Airwolf: The Movie

Directed by Donald S. Bellisario

Written by Donald S. Bellisario

Cast: Jan-Michael Vencent as Stringfellow Hawke, Ernest Borgnine as Dominic Santini, Alex Cord as Archangel

Released 1984

The first 2 episodes of the TV series aired on television in the US and also played in theaters across Europe as a movie. Packaged on VHS then and on DVD later.
A secret government agency gets an ex-Vietnam war pilot to steal back a super helicopter from the defected scientist that created it and has taken it to Libya.