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Airwolf

1984TV-PG4 seasons7.6 / 10

A New Kind of Weapon. A New Kind of Hero.

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.

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Synopsis

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.

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Episode 1

Sweet Britches

Sep 22, 198448m6.8 / 10

After an old Vietnam buddy of Hawke's is shot in the desert when trying to escape a corrupt Sheriff, Hawke gets a call from an inmate who had been in jail with the man to aleart him of the escape, and flies with Dominic in Airwolf to Pope County, Texas, to investigate. There, Hawke meets Highway Patrol Deputy Caitlin O'Shannessy, who had a run in with Sheriff Bogard prior to the killing; but Hawke's appearance on the scene sees him arrested by Bogard and released on a private game reserve, where gun-happy sportsmen pay big money to hunt big game â€“ and Hawke is the latest bait...

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Directed by Alan J. LeviWritten by Donald P. BellisarioGuest stars David Graf, James Whitmore Jr., Robert Pierce, Jeff MacKay, Lance LeGault, Guich Koock, Joe Horváth

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Episode 2

Firestorm

Sep 29, 198448m6.8 / 10

Eddie, a friend of Dominic's, was once a pilot until a air crash in which his passengers were killed, causing him to lose his nerve and turn to drink as a result. Living alone in his trailer in the desert, Eddie's alcohol problem has recently become even worse after supposedly seeing lights in the sky in the middle of the night. Though trying to help his friend, Dominic is as skeptical as everyone else, blaming the sightings on Eddie's drunken state, until one night he sees the lights too... The next morning, Hawke arrives to find that the pair of them have vanished, and in searching for them, stumbles upon a fanatical militarist's organization, who is planning to launch his own nuclear missile against Russia...

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Directed by Ray AustinWritten by Calvin Clements Jr.Guest stars Marilyn Schreffler, Joseph Campanella, Eugene Roche, Elizabeth Stack, Chris Rennolds, Anthony Tyler Quinn

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Episode 3

Moffett's Ghost

Oct 6, 198448m6.8 / 10

In the midst of it's key part in delivering and collecting a leading American scientist to top secret sanctions aimed at cooling international tensions with Russians, Airwolf develops a seeming computer virus in it's systems, which periodically takes pilot control and makes it a potential killing machine in the air. The systems have been taken over buy a ""time-bomb"" left by the chopper's evil creator, Dr. Moffett, who has programmed it to begin the deadly behaviour if not given it a recognition code by him at that time. Hawke and Dominic must decide whether to let the Firm scientists try and work on the machine - risking having them snatching it back away from them - or to find another way to try and cure The Lady before completing their part in the sanctions, knowing that if they fail to completely cure it, they jeopardise not only international relations, but potentially hundreds of lives...

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Directed by Donald A. BaerWritten by T.S. CookGuest stars Deborah Pratt, David Hemmings, Rodger LaRue, Robin Riker, Donald Hotton, Gary Pagett, Mark Selinger

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Episode 4

The Truth About Holly

Oct 13, 198448m6.0 / 10

After Hawke rescues Dominic's niece Holly from a mobster's compound in Mexico, strange things start happening at Santini Air. At first, Hawke and Dominic assume that the mobster is trying to scare the girl, but, especially when Hawke turns down Holly's advances of romance, the incidents get worse... Meanwhile, Caitlin O'Shannessy arrives fresh from her escapade with Hawke against the corrupt Police of Pope County, and looks for work at Santini Air. He close relationship with Hawke somehow seems to fuel the incidents...

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Directed by Alan J. LeviWritten by Phil CombestGuest stars Rick Jason, Luke Askew, David Ruprecht, Barbara Howard, Cliff Carnell, Patrick Wright, Henry Carr, Ron McPherson

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Episode 5

The Hunted

Oct 20, 198448m6.0 / 10

Santini Air is hired for a 30 day period by agents on behalf of a industrial millionaire, to be on stand-by to pilot the man on an important journey when called upon. Dominic is excited at the prospect of the high-paying job, but Hawke is more sceptical and intends to find out just why they've been given the contract. But unbeknown to any of them, Caitlin's new boyfriend is plotting to assassinate the millionaire; and matters are not helped any by some malfunctions that Airwolf is suffering...

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Directed by Sutton RoleyWritten by Chester KrumholzGuest stars Anne Helm, Gregg Henry, Maggie Cooper, Joseph Chapman, Chris Capen, Javier Grajeda, Anthony Tyler Quinn, Penny Santon

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Episode 6

Sins of the Past

Oct 27, 198448m6.3 / 10

Dominic is distraught to hear that his daughter Sally-Anne â€“ whom Hawke never even knew existed â€“ has been found dead on the beach after over-dosing, in the Caribbean Island of San Remo, where Dom himself was born. Detouring in their way to a top-secret Airwolf mission for the Firm, Hawke flies Dominic to the island to attend the funeral, only for it to end in an argument with his bitter ex-wife Lila. Returning from their mission, they hear that Lila was murdered the previous night, and Dominic is arrested as the prime suspect. When Archangel is ordered not to allow Firm involvement as not to risk uncovering the secret mission, Hawke heads to the luxurious San Remo to investigate the murder for himself, and finds the island is living in the shadow of a new gambling casino, run by a very shady character with great influence in the area...

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Directed by Donald A. BaerWritten by Westbrook Claridge, Westbrook Claridge, Taenha Goodrich, Jake WestGuest stars Jason Bernard, Diane McBain, Brett Halsey, Lola Albright, Bobb Hopkins, James A. Watson, Jr, Wayne Heffley, Sid Conrad

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Episode 7

Fallen Angel

Nov 3, 198448m6.8 / 10

String must add Caitlin to the Airwolf crew, in order to rescue Archangel from behind enemy lines.

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Directed by Sutton RoleyWritten by Deborah PrattGuest stars Deborah Pratt, Barrie Ingham, Camilla Sparv, Bob Zmuda, John Ericson, Maria Mayenzet, Carole Ita White, Gene Whittington

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Episode 8

HX 1

Nov 10, 198448m6.8 / 10

When new hi-tech attack chopper HX1 is stolen by an elite group of mercenaries, the tactics used fits those that Hawke's MIA brother St. John was trained in, and Hawke is certain that his brother may somehow be involved. Dominic begs him to leave well alone, but Hawke is adamant, and with Archangel insisting that if it cant be retrieved, the Firm will blow HX1 and anyone flying it out of the sky, Hawke goes back into his past and some of the people he knows from it, to desperately try and get a lead on the group and mercenaries and possibly St. John... But the HX1 is so powerful, it may even be able to blow Airwolf out of the sky...

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Directed by Gerald MayerWritten by Steve HayesGuest stars P. J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, Frank Marth, Christopher Connelly, Peggy McCay, Sam Melville, Michael Halsey, René Assa

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Episode 9

Flight #093 Is Missing

Nov 17, 198448m6.5 / 10

Caitlin is a passenger on board a plane which Airwolf is sent to search for after the plane is hijacked and forced down at sea.

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Directed by Bernard L. KowalskiWritten by Calvin Clements Jr., Chester KrumholzGuest stars John Calvin, Summer Phoenix, Philip Abbott, Dick Peabody, Ina Balin, Alex Kubik, Lynn Herring, Kathleen O'Malley

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Episode 10

Once a Hero (a.k.a. Heroes)

Nov 24, 198448m7.0 / 10

String receives information that St. John is being held in a POW camp, but by the time a rescue operations put into effect St. John has been moved.

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Directed by Leslie H. MartinsonWritten by Alfonse RuggieroGuest stars Soon-Tek Oh, Cathie Shirriff, Thomas Callaway, Rod McCary, J.W. Smith, Benjamin Lum, Professor Toru Tanaka, Richard Lee-Sung

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Episode 11

Random Target

Dec 8, 198448m6.5 / 10

While filming aerial footage, String and Dom accidentally get footage of a mobster believed dead.

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Directed by Virgil W. VogelWritten by Westbrook Claridge, Paul Savage, Herman Groves, Chester KrumholzGuest stars Tim Cutt, Anne Lockhart, Len Birman, James Ingersoll, Lou Felder, Eve McVeagh, Johnny Haymer, Danny Dayton

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Episode 12

Condemned

Jan 5, 198548m6.5 / 10

String and Caitlin are sent to a remote Alaskan research station where a deadly Russian bacteria has been let loose.

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Directed by Tom BlankWritten by Douglas SteinbergGuest stars Jan Tříska, Hank Garrett, Karla Chadimová, Martin E. Brooks, George C. Grant, John Lander, Gene Scherer

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Episode 13

The American Dream

Jan 12, 198548m6.3 / 10

The Airwolf crew decides to help a group of Vietnamese farmers get their crop to market, after a warlord threatens their lives.

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Directed by Virgil W. VogelWritten by Dennis FoleyGuest stars John Fujioka, James Shigeta, Beulah Quo, Lindsay Price, Marilyn Tokuda, John Fujioka, F. William Parker, Soon-Tek Oh

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Episode 14

Inn at the End of the Road

Jan 26, 198548m7.0 / 10

A pilot who escaped from terrorists who stole an experimental aircraft guidance computer leads the Airwolf team to the remote community where the terrorists are holed up.

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Directed by Ray AustinWritten by Alfonse Ruggiero, Westbrook ClaridgeGuest stars Hugh Gillin, Randi Brooks, Ian Abercrombie, Robert Wightman, Lynnanne Zager, Caroline Smith, Craig Littler, Louise Lewis

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Episode 15

Santini's Millions

Feb 2, 198548m5.8 / 10

Dom inherits from the estate of a millionaire whom he had earlier rescued from a plane crash.

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Directed by Sutton RoleyWritten by Michael HalperinGuest stars Jared Martin, John Ireland, Lory Walsh, Hank Brandt, Pamela Bowman, Conroy Gedeon, Joseph Ruskin, John O'Connell

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Episode 16

Prisoner of Yesterday

Feb 9, 198548m6.0 / 10

The Airwolf team ends up stopping a Banana republic coup when they set out to rescue Doc, who had been kidnapped to treat the nation's leader.

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Directed by Georg FenadyWritten by T.S. Cook, Chester KrumholzGuest stars Michael Constantine, Julie Carmen, Nicholas Campbell, John Furlong, Mario Marcelino, H.M. Wynant, Nate Esformes, Del Zamora

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Episode 17

Natural Born

Feb 23, 198548m6.3 / 10

The Airwolf crew befriend a runaway looking for revenge on the drug runners that murdered his uncle.

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Directed by Virgil W. VogelWritten by Alfonse Ruggiero, Westbrook ClaridgeGuest stars Noble Willingham, Lance Sloane, Seth Foster, Lee Ryan, Christie Houser, Kathryn Stanleigh, Casey King, John Medici

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Episode 18

Out of the Sky

Mar 2, 198548m6.7 / 10

While working on a music video, String helps a country singer whose manager plans to kill her in an effort to boost album sales.

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Directed by Bruce Seth GreenWritten by Gregory Harris, Charles WinstonGuest stars Casey Sander, Joe Unger, Alan Stock, Misty Rowe, Luca Bercovici, Mayf Nutter, Victor Mohica, Walt Hunter

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Episode 19

Dambreakers

Mar 16, 198548m6.3 / 10

String and a reporter friend are taken hostage by terrorists who have taken over a Christian commune.

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Directed by Virgil W. VogelWritten by Alfonse Ruggiero, Westbrook Claridge, Douglas SteinbergGuest stars Heather McNair, Gregory Walcott, Marjoe Gortner, Cindi Eyman, Pat Delaney, Devon Ericson, Joseph Taylor

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Episode 20

Severance Pay

Mar 23, 198548m6.7 / 10

String must bring in a disgruntled former Firm employee who's been denied his retirement benefits.

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Directed by Sidney HayersWritten by Chester KrumholzGuest stars Deborah Pratt, Arte Johnson, Jill Whitlow, Ismael 'East' Carlo, John Aniston, Ed Crick, Martin Milner, Jane Singer

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Episode 21

Eruption

Apr 6, 198548m6.0 / 10

After being forced down by a volcano eruption, String and Dom discover a mining town being run as a slave colony.

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Directed by Tom BlankWritten by T.S. Cook, Kevin HartiganGuest stars Angela Cartwright, Laraine Day, Mills Watson, William Cort, Juanita Mahone, Taylor Lacher, Joshua Cadman, Christina Hart

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Episode 22

Short Walk to Freedom

Apr 13, 198548m6.5 / 10finale

String is captured by Latin American revolutionaries while attempting to rescue American archaeological students trapped by a coup.

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Directed by Virgil W. VogelWritten by Dorothy Robinson, Robert BleesGuest stars Deborah Pratt, Philip Paley, Jill Whitlow, John Aniston, Jorge Cervera Jr., Brian Farrell, Robert Chestnut, Ismael 'East' Carlo

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Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026

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Cast

Jan-Michael VincentStringfellow Hawke

Ernest BorgnineDominic Santini

Alex CordMichael Coldsmith-Briggs III

Geraint Wyn DaviesMike Rivers

Michele ScarabelliJo Santini

Anthony SherwoodJason Locke

Deborah PrattMarella

Barry Van DykeSt. John Hawke

Credits

Created by: Donald P. Bellisario

Production details

Status: Ended
Series type: Scripted
Episodes: 80
Original language: English

Networks & production

CBSUnited States
USA NetworkUnited States
Belisarius ProductionsUnited States
Universal TelevisionUnited States

Themes

helicoptermilitarypilotspyvietnam war

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