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He is Colonel Helmut Kruger, who ran an extermination squad at Dachau.

I wonder what Archangel would want for such a weapon.

It's not getting Kruger out of here and Israel alive that's troubling you, is

it? It's going up against Archangel.

Fire the missile!

There's no way to escape.

I got a pair in our tail. Close them fast.

File A56-7W, subject Airwolf, top secret. A Mach 1 plus attack helicopter

with the most advanced weapons arsenal in the air. Sought by governments

friendly and foreign, Airwolf is hidden somewhere in the western wilderness by

its test pilot, Stringfellow Hawk. To be returned to the U.S. government, only if

his brother Sinjin, an MIA in Vietnam, can be found.

The deputy director of the intelligence agency that developed Airwolf is Michael

Cole Smith Briggs III, codename Archangel.

believed to covertly provide classified information and support to Hawk in

exchange for flying the chopper on missions of national interest.

Stringfellow Hawk is 34, reclusive, sensitive, and a loner, known to

associate with his only friend and mentor, Dominic Santini.

Together, Santini and Hawk fly Airwolf.

Capable of speeds rivaling the fastest jets and backed by unmatched firepower,

Airwolf is a weapon too dangerous to be left in unenlightened hands.

Finding Airwolf is your first priority. End of file.

I could have survived for a week on a square of chocolate as rich as those,

Colonel. What?

You remember Dachau, don't you, Kruger?

My name is Hans Dauber.

Keep your hands by your sides.

I intend to return you to Israel for trial.

But if I must, I will kill you here and now.

You're making a terrible mistake.

If so...

I will apologize, and the State of Israel will buy you a new bag of

chocolate. Who are you?

Lebeau. Harry Lebeau.

But perhaps you know me better as The Dove.

Pressurization. We're at 4,000 feet. What do you got against regular air?

We're going up.

Oh, how far?

We'll find out.

Uh-oh.

Oxygen pressure okay.

Going up.

10.

15.

25.

We're at 30,000 already.

I need full power.

50,000.

55.

60.

Am I at full power?

103%. 80.

84,000.

Hey, look, it's nighttime out.

I need full turbo power.

This thing's almost a spaceship.

She wasn't built to be a spaceship.

We're gonna flounder.

Eighty-six thousand.

Eighty-four thousand.

Eighty.

Seventy-five.

Gotta get back down to some thicker air.

This cockpit is lit up like Broadway.

Call out when you get to 40,000. Why?

We'll use the turbos again then.

Is that the only way to get back control?

Yep. It's the only way.

Coming down.

50.

48.

45.

Coming in on 40.

40,000. Turbos. Turbos.

Hey.

Twenty. Ten.

We're going in-string.

Five.

Four.

Three. Two.

Re-engage rotors. Re-engage rotors.

Now, would you like to tell me why we did that?

I just wanted to see if it could be done.

Ah, you beauty.

You hit the heights today, didn't you, sweetheart?

Huh?

Ah.

Hey, quiet.

What is it?

Somebody's here.

Your senses are even more acute than they're reported to be, Mr. Hawk.

So's my aim.

Step into the light. Of course.

Just please remember.

We are in the valley of the gods, not the valley of death.

I'm alone.

I'm not armed.

And I'm really not very dangerous.

Search her.

Fine.

Well,

uh... Where would you like to begin, Mr. Santini?

Well, uh...

I'm Sarah LaBose.

How'd you get here?

I flew in like a dove.

What is it you want?

I want justice.

Whose? The Bible's.

Excuse me, my hands are cold.

I've never been big on meeting out biblical justice.

That's all right. The state of Israel will do that for you.

But I need you.

And your machine here to bring a sadistic killer to trial.

Oh, and you too, of course, Mr. Santini. I'd be most happy if you would also come

along. Oh, thank you.

And just where is it that you're welcoming me to go along to?

To Paraguay.

That's where Helmut Kruger's hiding.

Never heard of him.

Perhaps the name Hans Dober?

Yeah, I heard of him.

He supplies half the third world with arms.

Yes. But he is also Colonel Helmut Kruger, who ran an extermination squad

at Dachau.

Whoever he is, kidnapping a man from a neutral country is not my normal line of

business.

It was my father's line of business, until Helmut Kruger killed him.

Sorry.

That's all right.

I'm not here for your sympathy.

Excuse me, but why us?

I mean...

There are hundreds of bounty hunters out there that you could use.

Look, Kruger literally lives in a fortress.

He is well armed, he is well protected, and the government does nothing.

I need Airwolf. I need Airwolf to get me in there and to bring him out.

I didn't even know about it. I guess I'm my father's daughter.

I had been his researcher ever since he discovered that I could type.

Together we brought... We brought 23 Nazi war criminals to trial.

And how many of them did you personally capture?

None.

That's what I thought.

Come on.

Go get Airwolf and the lair. No, please, wait. Look, I found Airwolf.

Perhaps I can help you find your brother Sinjin.

Codename The Dove.

I liked him.

He was killed in Paris three months ago.

Who killed him?

A six-inch blade and a lifestyle.

He was very charming, very effective.

Unlike some creatures I know.

So you knew Lobo, too, huh?

Everybody in the business knew him.

I never heard of him.

Well, that's because you're not really in the business.

So you call flying air wolf for the firm, not in the business.

Of course, you're very effective in the field. I'd trust you with anything once

the action starts.

I don't need a testimonial.

You know me. I always start out nice.

So what's your point?

You're unbending, Hawk, unswerving. You think there's a right and a wrong and

that the right should always win.

Not so.

There's gray and beige. There's a lot of almost and compromise, political

maneuvering and intrigue. The people who do that are in the business.

You still have a major point.

Forget about helping Sarah LeBeau.

Let this Kruger thing go.

She knows where Airwolf is. Doesn't that concern you?

We'll arrange a new hiding place for Airwolf.

You don't know where Airwolf is.

Yes.

Relax.

Hawk, I don't want you to go after Kruger.

Why? It could... create difficulties.

You tied in with him?

Like I said, not everything is black and white.

I go after Kruger, I go against you.

Nothing personal.

Yeah.

Never is.

This wine is very good.

We're all ready, sir.

Good.

Gentlemen, if you glance into the courtyard here, you will see the latest

American surface-to-air missile system. Code name, TOR.

It is unique in that its four simultaneously fired missiles have both

heat-seeking as well as radar-targeting systems.

Two missiles cover the high altitude and two the lower, and the penetrating

aircraft might be able to evade one or two or even three missiles, but never

four, which makes Tor the ultimate defense weapon at $10 million only

a unit.

I have heard such claims before.

I'm not going to invest millions in claims.

We are not expecting you to.

I have prepared a demonstration.

Ah, yes.

A pleasant lunch, excellent wine, and now we watch as you blow up a

radio-controlled drone? I would never insult your intelligence or your

purchasing power with drones.

Prepare to fire the missiles.

Three, two, one, fire.

Are you trying to tell me there is a pilot in that plane?

One of the very best of the West German Luftwaffe.

Why would a man do such a thing?

Obviously because he feels he can win against Thor and...

If he can, I will give him a million dollars.

He's evaded the upper missiles.

Now he's simply being forced into the track of the law.

He's evaded the third.

Yes.

Well, gentlemen, if you would care to start your bidding, Mr. Minter will be

happy to record your offer.

Oh,

why so glum, Mr.

Hawke? Well, I'm just not big on carrying passengers.

But, Mr. Hawk, I'm excellent company.

I sing, I play the guitar.

I can show you points of interest during the flight.

Thank you.

Such as?

There are two munition centers right here in your own country. In Texas, to

be exact.

Now, the deed holders have American names, but the real owner is Kruger.

Yeah, I heard a TV commentator do about an hour on that guy.

He's got quite an operation.

He could create a war and then supply both sides with weapons.

So at Kruger, you really want the weapons he's storing? Oh, no.

Only Kruger.

Why doesn't your government just send in a commando team to take him out?

Because we cannot afford an international incident.

Probably get blamed anyway.

Finger-pointing, that's normal.

All our flights are monitored.

And they won't be able to prove anything.

Now, you've worked this out pretty well.

What if we fail?

Well, if we fail, then no one will know, will they?

That's your answer?

That's my answer.

Well, I figure we might as well look on the bright side of things, eh?

How come I don't like what you're doing, but I'm enjoying it?

Because very much like my father, You have a zest for laughter, Mr. Sabatini.

Tet's still here.

Doesn't mean anything.

Hawk leaves him alone for weeks at a time.

Aw, who feeds him?

Feeds himself.

He's gonna do it, isn't he?

I'm afraid so.

Damn it!

Kruger is sitting on one of the most sophisticated weapon systems in the

world, and Hawk is going to go up against it.

We could warn him.

No, we can't.

Maybe just a little.

the most amazing flight I've ever been on.

A squadron of these could rule the Middle East.

Well, she's one of a kind.

I know.

That's why we're here together.

How's our course?

Still south.

We're off the coast of Baja, Mexico in about, uh, 20 minutes.

We'll fly low till we turn inland for the fuel pickup.

Uh-huh. A hundred bucks, I know who that is.

No bet.

Morning, Michael.

How's the fishing?

I advised you to stay clear of this thing.

You headed for Paraguay?

I'll listen. You talk.

It's not too late to turn back and let me handle this thing.

How?

It's on a need-to-know basis.

I can't run a finder beam on a one-word response.

You're forcing my hand. I don't want to line up against you. I think you know

that.

Yeah.

There's too much involved. You're headed into an international incident that I

won't be able to help you with.

Well, maybe if you filled me in.

You have no need to know.

Take care, Michael.

You too.

This is priority one.

We need an F-15 immediately and a series of mid-air refuels.

I want to thank you.

What? I haven't done anything yet.

Well, you kept your word.

I expect you will.

Mm-hmm.

Do you know anything about my family? I mean, other than what Archangel told

you? Not much.

I don't want to know anymore, lady.

Why? Are you afraid that someday you might weep at my funeral?

No, I wasn't planning on it.

Well, are you planning on smiling any time in the near future?

Because if so, I'll have any medical attention you should need in case your

skin should crack or your ears should fall off.

Excuse me.

Was that static, or should I get the bandages ready?

He laughed, Dominic. His lips moved, and yes, I even saw some teeth.

Oh, and Dominic, I believe he has a dimple.

You're sitting in a Jackson seat, don't tell me.

Don't let him plop you, Sarah.

You haven't got any intention at all of letting me have any peace, do you?

Absolutely not.

Salvador group wants to know if we'll accept English pounds instead of US

currency discounted 10% below the lowest money exchange quotes I already told him

15 We're negotiating right now at the 12% level Then you can have half of

everything above 12% of bonus Right

this way gentlemen

As I was telling you, this compound goes back to 1879, originally constructed by

the Paloma family when they immigrated from Spain.

This at one time was the wine cellar, but as you see, it has been converted to

an ordnance supply facility.

Do you know what you're seeing here?

Your stockpile.

Oh, quite a stockpile.

The ability to determine the future of the world.

Colonel, your ego is amazing.

Certainly you have an extensive arsenal here.

One of the largest and most sophisticated I have ever seen, but...

You cannot compete with the major powers of the world.

I don't compete with them, they compete with each other. I'm a middleman, I'm a

ranger.

They develop, I sell.

And... collected percentage.

I still do not see your point.

What if I did not sell this defense system to you?

What if I sold it to your cousins on your eastern borders instead?

You see?

I determine.

Which side gains the advantage, which side wins?

Look at what six Exocet missiles nearly did to the British Navy in the Falkland.

If I had sold Argentina a dozen?

10 miles.

It's going for a low-level scan.

How much can you spot with your scanners?

Our weapons personnel.

General building locations.

Start the scan. Forward area.

Left to right.

Got it.

We're approaching some buildings.

Hey.

Our beams are coming back scrambled.

Nobody knows our frequencies.

in for a closer look.

You want the searchlights?

When I call for them.

Now.

That's Kruger.

I can't. I'm fighting.

But he's fighting you.

Tom, give me the turbos.

Turbos!

Oh,

we could have got him.

I can't shoot our vehicle.

I could have.

This is insanity.

You're giving Kruger time to prepare.

We should be attacking that fortress instead of staying here sipping tea.

Uh, coffee.

Whatever. I thought you wanted Kruger to stand trial for his crimes.

You know I do.

Well, going in with Erwulf's guns blazed is not the way to accomplish that.

It's not getting Kruger out of here and to Israel alive that's troubling you, is

it?

It's going up against Archangel.

What is it?

What's this hold he has over you?

I thought it was the other way around.

Look, I know that Airwolf belonged to the firm before you took it.

But whatever Archangel has going with Kruger is far more important than even

Airwolf, or we wouldn't have given Kruger our scanning frequencies.

Look, we could have been blown out of the sky last night.

Those weapons they fired at Airwolf last night wouldn't penetrate it. Archangel

knew that.

Perhaps.

But Archangel would kill you if he had to.

So would you.

Nobody's dead, and nobody has to die.

You're naive, Dominic. Oh, no, I'm not.

Really? What?

You have a plan?

No. But I'm sure the spotless wonder has.

Obviously. To keep Kruger out of my hands. Oh, at one time, maybe.

But not now.

See, Archangel knows its string is here.

He also knows that our boy doesn't give up once he sets his mind on to

something.

Well, then what do we do?

Exactly what we have been doing.

Wait for Archangel to call.

Why didn't you tell me?

You didn't ask.

You could have warned me about that helicopter. I gave you their scanning

frequencies.

But you didn't tell me that it was as fast as a jet and armor-plated.

Must have slipped my mind.

Don't you get smart with me.

Nor you with me.

Airwolf is important to the firm. I won't have it shot down.

And me?

You're important, too.

You seem to have forgotten, sir.

If I had, you'd be on Airwolf right now on your way to Israel.

Of course.

But then where would you get Thor missiles to sell?

You're not the only supplier of missiles in the world, Archangel.

No, but I am the only one who can supply you with systems as sophisticated as

Thor.

What do you propose?

I'll need a vehicle.

Rendezvous with Airwolf.

Call them off.

Very well.

But if you can't, I shall have to seek them out and destroy it.

Give me 24 hours.

Not one minute more.

He

looks disturbed.

He has good reason to be.

He's trying to call off that helicopter.

Can he do that?

I don't know.

But it doesn't matter.

I will use him to lead our Air Force friends to it.

Have a beacon installed in his jeep and be sure that it's on a frequency that

the helicopter can't detect.

Yes, sir.

And Menter, hold back that tow unit on tomorrow's shipment.

That's a loss of ten million dollars, Colonel. Three of it pure profit. My

dear friend, money is useless if you're dead.

Yes, sir.

Give me a location.

It's time for us to have a face-to-face.

Hawk, do you read me?

Hawk?

Do you read me?

Anything?

Nothing but tent clicks.

He's a long string.

Stay on the scope.

I'm not going anywhere.

I have not seen you since I was a little girl.

Very beautiful little girl.

I was sorry to hear about your father.

Thank you.

The wars have not been gentle with you.

I can do the last half of my life on one eye.

The eye patch is most charming.

After all, it's almost a national symbol in my country.

The cane.

The cane makes you look as if you're asking for sympathy.

You're the stubbornest boy.

Go home, Sarah.

It takes a Galahad here with you.

Kruger killed my father.

I am not going back to Israel without him.

You said he would come with a plan.

He did.

Didn't you, Michael?

The only plan I have, you all are ruining.

What is more important than bringing a butcher like Kruger to justice?

Saving lives.

Many lives.

Most of them in your country.

I knew I couldn't trust that Nazi.

You keep her here.

Wait!

I sure hate going against American-built planes and missiles.

Well, that might be just what saves us.

frequency our sparrows are set to. Jam them. Yeah, but what if theirs are set

on a different frequency?

They were in trouble.

They launched their missiles.

Jamming, I hope.

Still closing.

Vary the frequency slightly.

Hey, String, I think these missiles are locked on each other.

If those missiles hadn't been American, we'd have had it.

Nice going, String.

Yeah.

So, he destroyed the interceptor, huh?

Yes, sir.

Incredible.

I wonder what... Archangel would want for such a weapon.

Archangel? He's obviously running with them now.

Yes, you're quite right. I could never trust him.

That helicopter, it'll come back now, won't it?

I certainly hope so.

Even in little pieces, I could find something of value.

You can't go zooming into a foreign country and attack the residents of one

of their nationals, no matter who he is.

Unless I'm on a mission for the firm. Damn it, Hawk, there are innocent people

in there.

In the middle of a munitions bunker.

You'll all be killed.

Ah, he cares.

What's going to kill us, Michael?

Kruger has Thor missiles.

Well, that's the hottest air missile system in the U.S. arsenal.

The government doesn't even allow its allies to have them. How could Kruger

get a hold of such weapons?

Michael arranged it.

Didn't you, Michael?

Yeah.

Sort of. You put a weapon system like that in the hands of a man like Kruger?

Who are his buyers?

Iranians.

I don't think he deserved that.

He deserves to be shot.

I've got an idea he deserves a medal for ingenuity.

If they didn't buy from Kruger, they'd have to buy from the Russians.

And Russian missiles would be a whole lot harder to defend against.

I don't understand.

There is no defense against a Thor system.

There is if you know its operating frequencies.

Thor operates on randomly selected, constantly changing frequencies.

There's no way on Earth to jam them.

So you built in a self-destruction system.

Since you figured it out, there's no loss in telling.

It's an integral part of the guidance system. All an American or Israeli plane

has to do is punch a button on a little black box.

You put the hottest missile system in the world into the hands of people who

can't use them.

They won't know that until it's too late.

I gotta hand it to you, Mike.

Now that's brilliant.

Thank you. So, we can go in after Kruger.

He cannot stop us.

He'd be a fool if he didn't hold back at least one Thor unit to defend himself

against you. So what?

All you have to do is push the button on that little black box.

Which we don't have.

We just might not need it.

The money's been transferred to your Swiss account.

100 million.

Is that good?

Colonel, you told me yourself money is no good if you're dead.

Please, let's leave now. Let's get out of here before the helicopter comes

back.

Aren't you at least a bit curious how he defends himself against the

indefensible?

No.

You're a cop?

Yes.

At least you're honest.

I like that quality about you.

Well, then you'll let me go?

No.

Look, I have to go in after Kruger.

Archangel will do that.

Kruger didn't kill Archangel's father. He killed mine.

I thought you wanted him to stand trial.

I do.

You want revenge.

You want to kill him face to face.

How would you know?

Because I've been there.

I've done it.

I wouldn't want you to live with that or die trying.

I'm not going to die.

Don't ever say that.

And don't promise what you can't keep.

What woman did?

All of them.

He's coming.

little ahead of schedule.

Do you intend to park here and take up sunbathing?

Yes.

For about three minutes.

You're beginning to sound like Hawk.

No one's ever accused me of that before.

I'm not sure whether that's a curse or a compliment.

I don't know either.

I'll have to think about that. No, don't.

You'd only be wasting more of your time and you've already wasted the most

wonderful part of your life.

What about my father?

Did he waste his life too?

He had his cause. He had his purpose.

Yes, he did.

But things occurred that gave him no choice.

Hawk has no choice either.

Until he finds his brother.

Then it's all over.

Maybe.

You're not going any further. This is where you get out.

Sure.

You're not going.

Isn't that a bit ridiculous? You're not going to shoot me.

Ow!

You shot me!

I just nicked you.

But if you don't hand over those keys, I'll nick something more vital.

You actually shot me!

The keys, please.

From right there.

Thank you.

It makes it too easy.

Fire at will.

Fire the missiles!

Here they come.

All four at once.

20,000.

He's got two down.

But the two most deadly to go.

We got a pair in our tail. Close it fast.

There's no way to escape this.

You got ten seconds, Dave.

Yeah.

Seven seconds.

Five seconds.

Don't do it, sir.

Don't do it.

If it doesn't heal by the trial, you can tell everyone it was a dueling scar.

If you keep this up, sir, the firm's going to have to clone parts of you.

You like your job, Marilla.

You know, I still can't figure out how it happened.

I mean, by the time you got to the fortress, the shooting had stopped.

Well, you see, it was like this.

We were... I... Well, Dominic, it was my fault. You see, he asked me to get out,

and I wouldn't go, and it gave a sniper enough time to get a shot at us.

A sniper.

I could have sworn these were powder burns.

Would anybody like another drink?

Hey, for once you're talking my language.

Thank you.

Hello, boy. You shot

his ear?

He just wouldn't take me seriously.

What's so funny?