After thirty years of service, Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is where he belongs — pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot. When he's called to train a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw, the son of his late friend "Goose."

Facing an uncertain future and ghosts of the past, Maverick must confront his deepest fears — culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.