Airwolf: Season 01  (1984)

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Airwolf: Season 01

The first season of the CBS action-adventure series Airwolf kicks off with its two-hour pilot, in which maverick flyboy String Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent) agrees to retrieve a high-tech, extremely versatile new helicopter from the Libyans on behalf of the Firm, a top secret government agency. Upon getting his hands on Airwolf, String refuses to turn it over to the Firm until they locate his brother, St. John Hawke, listed as missing in action during the Vietnam war. Despite this condition, String and his partner Dom Santini (Ernest Borgnine) offer to fly dangerous missions on behalf of the Firm, taking their orders from Michael Archangel (Alex Cord), a mysterious figure dressed in white. In most of season one's 12 episodes (Stock footage from which would serve as fodder for the action scenes in all three subsequent seasons!), String and Dom are aided and abetted by another representative of the Firm, the beautiful Marella (Deborah Pratt). Although Airwolf did not crack the Top Thirty ratings during its first season, its following was strong and enthusiastic enough to warrant a renewal by CBS. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide