[After Maverick's crash, Viper chances upon him at a rest room]

How ya doin?

I'm all right.

Goose is dead.

I know.

You fly jets long enough, something like this happens.

He was my RIO, my responsibility.

My squadron in Vietnam lost eight of 18 aircraft. Ten men. First one dies you die too, but there will be others. You can count on that. You gotta let him go. You gotta let him go.