Talk about a delayed flight. TOP GUN: Maverick finally hits theaters this summer, more than 30 years after the 1986 cult film's initial release. Original star Tom Cruise appears in the sequel and we meet a new pilot, but Cruise is not the only familiar face.

Details of the film are confidential. If I tell you, I'll have to kill you. Cruise reprises his role as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell.

Maverick is currently a flight instructor at Miramar Top Gun, mentoring the son of his late flight partner Nick "Goose" Bradshaw. The trailer below doesn't tell us much else. But honestly, not much more than great aerial photography is needed to get excited about the return of "Top Gun."

Get your flight suit ready. Here's everything you need to know about "Top Gun": maverick

During San Diego Comic-Con 2019, Tom Cruise appeared at Paramount Pictures' panel for Terminator: Dark Fate and showed the first trailer for: Maverick. The action star wears aviator sunglasses and looks like he just came off the original set.

In this clip, Maverick's credentials are enumerated by his commanding officer, and his reckless nature still seems intact. We also get a glimpse of his colleagues, played by Jon Hamm and Jennifer Connelly.

Buckle up When Tom Cruise revealed "Top Gun": in 2017, "Maverick" was scheduled for release on July 12, 2019, but was eventually pushed back a year. It is now scheduled to be released on June 26, 2020. It was then postponed to July 2, 2021 due to a pandemic.

Now, perhaps the last release date change, "Top Gun": Maverick is barrel-rolling toward a November 19, 2021 release.

Tom Cruise will return to star and do stunts in "Top Gun": Tom Cruise will return to star and do stunts in "Top Gun: Maverick," and Val Kilmer will reprise his role as Tom "Iceman" Kazansky. And let's not forget Miles Teller as Goose's son Bradley Bradshaw. In the trailer, Teller can be seen tapping the piano keys just like his father, and we also get a glimpse of the temper he has inherited.

"Chicago Justice" star Monica Barbaro is the first female pilot for "Top Gun" and Bradley Bradshaw's love interest. This is her first major film.

The trailer also features Jennifer Connelly, whose character is described as "a single mother who runs a bar near the base." She may replace Charlie as Maverick's love interest.

Jon Hamm joins the cast as a hard-nosed naval officer. He told Collider that he was impressed by the aerial action: "There's not a lot of CG used. Those guys are really in airplanes, and they're being thrown around by multiple G's."

Finally, John Hamm is cast as a hard-nosed naval officer.

In the final scene, Ed Harris tells Maverick that he is dying. The end is inevitable, Maverick, and species like yours are headed for extinction." Can someone say "drone warfare?"

Joseph Kosinki of "Tron: Legacy" and "Oblivion" directs "Top Gun": music by Hans Zimmer. This cinematic pair has worked together before on action films and we look forward to seeing them team up again.

Kelly McGillis will not reprise her role as civilian flight instructor Charlie Blackwood, who played Maverick's love interest in the original version.

In an interview with Empire, Barbaro said that "Top Gun: Maverick" is focused on giving equality to the first female pilot of Top Gun. She explained: "Tom, the production team, and the Navy really cared about making Phoenix as smart, talented, and capable a woman as possible.

Have you ever wanted to own a real Americana? It's too late now. The helmet worn by Maverick (Cruise) in Top Gun sold for 250,000 pounds (about $353,575) at auction last summer.

This was five times the pre-bid estimate.