Maverick confronts the "ghosts of his past," specifically his strained relationship with Lt. Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw, the son of his late RIO, Goose.

Tom Cruise insisted on using real aircraft and no green screens for the cockpit scenes. Actors flew in actual F-18 Super Hornets and experienced up to 8Gs of force.

The 2022 blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick follows Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell as he returns to the elite TOPGUN flight school to train a new generation of pilots for an "impossible" mission against a rogue nation's unsanctioned uranium enrichment plant. Mission Briefing & Plot

Maverick must train a detachment of graduates to fly a low-level, high-speed mission through a heavily defended canyon to destroy a fortified bunker.