Jake is assigned to Maverick's "adversary" squadron—flying old F-16s painted in Russian red-star schemes. Maverick's mantra: "Speed is life. Hesitation is death. Your father forgot the first and chose the second."
Turbulent Pacific. The USS Theodore Roosevelt . Lt. Jake Kerner sits in his F/A-18E Super Hornet, night-vision goggles down. A red target drone blips on radar. He has the shot. top gun 2018
Jake, now an instructor, walks the tarmac. A young pilot approaches him. "Sir? My dad flew with you. Lt. Bradshaw. Callsign 'Rooster.' He said you'd teach me the real thing." now an instructor
Maverick's engine seizes. He ejects at 300 feet. Parachute just opens before he slams into a pine forest. EXT. MOUNTAIN HOSPITAL - NIGHT top gun 2018