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* BellyDancer: In the pilot episode [[Recap/AirwolfS1E1ShadowOfTheHawke "Shadow of the Hawke"]], a couple of CIA operatives disguise themselves as dancers in a Libyan nightclub.
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Unusually cordial about this act, the Firm proceeds to hire Hawke as a mercenary to fight against various threats from communists or criminals, with the assistance of fellow pilots Dominic Santini (Creator/ErnestBorgnine) and Caitlin O'Shannessy. Several times, the Firm would attempt to recover Airwolf, despite the fact that they routinely allowed Hawke into sensitive areas to discuss the helicopter's placement. (The Soviets tried to do the same, although the discussions tended to be far more forceful.) Hawke and company were assigned their missions by the Firm's deputy director Michael Coldsmith Briggs III, codenamed "Archangel" (Alex Cord).

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Unusually cordial about this act, the Firm proceeds to hire Hawke as a mercenary to fight against various threats from communists or criminals, with the assistance of fellow pilots Dominic Santini (Creator/ErnestBorgnine) and Caitlin O'Shannessy. Several times, the Firm would attempt to recover Airwolf, despite the fact that they routinely allowed Hawke into sensitive areas to discuss the helicopter's placement. (The Soviets tried to do the same, although the their discussions tended to be far more forceful.) Hawke and company were assigned their missions by the Firm's deputy director Michael Coldsmith Briggs III, codenamed "Archangel" (Alex Cord).
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The concept of the show is that Stringfellow Hawke, a helicopter pilot whose brother is missing in Vietnam, manages to blackmail the Firm (a thinly veiled branch of the UsefulNotes/{{CIA}}) by [[GrandTheftPrototype failing to return a prototype helicopter]] that he'd retrieved for them after the chopper's creator, the evil Dr. Moffet, flew it off to Libya.

Unusually cordial about this act, the Firm proceeds to hire Stringfellow Hawke as a mercenary to fight against various threats from communists or criminals. Several times, the Firm would attempt to recover Airwolf, despite the fact that they routinely allowed Stringfellow Hawke into sensitive areas to discuss the helicopter's placement. The Soviets tried to do the same, although the discussions tended to be far more forceful.

After Season 3 ended, the show was radically retooled with Stringfellow Hawke replaced by his brother Saint John Hawke. The sole season after this, which was made for Creator/USANetwork at a time where cable series literally had NoBudget, was mostly composed of (painfully obvious) StockFootage and ceased to have much of the previous helicopter action that they had once had.

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The concept of the show is that Stringfellow Hawke, Hawke (Creator/JanMichaelVincent), a helicopter pilot whose brother is missing in Vietnam, manages to blackmail the Firm (a thinly veiled – a thinly-veiled branch of the UsefulNotes/{{CIA}}) UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} – by [[GrandTheftPrototype failing to return a the prototype helicopter]] that he'd retrieved for them after the chopper's creator, the evil Dr. Moffet, Charles Moffet (David Hemmings), flew it off to Libya.

Unusually cordial about this act, the Firm proceeds to hire Stringfellow Hawke as a mercenary to fight against various threats from communists or criminals. criminals, with the assistance of fellow pilots Dominic Santini (Creator/ErnestBorgnine) and Caitlin O'Shannessy. Several times, the Firm would attempt to recover Airwolf, despite the fact that they routinely allowed Stringfellow Hawke into sensitive areas to discuss the helicopter's placement. The (The Soviets tried to do the same, although the discussions tended to be far more forceful.

forceful.) Hawke and company were assigned their missions by the Firm's deputy director Michael Coldsmith Briggs III, codenamed "Archangel" (Alex Cord).

After Season 3 ended, the show was radically retooled retooled, with Stringfellow Hawke replaced by his brother Saint John Hawke. The sole season after this, which was made for Creator/USANetwork at a time where cable series literally had NoBudget, was mostly composed of (painfully obvious) StockFootage and ceased to have much of the previous helicopter action that they had once had.

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A 1984-87 action-adventure program about Stringfellow Hawke, a helicopter pilot whose brother is missing in Vietnam. The concept of the show is that Stringfellow Hawke manages to blackmail the Firm (a thinly veiled branch of the UsefulNotes/{{CIA}}) by [[GrandTheftPrototype failing to return a prototype helicopter]] that he'd retrieved for them after the chopper's creator, the evil Dr. Moffet, flew it off to Libya.

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A 1984-87 An American action-adventure program about created by Creator/DonaldPBellisario, which aired for four seasons on Creator/{{CBS}} (1984–86) and Creator/{{USA|Network}} (1987).

The concept of the show is that
Stringfellow Hawke, a helicopter pilot whose brother is missing in Vietnam. The concept of the show is that Stringfellow Hawke Vietnam, manages to blackmail the Firm (a thinly veiled branch of the UsefulNotes/{{CIA}}) by [[GrandTheftPrototype failing to return a prototype helicopter]] that he'd retrieved for them after the chopper's creator, the evil Dr. Moffet, flew it off to Libya.
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* ExactWords: Stringfellow agreed to return Airwolf to the Firm, and presumably the Company in the final season. They '''''never''''', at any time, said it would go any further than that, allowing the Company to reassign it to his brother and leave most of the arrangement between String and Dom in place effectively permanently, with the only difference being their handler '''''knows''''' where Airwolf is at all times.

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