A billion dollar helicopter named Airwolf, equipped with a twin-turbine drum rotor system capable of propelling it to 300 knots, plus 14 firepower options, is purloined by Libyan mercenaries. A project director of the CIA enlists the help of a Vietnam veteran and his father's best friend in an attempt to recover it. The deadly mission takes them to the Middle East where they must battle the enemy to repossess the deadliest aerial weapon ever made.