Chris pays Mitch a visit after he graduates with celebrating in mind. Mitch remembers the drinking, the strip club but not how they ended up in the slammer. Or, just what they did at Chris' place that night.

He wasn't reckless. He wasn't being cautious either. The basic manoeuvres and formations could barely be identified by one of TOP GUN's best teaching staff. The Iceman has had his own downward trajectory. On the ground. For the love of Viper, he was on the ground. Following Maverick as Iceman waltzes back into his life, now a Captain, teaching at TOP GUN in 1994.