Ocean Murff, Pete Wright, and Krissy Lenz strap in and fly the canyon run to attack the station — which is now fully-operational — in Top Gun: Maverick. So let’s get ready to bull’s eye some womp rats with the new crew of bests of the best!

The gang is all here! Mav, his romantic flirty foil, several cantankerous military authority figures to disrespect, a constant friend on the tarmac, a dozen better-than-you pilots, and the notorious black-clad fifth gen enemy! What do we love? And do we love it all enough to sit through it while we’re just waiting to get back into the air? We’ll just have to see if this relic of an aviator find it’s time to hang up his Aviators.

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