7.548 minSeason 4 • Episode 24
LatestJohn comes to the aid of an old flame whose husband was killed by drug dealers.
As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter.
Practical Effects
Actual modified Bell 222 helicopter—no CGI, all practical mid-air madness.
Score
Synth-heavy theme that slaps harder than it has any right to.
Creator
Donald P. Bellisario
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The actual Airwolf helicopter was destroyed in a 1992 crash after being repurposed for medical transport, ending its second career as dramatically as its first.
Creator Donald P. Bellisario recycled his 'troubled Vietnam vet' template here before perfecting it with NCIS decades later—this is basically Gibbs with rotor blades.
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