Before safe spaces, a time before Political correctness would I dare say only in the 80's would t v dare make a show about an attack Helicopter! In fact, there was 2 attack helicopter shows! Airwolf was in a ratings helicopter dog fight with Bluethunder, an Airwolf prevailed! With the success of the movie BlueThunder (83) and the militarized Trans am Knightrider Airwolf did for the sky what Knightrider did for the roads. My buddies Tony and Wilfred who loved the Air force would watch Airwolf intently. Tony loved the design and mentioned Airwolf looked like a French attack chopper every third show! Well that's besides the point! Airwolf was a formulated show: The Airwolf crew would travel the world with a problem introduced being political, personal and or military and the mean machine would seek and destroy military compounds, dictators and the like. What made Airwolf work was the cocky pilot played by Michael Jan-Vincent. The mix of the macho pilot meets the mean machine as high tech theme music was choreographed with great air assault footage was the delight of the series. Nothing better for 15 yearolds metal heads on a Friday night. The supporting cast balanced out the lead Alpha male Vincent character to create levity and humor when Airwolf got to intense. 7 stars.
Airwolf
(1984–1986)
Only in the 80's would their be an attack Helicopter show!
4 June 2019
Warning: Spoilers