Archangel leaves his assistant Gabrielle Ademaur ( Belinda Bauer)-who becomes Hawke's love interest-at Hawke's cabin to brief him for his mission. Moffet takes Airwolf to Libya, where he begins performing acts of aggression-such as sinking an American destroyer-as a service for Muammar Gaddafi, who allows Moffet to keep Airwolf on Libyan soil.Īrchangel recruits the reclusive Stringfellow Hawke (Vincent), a former test pilot during the development of Airwolf, to recover the gunship. During the theft, Moffet opens fire on the Firm's bunker, killing a United States Senator and seriously injuring Firm deputy director Michael Coldsmith-Briggs III (code name 'Archangel'). As the series begins, Moffet and his crew steal Airwolf during a live-fire weapons test. Airwolf was designed by Charles Henry Moffet ( David Hemmings)-a genius with a psychopathic taste for torturing and killing women-and built by 'the Firm', a division of the Central Intelligence Agency (a play on the term 'the Company', a nickname for the CIA). The fictional Airwolf is described as an advanced prototype supersonic helicopter with stealth capabilities and a formidable arsenal. Udi Harpaz conducted the scores for many later second- and third-season episodes. The show's distinctive musical score, which was originally orchestral, but shifted to more synthesizer-based arrangements early in the second season, was composed and mainly conducted by Sylvester Levay. The program originally aired on CBS and after the original series was cancelled, a fourth season, with an entirely new cast and on a much smaller budget, was filmed in Canada for the USA Network. The first three seasons' main cast consisted of Jan-Michael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine, and Alex Cord, with Jean Bruce Scott added as a regular in seasons two and three. Bellisario and was produced over four seasons, running from January 22, 1984, until August 7, 1987. The show follows them as they undertake various exotic missions, many involving espionage, with a Cold War theme. ( April 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īirwolf is an American action military drama television series that centers on a high-technology military helicopter, code-named Airwolf, and its crew. Please help improve it by merging similar text or removing repeated statements. This article may contain too much repetition or redundant language.

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