Ok, I've have this one covered!
My guess is this is a vehicle for Tom Cruise and his much younger wife Katie Holmes to do a picture together. The sick part is I bet she is supposed to be poor Goose's daughter with a big chip on her shoulder cause dear old dad got his neck broke popping out of a plane flown by Maverick and the only way they will ever come to terms with their mutual lost and angst is A) Flying Into Combat Together, B) Have Sex With Each Orher, or C) Have Sex With Each Other While Flying Into Combat Together.