Bradley Bradshaw is the only son of Nick "Goose" Bradshaw and Carole Bradshaw. He lost both of of his parents when he was young, having lost his father to a F-14 accident and his mother to sickness. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell became his godfather and pulled his papers to the Naval Academy, setting him back four years. He still became a naval aviator after college, given the call sign Rooster, and was a first place graduate of TOPGUN. Recently, he was Maverick's wingman for the uranium mission.