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The last drone locks onto a civilian dam. Maverick has no missiles left. He orders Jake: "Boresight merge. Guns only. I'll draw his fire."

His RIO (unnamed) sighs. "Sundown... you locked up."

Jake breaks down. Maverick pulls him into a one-armed hug.

They engage the drones. Maverick takes two, but his aircraft takes a shrapnel hit—canopy cracks, oil pressure plummets. He's bleeding from the scalp. top gun 2018

Jake freezes. His father's voice in his head: "Maverick will leave you."

In memory of those who punch out so others may fly home.

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." The last drone locks onto a civilian dam

But his hand trembles.

Jake's wingman (Phoenix) is hit—hydraulic leak. She has to pull out. Jake is alone with Maverick.

The mission. Four Super Hornets against five drones. The canyon is a blender of granite walls and SAM radar. Guns only

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.

Maverick ejects. On the ground, he grabs Jake by the flight suit. "You're right. You won't be me. You'll be worse. You'll be dead. And your father will have to bury his son—because he taught you to fear the sky."