Airwolf

Airwolf is a 1980s American television movie and series about a supersonic military helicopter of the same name. The series ran for 56 episodes on CBS-TV in the United States from 1984–1986 and an additional 24 episodes with a new cast and production company on the USA Network in 1987.

Synopsis

The main character Stringfellow Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent), one of Airwolf's original test pilots, is hired by "The Firm", a branch of the CIA that built Airwolf, to steal it back from its creator, Dr. Charles Henry Moffet, who has taken it to Libya. Hawke finds the aircraft, but fails to return it. Instead, he hides it in a desert cave and flys it from time to time to carry out undercover missions for Uncle Sam, in exchange for help from "The Firm" in finding his lost brother Saint John, a Vietnam War MIA.

Related Topics:
Stringfellow Hawke - Jan-Michael Vincent - CIA - Dr. Charles Henry Moffet - Libya - Uncle Sam - Vietnam War - MIA

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The series covers how the US government tries to find Hawke as he lords his new found toy over them. The series also starred Ernest Borgnine as Hawke's best friend and co-pilot Dominic Santini, Caitlin O'Shannessy (Jean Bruce Scott) as back up to fly Airwolf should anything happen to Hawke or Dominic, and Alex Cord as the enigmatic director of The Firm, Michael Coldsmith Briggs III (cryptonym: Archangel).

Related Topics:
US government - Ernest Borgnine - Jean Bruce Scott - Alex Cord - Cryptonym

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The series was dark, arc-driven, and quite reflective of the cold war that was reigning at the time, with "The Firm" distinctly always wearing white and boasting that their "wearing white hats" distingushed them from who was good and evil to the critical Hawke and Santini.

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"The Firm", during the earliest seasons, served as both allies and enemies for Hawke and Santini; when an opportunity to seize Airwolf reared its head, they often took it. The episode "Moffett's Ghost" for example, shows Airwolf suffering from a fail-safe instigated by a command from its dead creator, Hawke confides in an old friend skilled with computer refinements. This person is secretly recruited by "The Firm" to take Airwolf back from Hawke and Santini, by installing a tracking device to lead them to its hiding place.

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