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Airwolf · 1984

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As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter named Airwolf.

Released
22 Jan 1984
Rated
TV-14
Seasons
3
Episodes
51
Writer
Donald P. Bellisario
Language
English
Country
United States

Starring: Alex Cord, Barry Van Dyke, Deborah Pratt, Ernest Borgnine, Jan-Michael Vincent, Jean Bruce Scott

🏆 Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 4 wins & 7 nominations total

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Episodes

51 across 3 seasons
Season 1 11 episodes
  1. E1
    Shadow of the Hawke 22 Jan 1984 ★ 7.3

    Dr. Charles Moffet develops a new prototype super-helicopter code named "Airwolf" for the FIRM (CIA cover), but at the demonstration for the brass assassinates Senator William Dietz, destroys the control center, and disappears wit...

    110 min · Director Donald P. Bellisario · Writer Donald P. Bellisario

  2. E2
    Daddy's Gone a Hunt'n 28 Jan 1984 ★ 6.5

    Hawke and Dom must stop a suspected traitor from turning an advanced military fighter over to the Russians in exchange for his son who was born in Vietnam. Things get complicated, though, when Hawke realizes that he was also invol...

    49 min · Director Virgil W. Vogel · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Burton Armus

  3. E3
    Bite of the Jackal 4 Feb 1984 ★ 6.8

    While on a job assignment to Acapulco, Mexico, Dominic Santini's regular helicopter (unaware of young stowaway Phoebe Danner) is sabotaged, shot and crashes in a desolate mountain ranching area. Archangel discovers the man behind ...

    48 min · Director Alan J. Levi · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Nicholas Corea

  4. E4
    Proof Through the Night 11 Feb 1984 ★ 6.9

    Archangel sends Hawke and Santini to help F.I.R.M. double-agent Vladimir 'Moses' Rostoff escape the Soviet Union. He is in possession of a lethal neurotoxin developed by Russian scientists that is valuable to the F.I.R.M., but com...

    49 min · Director Harvey S. Laidman · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Clyde Ware

  5. E5
    One Way Express 18 Feb 1984 ★ 7.1

    After stunt pilot Vinnie crashes attempting to land on a driving truck, studio boss Philip Maurice and his deputy Simon Sayes hire Santini Air to save the film project. String refuses such a merely commercial job, even as wing-man...

    60 min · Director Alan J. Levi · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Burton Armus

  6. E6
    Echoes from the Past 3 Mar 1984 ★ 7.4

    Hawke meets a mercenary who claims to have information regarding his missing brother.

    49 min · Director Harvey S. Laidman · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Christopher Crowe

  7. E7
    Fight Like a Dove 10 Mar 1984 ★ 6.9

    An Israeli war crimes hunter is killed by a suspected Nazi named Hans Daubert in France. His daughter vows revenge and seeks the help of String and Dom, along with Airwolf, to bring him to justice. Complicating matters is Archange...

    49 min · Director Stephen Dollinger · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Burton Armus

  8. E8
    Mad Over Miami 24 Mar 1984 ★ 6.5

    Dominic accepts to deliver $2,000,000 ransom for two Cuban political prisoners by plane, but raiders steal the cash and he must crash-land back on Cuba due to a storm. Despite the hurricane, Hawke flies to the rescue in Airwolf, a...

    60 min · Director David Hemmings · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Joseph Gunn

  9. E9
    And They Are Us 31 Mar 1984 ★ 6.6

    North and South Limbawe are in conflict over oil and a despotic General plans to overthrow his own government in South Limbawe and attacks his neighbors to the North. String and Dom are sent by Archangel to aid North Limbawe and i...

    49 min · Director Nicholas Corea · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Nicholas Corea

  10. E10
    Mind of the Machine 7 Apr 1984 ★ 7.7

    Dr. Robert Winchester is a brilliant researcher and a former test pilot who helped design Airwolf. Now, he's asking for Hawke's help in test flying a simulator that he's designed to enable the Firm to train future test pilots to f...

    60 min · Director Ivan Dixon · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, T.S. Cook

  11. E11
    To Snare a Wolf 14 Apr 1984 ★ 7.4

    Archangel warns String about a zealous government bureaucrat named D.G. Bogard who will stop at nothing until he finds Airwolf. Dom and Hawke take time out from shooting a military training film to hide Airwolf in a different loca...

    49 min · Director Alan J. Levi · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Louis F. Vipperman

Season 2 20 episodes
  1. E1
    Sweet Britches 22 Sep 1984 ★ 7.2

    String and Dom investigate a small town where a friend of theirs has disappeared. What they discover there is a little fiefdom controlled by an unfriendly sheriff named Bogan who doesn't like outsiders in his domain. When String s...

    60 min · Director Alan J. Levi · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Chester Krumholz

  2. E2
    Firestorm 29 Sep 1984 ★ 6.6

    When Eddie, a chronically drunk friend of Dom's, spouts off about UFO-type lights he's been seeing near his desert trailer, everyone writes him off as a crackpot until one night while taking Eddie home, Dom spots them, too. He and...

    48 min · Director Ray Austin · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Calvin Clements Jr., Chester Krumholz

  3. E4
    The Truth About Holly 13 Oct 1984 ★ 6.4

    String and Dom rescue Dom's niece from her abusive boyfriend and return her to the U.S. Unfortunately, the boyfriend hasn't given up on her yet and sends his goons in search of her. Caitlin O'Shaughnessy (Jean Bruce Scott) re-ente...

    48 min · Director Alan J. Levi · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Phil Combest, Chester Krumholz

  4. E5
    The Hunted 20 Oct 1984 ★ 6.5

    A rich corporate industrialist, Carter Anderson III, hires Santini and Hawke to ensure his safe transportation needs when it becomes evident that he might be targeted for a hit. Anderson is aware of the existence of Airwolf and Ha...

    60 min · Director Sutton Roley · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Chester Krumholz, Westbrook Claridge

  5. E6
    Sins of the Past 27 Oct 1984 ★ 6.3

    Dom and String return to Dom's birthplace when Dom learns that his daughter has died of a drug overdose. After attending the funeral, they return to California where Dom is arrested on suspicion of murdering his ex-wife. String re...

    48 min · Director Donald Baer · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Westbrook Claridge, Taenha Goodrich

  6. E7
    Fallen Angel 3 Nov 1984 ★ 7.1

    Marella unofficially asks String and Dom to attempt a rescue mission when Archangel is captured by rival agents and his wing of the Firm is disavowed. Archangel had embarked on a rescue mission for a former lover which he later di...

    48 min · Director Sutton Roley · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Deborah Pratt, Westbrook Claridge

  7. E8
    HX-1 10 Nov 1984

    A helicopter prototype that may rival Airwolf is stolen. String thinks his brother St. John is involved.

    48 min · Director Gerald Mayer · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Steve Hayes, Westbrook Claridge

  8. E9
    Flight #093 Is Missing 17 Nov 1984 ★ 6.8

    Caitlin plans to fly home to attend her sister's wedding but her plane is hijacked and crashed into the sea and a ransom demand is issued to the airline. Meanwhile, String and Dom mount their own search and rescue plan while Caitl...

    48 min · Director Bernard L. Kowalski · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Chester Krumholz, Calvin Clements Jr.

  9. E10
    Once a Hero 24 Nov 1984

    String learns that Saint John may be held captive in a POW camp in Laos. Together with Dom, he recruits a couple of Vietnam veterans, one a daredevil, the other an up-and-coming politician, to go after his brother and bring him ho...

    48 min · Director Leslie H. Martinson · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Westbrook Claridge, Chester Krumholz

  10. E11
    Random Target 8 Dec 1984 ★ 6.9

    When String and Dom agree to shoot some incidental film footage for a friendly rival, they accidentally stumble across a reputed mobster hiding out in the desert with plans for a secret rendezvous with his compatriots. The mobster...

    48 min · Director Virgil W. Vogel · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Westbrook Claridge, Herman Groves

  11. E12
    Condemned 5 Jan 1985 ★ 7.2

    String and Caitlin travel to a deserted island where a cure is being researched for a biological plague that was developed in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, the plague has already gotten out of control and the researchers are all dea...

    60 min · Director Tom Blank · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Westbrook Claridge, Chester Krumholz

  12. E13
    The American Dream 12 Jan 1985

    A former Vietnamese warlord, Tranh Van Zung (James Shigeta), terrorizes a small community of Southeast Asian immigrants by requiring them to pay a tithe like they would in their own country. A group of dissidents, however, stand u...

    48 min · Director Virgil W. Vogel · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Dennis Foley

  13. E14
    Inn at the End of the Road 26 Jan 1985 ★ 7.0

    A group of terrorists steals a prototype in-flight computer that can turn any commercial aircraft into a fighting unit. While escaping, one of the terrorists is wounded and the group holes up in a small mountain community where th...

    48 min · Director Ray Austin · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Westbrook Claridge, Chester Krumholz

  14. E15
    Santini's Millions 2 Feb 1985

    Dom uses Airwolf to transport a heart to Chicago and responds to a mayday along the way for a downed private plane. The plane belongs to billionaire Carl Barron who was on his way to a board meeting when his plane developed engine...

    48 min · Director Sutton Roley · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Westbrook Claridge, Chester Krumholz

  15. E16
    Prisoner of Yesterday 9 Feb 1985

    A revolutionary breaks her father, former dictator Marios Guzman, out of a military prison. Because her father received no medical treatment in prison, she has her followers kidnap Doc who is on a fishing trip with String. String ...

    60 min · Director Georg Fenady · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Westbrook Claridge, T.S. Cook

  16. E17
    Natural Born 23 Feb 1985

    A young hotshot helicopter pilot named Kevin takes a job sweeping the hangar at Santini Air after his guardian uncle is killed by some past associates. Those associates wanted his uncle to go back into the drug smuggling business ...

    48 min · Director Virgil W. Vogel · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Westbrook Claridge, Chester Krumholz

  17. E18
    Out of the Sky 2 Mar 1985

    String and Dom are hired to fly a helicopter rigged with a prop spaceship during a live concert performance by singing sensation Roxy Marvel (Misty Rowe). Complications develop, however, when a fight with her ex-husband Nick DeSot...

    48 min · Director Bruce Seth Green · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Gregory Harris, Charles Winston

  18. E19
    Dambreakers 16 Mar 1985

    A European terrorist cell takes refuge in a spiritualist community in the U.S. that shuns all exposure to technology. Using the community as a front, they plan to destroy a new southwestern U.S. hydro-electric facility and for exp...

    48 min · Director Virgil W. Vogel · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Westbrook Claridge, Alfonse Ruggiero Jr.

  19. E21
    Eruption 6 Apr 1985

    String and Dom find themselves at odds with a mining community's leadership after they are forced to land during the eruption of a once dormant volcano.

    48 min · Director Tom Blank · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Westbrook Claridge, T.S. Cook

  20. E22
    Short Walk to Freedom 13 Apr 1985

    Caitlyn and a group of kids are captured by a guerrilla leader while they're on a trip to South America to visit ancient ruins.

    60 min · Director Virgil W. Vogel · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Robert Blees, Westbrook Claridge

Season 3 20 episodes
  1. E1
    The Horn of Plenty 28 Sep 1985

    Hawke is kidnapped and brainwashed by John Bradfrod Horn, an evil tycoon; and its up to Cait to rescue Hawke, Dom, and Airwolf from his clutches.

    48 min · Director Sutton Roley · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Rick Kelbaugh, Del Reisman

  2. E2
    Airwolf II 5 Oct 1985 ★ 6.9

    An arrogant pilot designs a newer version of Airwolf and plans to engage Hawke in an air-to-air duel to determine which of the two is the better pilot.

    60 min · Director Don Medford · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Al Martinez, Louie Elias

  3. E3
    And a Child Shall Lead 12 Oct 1985

    Leading aircraft designer, Robert Phelps, is abducted by foreign agents to the horror of his mentally challenged son, Bobby. Hawke decides to try and find Phelps, obtaining leads from Bobby, whose autism gives him the ability to d...

    48 min · Director Allen Reisner · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Stephen A. Miller, Rick Kelbaugh

  4. E4
    Fortune Teller 19 Oct 1985

    Archangel is held captive by a powerful arms dealer who needs information to complete the work on a highly advanced maneuvering system for fighter jets - Fortune Teller. With the help from a psychic, String and Dom endeavor to fin...

    48 min · Director Sutton Roley · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Rick Kelbaugh, James L. Novack

  5. E5
    Crossover 26 Oct 1985

    Hawke must pick up the Janic's alone, and without Airwolf when they're ambushed. Dom and Kaitlen use Airwolf to save the laser secrets.

    48 min · Director Don Medford · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Rick Kelbaugh, Del Reisman

  6. E6
    Kingdom Come 2 Nov 1985

    When some thermonuclear detonators are stolen. Hawke tried to find them with Airwolf's thermal sensors. But the man who stole them plans to use Airwolf to transport them. And part of his plan is seducing Caitlin.

    48 min · Director Harvey S. Laidman · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Rick Kelbaugh, Del Reisman

  7. E7
    Eagles 9 Nov 1985

    Hawke falls for a airplane racer in danger.

    48 min · Director Virgil W. Vogel · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Edward J. Lakso, Rick Kelbaugh

  8. E8
    Annie Oakley 16 Nov 1985

    When a weapon built by the Firm is stolen. One of the men who stole it, thinking the man who hired him is shortchanging him calls the Firm and arranges a meeting. Michael sends Hawke and his people, because the meeting is taking p...

    60 min · Director Daniel Haller · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Carleton Eastlake, Rick Kelbaugh

  9. E9
    Jennie 23 Nov 1985

    Hawke helps a woman rescue child refugees from a mad scientist's unmanned tanks.

    48 min · Director Bernard L. Kowalski · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Katharyn Powers, Rick Kelbaugh

  10. E10
    The Deadly Circle 30 Nov 1985

    When the families of all his Vietnam flight crew are kidnapped (including Dom and Cait); Hawke must follow the clues, and a mysterious friend, to save them.

    60 min · Director Harvey S. Laidman · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Rick Kelbaugh, Del Reisman

  11. E12
    Half-Pint 21 Dec 1985

    Hawke finds that his brother was, in fact, killed in Vietnam, and meets his nephew.

    48 min · Director Bernard McEveety · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Robert Janes, Rick Kelbaugh

  12. E13
    Wildfire 11 Jan 1986

    With the crew earning some down time, and Airwolf some much-needed repair time, Dom takes a trip to help out an old war buddy. But he soon finds himself in the middle of both a family feud, and a dangerous drug-smuggling ring...wi...

    48 min · Director Vincent McEveety · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, David Westheimer, Rick Kelbaugh

  13. E14
    Discovery 18 Jan 1986

    Mysterious evil tycoon John Bradford Horn returns to steal Airwolf after a botched murder, and a chance encounter, reveals the location of the Lair.

    48 min · Director Alan Cooke · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Rick Kelbaugh, Stephen A. Miller

  14. E15
    Day of Jeopardy 25 Jan 1986

    Hawke must save an old girlfriend from evil government agents.

    60 min · Director Georg Fenady · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Everett Chambers, Rick Kelbaugh

  15. E16
    Little Wolf 1 Feb 1986

    While visiting Hawke's old Vietnam buddy Greg Stewart, Dominic & Hawke become unwitting pawns in a potentially deadly custody battle between Greg's mother, Martha (June Allyson) and ex-wife Rainey. Rainey refuses to sign over cust...

    48 min · Director Bernard McEveety · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Robert Specht, Rick Kelbaugh

  16. E17
    Desperate Monday 8 Feb 1986

    During Caitlin's sorority reunion things go bad when a kidnapping is attempted.

    48 min · Director Gregory Prange · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Rick Kelbaugh, J.L. D'Angeles

  17. E18
    Hawke's Run 15 Feb 1986

    While visiting a friend, Hawke excuses himself to get a cup of coffee. In his absence, his friend and the secretary are executed mob style. Hawke is shot, but manages to escape. Santini Air is ravaged in a search for something tha...

    48 min · Director Richard Irving · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, B.W. Sandefur, Rick Kelbaugh

  18. E20
    The Girl Who Fell from the Sky 15 Mar 1986

    While fishing, Hawke witnesses a woman who is dropped from a helicopter into a lake. Hawke rescues her, but the two men responsible are hot on his tail. The rescued woman has difficulty remembering her identity and Hawke tries to ...

    48 min · Director Don Chaffey · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Rick Kelbaugh, Del Reisman

  19. E21
    Tracks 22 Mar 1986

    Hawke agrees to help paraplegics scale Sunusito mountain when a survivalist (the "Catman") decides to attack the hikers to protect his feral cats. Hawke has to get them to the chopper to save them. Dom and Caitlin use Airwolf to f...

    48 min · Director Ron Stein · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Rick Kelbaugh, Del Reisman

  20. E22
    Birds of Paradise 29 Mar 1986

    Hawke agrees to help his nephew with a missing-person case, which quickly leads to a dangerous drug-smuggling ring.

    48 min · Director Bernard L. Kowalski · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Robert Janes, Rick Kelbaugh

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