With time running out, he takes an unauthorized F/A-18 Super Hornet into the air and overrides the base's flight controls, leaving everyone wondering, “Who the hell is that?”
Maverick then puts his own plan to the ultimate test, setting the target timer to exactly 2 minutes and 15 seconds before flying the dangerous low-altitude canyon course himself. With incredible precision, he proves that his original approach is the only way the pilots have a chance of completing the mission and making it home alive.
Starring Tom Cruise and Miles Teller, this sequence delivers one of the film’s most thrilling escapes.
Maverick to Range Control.
Entering Point Alpha. Confirm Green Range.
Uh, Maverick, Range Control.
Range is confirmed. Don't see an event scheduled for you, sir.
Well, I'm going anyway.
Setting time to target. 2 minutes, 15 seconds.
2 minutes, 15 seconds? That's impossible.
Final attack point. Maverick's inbound.
Popping in 3, 2, 1.
Bomb's away.
Holy ----!
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 multi-million dollar military aircraft
and flying it in such a manner that it may never be airwarded 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 a new team leader?
I think the Admiral is asking a rhetorical question, Captain.
Be where you belong and make us proud.
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 Bomb.
And your wingman.
Booster.
The rest of you will stand by on the carrier for any reserve role that's required.
Dismissed.
There's a clear and fresh line between these two mountains.
It's heavily defended by certain...
Once your F-18 strike team crosses the border,
Tomahawk missiles from the USS Lincoln 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.
Two minutes and thirty 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 safe.
You give them hell!
