The pilot film for the successful 1980s American television series about a hi-tech helicopter gunship. It begins, in typical 80s fashion, with the helicopter stolen by Libyan mercenaries and a Vietnam veteran assigned by the CIA to track it down. In this case the veteran is Stringfellow Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent) and he sets to work immediately, enlisting the help of Dominic Santini (Ernest Borgnine) and heading for the desert.

The pilot film for the successful 1980s American television series about a hi-tech helicopter gunship. It begins, in typical 80s fashion, with the helicopter stolen by Libyan mercenaries and a Vietnam veteran assigned by the CIA to track it down. In this case the veteran is Stringfellow Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent) and he sets to work immediately, enlisting the help of Dominic Santini (Ernest Borgnine) and heading for the desert.