 01:44:26,815 It's good to see you too. 1293 01:44:30,860 --> 01:44:32,320 So what's the plan? 1294 01:44:43,289 --> 01:44:44,666 You're not serious. 1295 01:45:00,181 --> 01:45:01,808 You've got to be shitting me. 1296 01:45:03,810 --> 01:45:04,853 An F-14? 1297 01:45:05,562 --> 01:45:07,355 I shot down three MiGs in one of those. 1298 01:45:07,439 --> 01:45:09,858 We don't even know if that bag of ass can fly. 1299 01:45:12,569 --> 01:45:14,529 - Let's find out. - Mav! 1300 01:45:16,406 --> 01:45:17,407 Okay. 1301 01:45:26,958 --> 01:45:28,960 - There's guys up there, Mav. - Yeah. 1302 01:45:30,211 --> 01:45:32,130 - There's more over there. - Okay. 1303 01:45:33,423 --> 01:45:35,592 - Let's start running. - Yeah, run. Run. 1304 01:45:45,059 --> 01:45:47,437 Once I give you the signal for air, 1305 01:45:48,146 --> 01:45:50,857 you're gonna flip this switch until the needle gets to 120. 1306 01:45:50,940 --> 01:45:52,108 When the engine starts, 1307 01:45:52,192 --> 01:45:54,694 you got to pull out the pins and disconnect everything. 1308 01:45:54,777 --> 01:45:56,446 - You understand? - Yeah. 1309 01:45:58,615 --> 01:45:59,616 Yes! 1310 01:46:01,493 --> 01:46:03,661 Once I'm up, stow the ladder. 1311 01:46:11,586 --> 01:46:13,630 Okay. 1312 01:46:14,797 --> 01:46:16,633 It's been a minute, Mav? 1313 01:46:45,495 --> 01:46:48,456 My God. This thing is so old. 1314 01:46:49,457 --> 01:46:50,458 All right. 1315 01:46:55,547 --> 01:46:57,090 - Canopy? - Clear. 1316 01:47:15,316 --> 01:47:17,193 Both runways are cratered. 1317 01:47:17,902 --> 01:47:19,988 How we gonna get this museum piece in the air? 1318 01:47:30,373 --> 01:47:31,791 Why are the wings coming out, Mav? 1319 01:47:38,464 --> 01:47:41,175 Mav, this is a taxiway, not a runway. 1320 01:47:41,759 --> 01:47:44,679 This is a very short taxiway, Mav. 1321 01:47:44,762 --> 01:47:45,972 Just hang on. 1322 01:47:47,307 --> 01:47:48,683 Holy shit! 1323 01:47:54,731 --> 01:47:56,024 Come on, come on, come on. 1324 01:47:56,107 --> 01:47:57,150 Needle's alive. 1325 01:48:00,570 --> 01:48:02,822 - Mav? - That's it. Come on, come on! 1326 01:48:02,905 --> 01:48:03,948 All right. 1327 01:48:04,866 --> 01:48:06,868 - Mav! - Here we go. 1328 01:48:08,328 --> 01:48:09,746 Holy shit. 1329 01:48:23,509 --> 01:48:26,596 Sir, we're receiving a signal from Rooster's ESAT. 1330 01:48:26,679 --> 01:48:28,598 But there seems to be a malfunction. 1331 01:48:28,681 --> 01:48:30,016 - Have you lost him? - No, sir. 1332 01:48:31,017 --> 01:48:32,477 He's supersonic. 1333 01:48:33,102 --> 01:48:34,187 He's airborne. 1334 01:48:35,438 --> 01:48:37,023 - In what? - Sir. 1335 01:48:37,732 --> 01:48:41,986 Overwatch reports an F-14 Tomcat is airborne and on course for our position. 1336 01:48:42,904 --> 01:48:45,448 Can't be. It can't be! 1337 01:48:47,116 --> 01:48:48,117 Maverick. 1338 01:48:50,411 --> 01:48:52,747 Okay, Rooster, get us in touch with the boat. 1339 01:48:52,830 --> 01:48:54,290 I'm working on it. 1340 01:48:54,374 --> 01:48:57,794 Radio's out. No radar. Everything's dead back here. 1341 01:48:58,461 --> 01:49:00,838 - What do I do? Talk me through it. - Okay, first the radio. 1342 01:49:00,922 --> 01:49:02,090 Throw the... 1343 01:49:02,924 --> 01:49:05,134 the UHF-2 circuit breaker. 1344 01:49:05,218 --> 01:49:06,219 Try that. 1345 01:49:06,803 --> 01:49:09,263 There's 300 breakers back here. Anything more specific? 1346 01:49:09,347 --> 01:49:11,307 I don't know. That was your dad's department. 1347 01:49:11,391 --> 01:49:12,850 I'll figure it out. 1348 01:49:16,187 --> 01:49:18,189 Mav, tally two, five o'clock low. 1349 01:49:23,695 --> 01:49:24,821 What do we do? 1350 01:49:25,488 --> 01:49:27,615 Okay, listen. Just be cool. 1351 01:49:27,699 --> 01:49:29,659 If they knew who we were, we'd be dead already. 1352 01:49:32,036 --> 01:49:33,996 Well, here they come. 1353 01:49:34,664 --> 01:49:37,166 - What's your plan? - Just put your mask on. 1354 01:49:38,418 --> 01:49:40,753 Remember, we're on the same team. 1355 01:49:43,464 --> 01:49:45,258 Just wave and smile. 1356 01:49:45,883 --> 01:49:47,510 Just wave and smile. 1357 01:49:54,642 --> 01:49:56,436 What's that signal? What's he saying? 1358 01:49:56,519 --> 01:49:59,397 No idea. I have no idea what he's saying. 1359 01:50:00,273 --> 01:50:03,651 - What about that one? Any idea? - No, never seen that one either. 1360 01:50:06,988 --> 01:50:10,825 Shit. His wingman is moving into weapons envelope. 1361 01:50:11,617 --> 01:50:13,161 All right, listen up. 1362 01:50:13,244 --> 01:50:15,955 When I tell you, you grab those rings above your head. 1363 01:50:16,038 --> 01:50:17,623 That's the ejection handle. 1364 01:50:18,708 --> 01:50:20,877 Mav, can we outrun these guys? 1365 01:50:21,544 --> 01:50:23,254 Not their missiles and guns. 1366 01:50:28,259 --> 01:50:29,635 Then it's a dogfight. 1367 01:50:30,344 --> 01:50:33,181 An F-14 against fifth-gen fighters? 1368 01:50:34,724 --> 01:50:36,934 It's not the plane, it's the pilot. 1369 01:50:38,519 --> 01:50:40,480 You'd go after 'em if I wasn't here. 1370 01:50:41,147 --> 01:50:42,815 But you are here. 1371 01:50:43,608 --> 01:50:44,942 Come on, Mav. 1372 01:50:46,068 --> 01:50:47,236 Don't think. 1373 01:50:48,529 --> 01:50:49,572 Just do. 1374 01:51:05,213 --> 01:51:07,173 Tell me when you see smoke in the air. 1375 01:51:11,552 --> 01:51:13,638 - Smoke in the air! Smoke in the air! - Hang on. 1376 01:51:16,474 --> 01:51:18,976 Yeah, Mav! Splash one! Splash one! 1377 01:51:24,315 --> 01:51:25,525 Here comes another one. 1378 01:51:28,778 --> 01:51:30,822 Rooster, flares! Now, now, now! 1379 01:51:34,242 --> 01:51:35,493 Splitting the throttles. 1380 01:51:37,662 --> 01:51:38,788 Coming around. 1381 01:51:43,125 --> 01:51:45,586 - Give me tone, give me tone. - You got him, Mav! You got him! 1382 01:51:45,670 --> 01:51:46,587 Taking the shot. 1383 01:51:53,261 --> 01:51:54,512 What the... 1384 01:51:55,513 --> 01:51:57,640 Holy shit! What the fuck was that? 1385 01:51:59,058 --> 01:52:01,310 Hang on. We got to get low. 1386 01:52:01,394 --> 01:52:03,688 The terrain will confuse his targeting system. 1387 01:52:05,815 --> 01:52:06,732 Here he comes! 1388 01:52:19,537 --> 01:52:21,455 Talk to me, Rooster. Where is he? 1389 01:52:21,539 --> 01:52:23,207 He's still on us! 1390 01:52:30,381 --> 01:52:32,466 - We took a hit! We took a hit! - Damn it! 1391 01:52:37,555 --> 01:52:39,974 - Come on, Mav. Do some of that pilot shit. - Brace yourself. 1392 01:52:50,443 --> 01:52:51,485 Holy shit. 1393 01:52:58,534 --> 01:53:00,369 I got tone. Taking the shot. 1394 01:53:04,832 --> 01:53:06,083 Damn it! 1395 01:53:07,084 --> 01:53:09,337 Out of missiles. Switching to guns. 1396 01:53:15,676 --> 01:53:16,802 Come on, Mav, come on. 1397 01:53:19,472 --> 01:53:21,098 - You got him, Mav! - It's not over yet. 1398 01:53:25,811 --> 01:53:27,647 - One last chance. - You can do this. 1399 01:53:28,814 --> 01:53:30,024 Come on, Maverick. 1400 01:53:40,117 --> 01:53:42,036 Yes! Splash two! 1401 01:53:53,089 --> 01:53:55,007 - Mav, I got the radio on. - Outstanding. 1402 01:53:55,091 --> 01:53:57,051 - Get us in touch with the boat. - Copy that. 1403 01:53:59,261 --> 01:54:00,471 My God. 1404 01:54:02,473 --> 01:54:04,141 Where the hell is this guy? 1405 01:54:05,476 --> 01:54:07,061 He's on our nose. 1406 01:54:10,481 --> 01:54:11,691 Damn it, we're out of ammo. 1407 01:54:13,818 --> 01:54:16,153 Smoke in the air! Rooster, flares! 1408 01:54:18,698 --> 01:54:19,991 That was close. 1409 01:54:22,451 --> 01:54:24,370 We're out of flares, Mav. 1410 01:54:28,582 --> 01:54:30,543 Shit, he's already on us. 1411 01:54:35,381 --> 01:54:37,091 This is not good. 1412 01:54:45,266 --> 01:54:47,226 - We took another hit! - No, no, no! 1413 01:54:52,023 --> 01:54:54,316 We can't take much more of this. 1414 01:54:54,400 --> 01:54:56,152 We can't outrun this guy. We got to eject. 1415 01:54:56,235 --> 01:54:57,486 - What? - We need altitude. 1416 01:54:57,570 --> 01:54:59,280 Pull the ejection handles the second I tell you. 1417 01:54:59,363 --> 01:55:01,824 - Mav, wait! - Rooster, there's no other way. 1418 01:55:05,077 --> 01:55:06,662 Eject, eject, eject! 1419 01:55:07,496 --> 01:55:09,540 Rooster, pull the handle! Eject! 1420 01:55:09,623 --> 01:55:11,208 It's not working. 1421 01:55:21,886 --> 01:55:23,220 Mav! 1422 01:55:25,556 --> 01:55:26,891 I'm sorry. 1423 01:55:28,392 --> 01:55:29,894 I'm sorry, Goose. 1424 01:55:42,615 --> 01:55:46,619 Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. This is your savior speaking. 1425 01:55:46,702 --> 01:55:48,245 Please fasten your seat belts, 1426 01:55:48,329 --> 01:55:51,373 return your tray tables to their locked and upright positions 1427 01:55:52,333 --> 01:55:54,585 and prepare for landing. 1428 01:55:56,921 --> 01:55:59,173 Hey, Hangman, you look good. 1429 01:55:59,256 --> 01:56:02,593 I am good, Rooster. I'm very good. 1430 01:56:04,470 --> 01:56:06,180 I'll see you back on deck. 1431 01:56:28,077 --> 01:56:29,537 Maverick is downwind. 1432 01:56:29,620 --> 01:56:33,082 No front landing gear. No tailhook. Pull the cable and raise the barricade. 1433 01:56:33,165 --> 01:56:35,251 Foul deck! Raise the barricade! 1434 01:56:36,335 --> 01:56:37,711 Go! 1435 01:57:00,234 --> 01:57:02,361 Please don't tell me we lost an engine. 1436 01:57:02,444 --> 01:57:05,072 - All right, I won't tell you that. - Okay. 1437 01:57:28,846 --> 01:57:29,763 You good? 1438 01:57:30,514 --> 01:57:32,183 Yeah. I'm good. 1439 01:58:17,853 --> 01:58:20,356 - Chalked yourself another kill. - That makes two. 1440 01:58:21,106 --> 01:58:23,901 Mav has five. Makes him an ace. 1441 01:58:42,127 --> 01:58:44,296 Captain Mitchell! Captain Mitchell! 1442 01:58:51,136 --> 01:58:52,388 Sir. 1443 01:58:59,979 --> 01:59:01,605 Thank you for saving my life. 1444 01:59:03,023 --> 01:59:04,900 It's what my dad would've done. 1445 01:59:44,148 --> 01:59:45,149 Hey, Mav. 1446 01:59:46,233 --> 01:59:47,318 Jimmy. 1447 01:59:48,527 --> 01:59:49,528 Is... 1448 01:59:50,446 --> 01:59:51,947 Is Penny around? 1449 01:59:52,031 --> 01:59:55,284 She took Amelia on a sailing trip. 1450 01:59:57,870 --> 02:00:00,122 Did she say when she'd be back? 1451 02:00:00,205 --> 02:00:01,707 You know, she didn't. 1452 02:00:04,043 --> 02:00:05,711 Can I get you anything? 1453 02:00:19,141 --> 02:00:20,059 Get in there.