Airwolf. Shadow of the Hawke
(DVD)

Pilot for Airwolf.

Originally aired on January 22, 1984.

Jan-Michael Vincent, Alex Cord, Ernest Borginne.

"A top-secret division of the CIA known as 'the Firm' has built a hi-tech, weapons-laden new helicopter called 'Airwolf', but after the chopper's test flight, the craft's twisted creator, Dr. Moffet, turns the lethal firepower onto the flight tower, before taking off in the chopper with his two co-pilots to Libya. Archangel, the head of the division who built Airwolf, is badly wounded in the assault but not out of the game, and calls upon ace combat pilot Stringfellow Hawke to take the task of bringing back Airwolf from Libya, where Moffet is using it to destroy for his own sadistic pleasure. Hawke nowadays is a recluse, living only with his dog Tet in a cabin in the mountains, since his brother St. John's disappearance in the Vietnam War. Archangel leaves one of his agents, Gabrielle, to brief Hawke, and their fiery relationship soon brings them together. Hawke eventually agrees to accept the mission, calling on his only close friend and mentor, Dominic Santini to aid him, but will only complete the mission on his terms; he'll retrieve Airwolf from Moffet's evil clutches, but only in exchange for Archangel using his connections to find [definite] information about the fate of St. John"--TV tome, as viewed on June 3, 2005.

DVD ; widescreen ; Region 1.