Top Gun: Maverick2022

Rear Admiral Chester 'Hammer' Cain:
[going through Maverick's service record] Thirty-plus years of service. Combat medals. Citations. Only man to shoot down three enemy planes in the last 40 years. "Distinguished." "Distinguished." "Distinguished." Yet you can't get a promotion, you won't retire, and despite your best efforts, you refuse to die. You should be at least a two-star Admiral by now, if not a Senator. Yet here you are. Captain. Why is that?

Maverick:
It's one of life's mysteries, sir.

RADM Cain:
Well, the Navy doesn't see it that way. Not anymore. Those planes out there... one day sooner than later they won't need pilots at all. Pilots that need to eat, sleep, take a piss. [glares at Maverick] Pilots that disobey orders. All you did was buy some time for those men out there. [to the Masters-at-Arms] Escort this man off the base. Take him to his quarters. Stay with him while he packs his gear. I want him on the road to North Island within the hour.

Maverick:
North Island, sir?

RADM Cain:
Call came in with impeccable timing just as I was driving here to ground your ass once and for all. It galls me to say it, but... for reasons known only to the Almighty and your guardian angel... you've been called back to Top Gun.

Maverick:
[in disbelief] Sir.

RADM Cain:
[calling after Maverick as he goes to leave] The end is inevitable, Maverick. Your kind is headed for extinction.

Maverick:
Maybe so, sir. But not today.