Airwolf: The Movie

I don't believe you're fixed.

You haul my ass out of bed at midnight.

You fly me off to one at God knows where to see some goddamn helicopter,

and there's not even any cream cheese.

It's not a goddamn helicopter, Senator.

It's Airwolf.

Or whatever esoteric name, you hang on it.

It's still an overgrown beanie with a propeller,

eating its way through somebody's budget.

I hate bagels without cream cheese.

It's a mean-looking, son of a bitch.

I give you that.

Who designed it?

Pilot.

Doctor Moffat.

Moffat?

Moffat.

I know that name.

Your cream cheese, Senator.

Damn stuff is pink.

It's a salmon flavor.

Me in California.

Red Star Control, Airwolf.

All systems are go.

Airwolf Red Star control, you may clear the defense area.

How fast is that bird?

We don't know yet.

So far, it's only slightly exceeded the speed of sound.

No helicopter can fly faster than sound.

Airwolf can.

Basically, Airwolf is an aerodynamic lifting body with a twin-turbine-driven

rotor system, capable of propelling it to 300 knots.

In other words, it's a fast twin-engine jet chopper.

One can express it in those terms, except this jet-chopper.

Topper can disengage its rotor system and ignite these two additional turbines.

9.6 seconds after ignition, Airwolf can exceed Mach 1 from sea level to 65,000 feet.

The crew consists of an in-flight system specialist in the electronic data command

center to monitor turbine temperatures, fuel and lubricant pressure, rotor

synchronization, all on board flight systems.

The second crewman is a countermeasure specialist.

His primary MOS is to suppress, neutralize, or destroy

any weapons threatening the integrity of Airwolf.

He also has a duplicate flight system control.

in case the aircraft commander becomes incapacitated.

And finally, the aircraft commander, who's responsible for positive flight

control, target acquisition, and weapon system selection.

The latter offers him 14 firepower options ranging from

30-millimeter cannons to nuclear-tipped Shrike missiles.

In other words, Senator, Airwolf is a Mach 1-plus chopper that can kick butt.

To demonstrate Airwolf's tactical capabilities,

it will penetrate a typical Soviet defense zone.

The type used around their ICBM sites, their military command posts,

communication installations.

Simulation has a way of always making a test vehicle look good.

That defense zone is filled with Soviet equipment

and manned by personnel who know how to use it.

This isn't a simulation, Senator.

Those guns out there are loaded.

Air Wolf, Red Star Control, you have a go.

He's gone.

Dropped below the radar.

He'll use the mountain range to block our defense radar until it can exceed Mach 1.

After that, he can penetrate the defense zone from any point in the compass.

Indicated speed mock one plus.

No shots fired.

He'll be damned.

You must get right through the Ruski's front door without a scratch.

Not quite.

The computers have Airwolf's point of penetration into the defense zone.

They can interpolate his most likely approach to the target

area and deploy TU -36 helicopters to block the canyon.

How about to climb out of the canyon?

Yeah, we put him on Sam radar.

He has no choice.

He'd seeker on our six.

I have suppressor on.

Still closing.

Popping the sunburst.

He got past him.

He's done it.

All he has to do is stay in those canyons until he reaches the target.

A passive defense mechanism might force him.

force him up.

What the hell is that?

Why is it?

We have radar contact.

Stand by to launch missiles.

We're being radar scanned.

Jamming.

Launching missiles.

I have four incoming Radar controlled missiles, three are off target.

One is on our track at 10 miles in closing.

Missile impact in 12 seconds.

Hold heading and deploy the ADF pod.

ADF pod, undeployable above 300 knots.

Reverse, thrusts, standby to re-engage rotors.

Thrust is reversed.

Speed 700 knots.

Missile impact in seven seconds.

Motor re-engaging.

Speed 400.

Missile impact in 5 seconds.

375, 3.75, 350, 3-2 seconds.

Deploy.

My God, they've blown him away.

Not quite, Senator.

Dr. Marvin, this is Senator Deetz.

I want to congratulate you on the most spectacular weapons demo I've ever seen.

I'd like to shake your hand.

You already have, Senator, on Project Proteus.

Proteus?

It was the white sand in the 70s.

My trustee, Senator, remembers me.

Well, it was a long time ago.

Yes, the firm has shown great confidence in my ability to change.

Yeah.

Well, I'm sure their trust is well founded.

Not really.

We got out!

Oh!

It's perfect.

Nothing is perfect.

Not even this.

Well, I don't know what can be wrong with this.

We're here.

Stringfellow Hawke.

Gabrielle.

No.

Where's Morella?

Oh, uh, sick leave.

Sorry.

It's been a long time.

Two years.

I have a job for you.

I have a job.

This one pays a million dollars.

Half now, half on delivery.

Of what?

Airwolf.

Moffat stole it three months ago.

You blew it.

Hindsight's a wonderful gift, Mr. Hawke.

He scared the eagle.

I'm what?

Flying in, your down draft than eagle.

I'm sorry.

Tell out to the eagle.

I wasn't expecting company, I'll get another trout.

Connie is infuriating.

Only because he likes you.

Moffatt, don't do this.

Leave him alone.

Stop it!

This is perverted.

There is nothing wrong with a little perversion,

just so long as you don't hurt yourself.

Shit.

Oh, two out of three isn't bad.

You won't do this to you again.

I promise.

Dr. Moffat, you are looking more and more like an Arab with each passing day.

Actually, I'm getting more and more bored.

I think I would like to go to Tripoli tonight.

Whatever you desire, Doctor.

Perhaps you could do us a favor first.

Our legal freedom fighters in charge are being assaulted by the most brutal and

barbaric weapons in the imperialistic French arsenal.

Their reputation for life is... What exactly is it?

that Gaddafi would like me to do.

To remove a French mirage or two from the sky.

Oh, really?

Is that all?

For now, Doctor.

Very well.

At least it will relieve the boredom.

Excellent, doctor, excellent.

I'm curious, what would happen if a bullet were to enter the intakes?

Nothing.

I deliberately designed them with armored mesh shields.

And the windshield is bulletproof and the body armored plaited.

What is your point, Major?

My point, Doctor, is that in the desert we have a saying The lion can be killed by

the jackal If the jackal knows where to bite.

Where does a jackal bite a wolf?

Come here.

Just here, this is the mid-air refueling intake.

Now, one bullet up there and the whole thing will blow up.

But not, I guess, today.

They're insane, Doctor.

Actually, no, I'm just quite bored.

Moffat probably flew it south through Central America, then

jumped from Brazil across the Atlantic to North Africa.

Same route we used to ferry planes in World War II.

It took two weeks of concentrated satellite

surveillance to confirm an Airwolf's location.

It's in Libya.

Gaddafi's got it.

Great.

That means sort of the Russians.

Not yet.