Airwolf - Season 2 Episode 2 Firestorm A New Kind of Weapon. A New Kind of Hero.
Overview: Eddie, a friend of Dominic's, was once a pilot until a air crash in which his passengers were killed, causing him to lose his nerve and turn to drink as a result. Living alone in his trailer in the desert, Eddie's alcohol problem has recently become even worse after supposedly seeing lights in the sky in the middle of the night. Though trying to help his friend, Dominic is as skeptical as everyone else, blaming the sightings on Eddie's drunken state, until one night he sees the lights too... The next morning, Hawke arrives to find that the pair of them have vanished, and in searching for them, stumbles upon a fanatical militarist's organization, who is planning to launch his own nuclear missile against Russia...
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I remember watching it when I was little, it was Knight Rider only with a helicopter that had a lot less personality than Kurt did. And it was like Riptide and MacGyver with less personality. However it was still a lot of fun for a little boy.