Vice Admiral Beau "Cyclone" Simpson is a naval aviator, the US Navy's Air Boss and the main antagonist of Top Gun: Maverick.
Biography[]
Top Gun: Maverick[]
VADM Cyclone is one of the senior officials at TOPGUN. He is labelled as the "Air Boss." He briefs CAPT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell on his mission, pointing out that Maverick was not at the top of his list to come in and teach the naval aviators, but that Maverick was only there at the insistence of ADM Tom "Iceman" Kazansky. After Maverick's first few training sessions with the TOPGUN graduates, Cyclone asks Maverick to give him a write up of his lesson plan every day, implying that he is not a fan of his "rogue teaching".
After Iceman dies, Cyclone immediately removes Maverick from the project and grounds him. However, once the aviators see what Maverick can do on the mission course, Cyclone is given no choice but to reinstate him and make him the team lead of the mission. When Maverick's plane goes down after completing the objective, Cyclone reluctantly makes the difficult call to save the other aviators from approaching enemy fighters and recalls them to the carrier, not knowing whether Maverick is dead or alive. However, he seems somewhat relieved when Maverick does make it back after all because of LT Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw. Cyclone knows he is wrong about Maverick and realizes he must trust him more than he ultimately wants to.
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Notes[]
- Cyclone greatly respected Iceman.
- Cyclone eventually respected Maverick after the successful completion of the special mission.
- Cyclone was first in his class at TOPGUN.
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