Top Gun: Maverick Page #7

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Popping in three, two, one.

[Target lock beeps]

Bombs away.

[Grunts]

[Grunting, gasping]

[Beeping]

Bull’s-eye! Holy sh*t!

[Cheers]

[Bob] Yes.

Damn.

[Breathing heavily]

[Cyclone] You have put me in a difficult position, captain.

On the one hand, you have demonstrated that this mission can be flown.

Perhaps the only way it can be survived.

On the other hand, you did it by stealing a multimillion-dollar military aircraft and flying it in such a manner that it may never be airworthy again.

Iceman is no longer here to protect you.

I have everything I need to have you court-martialed and dishonorably discharged.

So what do I do?

Risk the lives of my pilots and perhaps the success of this mission or…

Risk my career by appointing you team leader?

Sir… I think the admiral’s asking a rhetorical question, captain.

[Ringing]

[All cheering]

[No audible dialogue]

Talk to me, goose.

[Warlock] Captain Mitchell!

You’re where you belong.

Make us proud.

It has been an honor flying with you.

Each one of you represents the best of the best.

This is a very specific mission.

My choice is a reflection of that and nothing more.

Choose your two foxtrot teams.

Payback and fanboy.

Phoenix and Bob.

[Cyclone] And your wing man.

Rooster.

The rest of you will stand by on the carrier for any reserve role that’s required.

Dismissed.

Your target is a clear and present threat.

A secret uranium enrichment site under rogue state control.

It’s an underground bunker, tucked between these two mountains.

Your route of ingress is heavily defended by surface-to-air missiles backed up by fifth-generation fighters.

Once your f-18 strike team crosses the border, tomahawk missiles from the USS Leyte Gulf will launch a synchronized strike on the enemy’s airfield here.

This will knock out their runway.

But you’ll have to contend with any planes already in the air.

The moment those tomahawks hit, the enemy will know you’re coming.

Your time to target will be two minutes and 30 seconds.

Any longer than that, and you will be exposed to any aircraft the tomahawks may have missed.

This is what you’ve all been training for.

Come home safely.

[Indistinct radio chatter]

[Engines powering up]

[Helicopter whirring]

You give ’em hell!

Sir.

Sir?

I… I just want to say… [Loud radio chatter]

We’ll talk when we get back.

Hey, Bradley! Bradley!

Hey.

You got this.

[Hondo] Maverick.

Maverick?

Hey, you with me?

I don’t like that look, Mav.

It’s the only one I got.

Thank you.

If I don’t see you again, hon do, thank you.

It’s been an honor, captain.

Dagger one, up and ready on catapult one.

Dagger spare standing by.

Dagger four, up and ready.

Dagger three, up and ready.

Dagger two, up and ready.

[Comms officer 1] Support assets airborne.

Strike package ready.

Standing by for launch decision.

Send them.

[Comms officer 1] Dagger two away.

Dagger three away.

Dagger four away.

[Radar beeping]

Comanche, dagger one. Standby check in.

[Comanche] Comanche 11, set.

Picture clean. Recommend dagger continue.

Copy. Daggers descending below radar.

[Breathing rapidly]

[Radar beeping, stops]

[Comms officer 1] Daggers now below radar. Switching to e-2 picture.

Here we go. Enemy territory up ahead.

Feet dry in 60 seconds. Comanche, dagger one. Picture.

Comanche. Picture clean. Decision is yours.

Copy.

[Breathing heavily]

Dagger attack.

[Comms officer 2] Tomahawks airborne.

No turning back now.

Daggers, assume attack formation.

Daggers set. Proceeding to target.

Two minutes and 30 seconds in three, two, one, Mark.

Two Mark. Three Mark.

Four Mark.

[Exhales] Going in.

[Engines shrieking]

First Sam site overhead.

Looks like we’re clear on radar, Mav.

Let’s not take it for granted.

More sams! Three o’clock high!

[Breathing heavily]

We got two minutes to target.

[Payback] Copy.

We’re a few seconds behind, rooster. We got to move.

[Comms officer 2] Thirty seconds to tomahawk impact on enemy airstrip.

[Radar beeps]

[Comanche] Dagger, comanche.

We’re picking up two bandits. Single group, two contacts.

Where the hell’d they come from? Long-range patrol?

Comanche, what’s their heading?

[Comanche] Bull’s-eye 090, 50, tacked southwest.

They’re headed away from us. They don’t know we’re here.

The second those tomahawks hit the air base, those bandits are gonna move to defend the target.

We have to get there before they do. Increase speed.

We got you, Mav. Don’t wait for me.

[Breathing heavily]

[Comms officer 1] Sir, daggers two and four are behind schedule.

Time to target, one minute 20.

[Comms officer 2] Tomahawk impact in three, two…

Impact. Enemy runway is destroyed.

They know we’re coming now.

[Comanche] Bandits are switching course to defend the target.

Rooster, where are you?

[Payback] Come on, rooster. Bandits inbound.

We got to make up time now. Let’s turn and burn.

[Panting]

Heads up, Phoenix.

Whoa!

[Comms officer 1] Sir, bandits are two minutes from target.

Daggers are one minute from target.

Come on, rooster. Move it or lose it.

Guys, we’re falling behind. We really gotta move.

If we don’t increase our speed right now, those bandits are gonna be waiting for us when we reach the target.

Talk to me, dad.

Come on, kid, you can do it.

Don’t think, just do.

[Exhales deeply]

Jesus, rooster, not that fast!

That’s it, kid, that’s it. All right, let’s go.

Damn, rooster, take it easy.

[Comms officer 1] Sir, dagger two is reengaging.

All right, now hit your target and come home.

Thirty seconds to target. Bob, check your laser.

Air-to-ground check complete. Laser code verified, 1688.

Laser is a go!

Watch your heads.

Holy sh*t! Sh*t!

Payback, you with me? Right behind you.

Phoenix, stand by for pop-up strike.

Dagger three in position.

Popping in three, two, one.

[Grunting]

[Grunts]

Get me eyes on that target, Bob. Dagger three.

Stand by, Mav. Come on, Bob, come on.

Stand by.

[Target lock beeps]

I’ve got it. Captured! Target acquired. Bombs away.

[Grunts]

[Grunting]

[Gasping]

[Grunting]

We’ve got impact! Check, direct hit! Direct hit!

That’s miracle number one.

Dagger two, status.

Almost there, Mav. Almost there.

Fanboy, where’s my laser?

Rooster, there’s something wrong with this laser!

Sh*t! Dead eye, dead eye, dead eye!

Come on, guys, we’re running out of time. Get it online!

[Fanboy] I’m trying! Come on, fanboy!

Nearly there! Nearly there!

[Gasping]

[Grunting]

Come on, fanboy, get it online. There’s no time. I’m dropping blind.

Rooster, I got this! No time. Pull up.

[Payback] Wait!

[Rooster] Bombs away! Bombs away!

[Panting]

[Grunting]

[Comms officer 1] Bull’s-eye, bull’s-eye, bull’s-eye!

[Cheering]

Miracle number two.

Now they’re in coffin corner.

We’re not out of this yet.

Here it comes.

Radar warning! Smoke in the air. Phoenix, break right.

Emergency jettison. Dagger three defending.

Here comes another one!

Dagger one defending.

Rooster, status.

Oh, my god.

Smoke in the air! Smoke in the air!

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