Dominic
Background
Dominic Santini owns Santini Air which he runs out of Van Nuys Airport and has a commercial pilot license for helicopters. He is a veteran of World War II and served alongside Stringfellow Hawke's father. Dominic is fluent in Italian. He had a friend named Milo when he was young. In the 1960's he was sent to train Cuban nationals in preparation for the invasion of Cuba. Dominic was born in San Remo island where he was good friends with Aaron Martin. His daughter was Sally Santini and his niece is Holly Matthews. Dominic used to be married to Lila Santini. He was christened at the Our Lady of the Bay church in San Remo where his parents were married. Dominic was once in a North Korean prison camp after he was shot down in the Korean War.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 1-2 Shadow of the Hawke played by Ernest Borgnine
On the set of a movie, Dominic is arguing with Blaze and tells Mitch-Director that he won't let Blaze fly Dominic's helicopter by himself. Dominic and Hawke are fired from the movie set when Hawke embarrasses Blaze and Hawke tells Dominic he was offered a job with the FIRM. He asks Dominic to help him and to fly into Libya. Dominic and Hawke make plans for Libya and he takes Hawke to the Valley of the Gods and shows him a place inside of a mesa, where he can hide a large object. Dominic flies into Libya and Hawke and Dominic enter an airbase posing as Mirabelle Oil workers. They bluff their way past Libyan Officer #1 posing as Italians and see Airwolf. They steal the flight suits and helmets of Chuck Gordon and Co-Pilot-Mark and as they are walking to Airwolf, they are stopped by Major Kamal. Dominic gets into Airwolf, while Major Kamal orders Hawke to lift his visor. Hawke and Dominic use Airwolf to escape after killing a group of Libyan soldiers including Libyan Officer #1. They see tracks in the desert and are spotted by Dr. Moffet who drives in his jeep away. They find Gabrielle and land and Hawke runs to her. They get back into Airwolf and chase after Dr. Moffet. Dr. Moffet thinks Airwolf has been shot down by a missile and drives towards the explosion. Hawke then fires a missile at him, killing Dr. Moffet who pointed his revolver at the fuel intake. Dominic drops off Hawke and then flies away.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 3 Daddy's Gone a Hunt'n played by Ernest Borgnine
Dominic and Hawke fly Airwolf to try and learn more of its capabilities. He is recruited by Hawke and Michael Coldsmith Briggs III, code name Archangel to help identify a pilot that is planning on giving the Soviets a top secret plane. He goes undercover as a janitor at the airbase and is asked by Hawke to gather information on Nhi Truong. Hawke tells him to get Airwolf ready and Dominic pops smoke to let Maj. Sam Roper know where to land to drop off Hawke. They go to get Airwolf and then fly into Soviet territory. They attack a Soviet radar site and Dominic goes inside to get Ho Minh Truong. They then return back to the United States.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 4 Bite of the Jackal played by Ernest Borgnine
Dominic invites Hawke to come with him to Acapulco to make a delivery to Queenie May Shapiro, but Hawke declines. He leaves and eventually flies in one of his helicopters. As he is flying he sees a hand grabbing for his sandwich and finds Phoebe Danner stowed away in his chopper. She tells him she wanted to go to Acapulco to meet her father and then smoke starts to come from the engine. Dominic crash lands the helicopter and is knocked unconscious. He is woken up by Phoebe and they jump out of the helicopter. After he secures the helicopter and Phoebe brings him a tire that fell off, they see two helicopters on the horizon and Dominic fires a flare. The helicopters shoot at them and Mitchell Bruck tells them that they must stay within a perimeter he has made or they will be shot. They see Hawke trying to save them, but he is forced to fly off after Airwolf is hit with a rocket. At night, Phoebe asks Dominic if he thinks they will be shot and then she shows him a photo of her parents and a dress she plans on wearing when she meets her father. Dominic repairs the engine of his helicopter and tells Phoebe his plan of escape. Airwolf returns and after blowing up Mitchell's helicopter and the other helicopter, Dominic and Phoebe leave in his helicopter. They return to Hawke's cabin and Phoebe tells Dominic she is afraid to meet her father in case he doesn't like her. Phoebe runs to meet her father and Laura Archer tells him how much it cost the FIRM to find Phoebe's father.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 5 Proof Through the Night played by Ernest Borgnine
Hawke tells Dominic the plan to rescue Vladimir Rostoff and his family Natalya and Tanya Rostoff without weapons, which Dominic doesn't like. They fly Airwolf into Europe and refuel on Tanker Plane Pilot's plane over the Baltic. They arrive at Vladimir's farm and land. Hawke follows Vladimir into his cabin, and Vladimir tells him they have to pick up his family in a different location, where he has also left the vial with the biological weapon he stole. They fly to Kirivitz and land Airwolf some distance away from the house where Tanya, Natalya and her brother, Ivan Turgyev are staying. They walk towards the house, but stop so Dominic can check inside where he finds 1st Russian Soldier and another soldier with Ivan and Vladimir's family. They wait until the morning when 1st Russian Soldier and the other soldier leave. They then go inside and Vladimir tells his family he is a spy for the Americans and they are leaving to America. A helicopter arrives and yells at Hawke who had run outside to get the vial back from Ivan. Dominic shoots at the helicopter and Hawke is able to run back inside. He then leaves again to get Airwolf, while Dominic stays with the family. Hawke returns to the house and uses the speed of Airwolf to cause the helicopter and a Soviet army vehicle to crash. He then picks up Vladimir and his family and they return to Hawke's cabin. Dominic has a dinner with Hawke, Archangel, Marella and Vladimir and his family while Dominic mentions the Russian food his friend's mom used to make.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 6 One Way Express played by Ernest Borgnine
Dominic asks Hawke to help him perform a stunt for a movie, but Hawke tells Dominic he thinks Dominic is too old to perform the stunt, which angers Dominic. Dominic meets with Simon Sayes and Phillip Maurice and promises that if he can't perform the stunt then he will pay the films production costs. Hawke goes to Dominic and tells him he will help him if he does the stunt instead of Dominic, but Dominic gets angry again and tells Hawke to leave. Simon tells Dominic that Hawke has taken his job as the stunt pilot and Dominic goes to Hawke's cabin and punches him for stealing his job. Hawke refuses to fight back and Dominic leaves. Hawke goes to Dominic's air pad and asks him to fly Airwolf while he flies the stunt helicopter. Dominic gets into Airwolf and flies it towards the stunt location. He sees Hawke flagging him down and then lands. They then fly towards where Vinnie and Phillip were flying. Hawke forces Vinnie to land and when Vinnie tries to escape, Hawke fires Airwolf's guns at him. Hawke then blows up the stunt helicopter and contacts Archangel. Later at his cabin, Hawke and Dominic saw a log together
During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 7 Echoes from the Past played by Ernest Borgnine
Dominic goes to the location where the helicopter he lent to Hawke was found. Archangel tells him the helicopter was found without any damage and then motions him inside of a building. Marella and Archangel tell him that an East Berlin spy ring was seen entering the United States and they think it may have something to do with Hawke's disappearance. Archangel then asks Dominic where Airwolf is hidden, but Dominic refuses to tell him. Dominic goes to Airwolf and hides inside. After Hawke flies Airwolf into the plane being used by the spy ring, Dominic sneaks outside and points a gun at "Saint John", while Hawke takes away the gun from Nurse Frida Simmons. After putting them in straight jackets, they leave in Airwolf with Susan Hill. They fly Airwolf away and avoid being blown up by MiG's while also causing the plane to be hit by a missile. Dominic then flies Archangel and Marella to Hawke's cabin.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 8 Fight Like a Dove played by Ernest Borgnine
Dominic and Hawke test the maximum altitude of Airwolf and after reaching 86,000 feet, they return to their base. Hawke senses someone is also inside the base and orders Sarah Lebow to step out. She introduces herself and tells them she wants to use Airwolf to help her get justice against Helmut Kruger who murdered her father Harry "Dove" Lebow. After Hawke initially refuses, she offers to help him find Saint John. Dominic and Hawke decide to help Sarah and he, Hawke and Sarah leave in Airwolf. Dominic and the others arrive at the Kruger Estate after noticing that their scanners are jammed and they see Archangel standing next to Kruger. They then fly off and land. Sarah angrily tells Hawke that he is giving Kruger time to prepare, but Dominic tells her Archangel has a plan. Hawke is called by Archangel and then they fly Airwolf to rendezvous with Archangel. Dominic detects a pair of F-4 Phantoms heading their way and Hawke uses Airwolf to shoot them out of the sky. Dominic and Hawke then return where Archangel and Sarah are and Archangel explains to all of them that he sold the Thor weapons system to Kruger so that the nations that bought them wouldn't buy from the Russians. He then explains how there is a device that can be used to cause the missiles to self destruct. Dominic and Hawke leave to get Kruger, and Archangel tells them that he doesn't have the device on him. They attack Kruger's estate and Kruger has Minter fire the Thor missiles at Airwolf. They manage to destroy three of the missiles and use the fourth missile to blow up the balcony Kruger and Minter are standing on. Kruger survives and Sarah arrives and points her weapon at him. She then shoots Kruger in the earlobe. Back at Hawke's cabin, Dominic, Hawke and Marella wonder how Archangel was wounded in the earlobe. Sarah then tells them a sniper shot at them.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 9 Mad Over Miami played by Ernest Borgnine
Dominic uses his helicopter's radio to navigate to Cuba. He arrives in Cuba and gives Colonel Fernandez a briefcase full of two million dollars in exchange for two prisoners. A helicopter suddenly appears and starts shooting at everyone. A crew member on the helicopter then grabs the briefcase of money and it flies away. Colonel Fernandez accuses Dominic of being in on it with the helicopter crew and demands three million for the prisoners. As Dominic is flying away, he needs to quickly land his helicopter due to the helicopter's fuel tank being ruptured. He is sitting in a bar when Hawke walks in. Dominic tells him he was bringing money to Cuba to exchange for prisoners that he trained and who fought in the Bay of Pigs incident. As they are talking, Stella Rivera and two men walk into the bar and she points a weapon at Hawke and Dominic. She takes them to her grandfather Ivan Rivera's house and Dominic tells Ivan he was double crossed. Dominic and Hawke fly Airwolf to Sanchez's camp. Sanchez fires a heat seeking missile at Airwolf and they attack Sanchez's camp. Sanchez and his men surrender and Hawke asks him where he got the money for the weapons. Sanchez then shows Hawke a phone with a direct line to Archangel. Archangel and Marella arrive and tell Hawke that they were training Sanchez and his men to fight Communists. Hawke then threatens to tell the newspapers that the FIRM is funding criminals unless Archangel gives him three million dollars and Archangel agrees. Dominic and Hawke return to Ivan's house and Stella tells them that only Cubans will deliver the money this time. Hawke then threatens to withhold the money unless Dominic goes and Ivan agrees. Dominic and Stella then fly to Cuba. They give Colonel Fernandez the money, but he decides to double cross them. They are saved when Hawke arrives in Airwolf and he escorts them back to Florida. At a bar in Florida, Dominic buys Hawke a drink.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 10 And They Are Us played by Ernest Borgnine
Dominic and HAwke are briefed by Archangel and Marella on the situation in Limbawe, Africa. Before they can finish, Hawke tells them he is not interested in helping them, but then they show him a slide of Colonel Vidor, who was Hawke's commanding officer in Vietnam and who was shot down in the same location as Saint John. Dominic and Hawke fly to North Limbawe and land Airwolf near President Seko Logana and Lea Logana. Seko dismissively asks how much Dominic and Hawke are being paid, and Dominic angrily tells him it is not costing him anything. He rides with Lea in her jeep back to camp, while Hawke takes Seko in Airwolf. He and Hawke go the the camp of General Ali Butami and Hawke tells Colonel Vidor that he wants to work as a mercenary for General Butami. Dominic is standing next to Airwolf when Butami and a Sniper that attempted to shoot President Seko hold him at gunpoint and bring him into Butami's office. Dominic and Hawke manage to fight off Vidor, Butami and the Sniper. As they are leaving, Vidor tells Hawke he will have to fight him and to take Harold Ngomo with them. Seko's base is suddenly attacked by Vidor and Lt. Reed in their helicopter and Lea is injured. Dominic and Hawke get into Airwolf and chase after Vidor and Reed. They fall into their trap, but they shoot all but Vidor and Reed's helicopter out of the sky. They then destroy the missile silo in South Limbawe. Vidor flies his helicopter towards Airwolf and tells Hawke he knows the location of Saint John, before purposely crashing his helicopter into the ground. At Hawke's cabin, Archangel tells Hawke, Vidor was lying and didn't know where Saint John is. He then gives him Bo-Dai's helmet Lea gave him to give to Hawke and Hawke makes a toast to those who survived and those who didn't.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 11 Mind of the Machine played by Ernest Borgnine
Dominic and Hawke are flying Airwolf in some canyons when Hawke complains the controls feel mushy. Dominic warns him to pull up and Airwolf crashes. Archangel opens the door and Dominic tells Dr. Robert Winchester he almost forgot it was a simulation. Dominic then is shown how the simulation works by Diana Norris. While Dominic and Hawke are getting Airwolf ready to fly, Dominic tells Hawke it is important to leave something behind and how great it would be to have future generations wondering who this Hawke and Dominic are that they are competing against in the simulator. They return to the lab and a telemetry pod is placed in Airwolf's nose. At their camp, Dominic tells Hawke he shouldn't take the tests so personally after Hawke gets upset when Diana and Winchester tell them their score for the day and then they compete on who can make the best coyote sound. During a simulation competition between Hawke and Winchester, the security alarms go off and Winchester tells Hawke to leave with Airwolf. As Dominic and Hawke take Airwolf to the sky, they shoot at Alexi Provov and his men, who are assaulting the lab. The next day Archangel shuts down the project due to the security breach. Dominic and Hawke land Airwolf next to Archangel and Marella's limo and they are able to identify Alexi from some photos they show them. As they are flying away, Archangel asks them for help and tells them Diana and Alexi stole tapes with information on Airwolf's specifications. They fly back and order Alexi to land his helicopter. Alexi starts firing at Airwolf and Dominic tells Hawke their weapons are off line. Archangel calls Hawke and tells him to stop using the computer and Hawke and Dominic manually use the weapons to shoot Alexi's helicopter out of the sky. They then return to pick up the wounded Winchester to bring him to the hospital. Hawke notices Winchester grabbing for the controls and Hawke lets him fly Airwolf until Winchester succumbs to his wound.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 1 Episode 12 To Snare a Wolf played by Ernest Borgnine
Dominic and Hawke are in Dominic's helicopter filming war games for a training film. Sgt. Nash tells Dominic they can't afford to fall behind their shooting schedule due to a planned B-52 bombing run. Dominic tells Nash he needs an hour to repair his equipment and he and Hawke hide Airwolf. They receive a mayday and Dominic flies to its location. He lands and finds Antonia Donatelli. Dominic chastises Antonia for flying her old plane in a storm, and Antonia begs him for a ride. He finally agrees to let her ride with him and she tells him her full name and Dominic is excited when he finds out she is ethnically Italian. He takes her to Hawke's cabin and Antonia is greeted by Tet. Dominic then takes off again and picks up Hawke at an airplane boneyard. Later, Hawke makes Italian food for dinner and he becomes skeptical of Antonia over dinner as she tells her story. Hawke tells Antonia he is going to get firewood and asks Dominic for help. When they go outside, Hawke tells Dominic he doesn't trust Antonia. The next day they drop Antonia off at her plane and Antonia flies away. Col. Ellinson tells Hawke and Dominic where the B-52 bomb run will be. Hawke notices a helicopter chasing them and finds a tracking device in Dominic's helicopter and blames Antonia. They follow a truck and Hawke drops the tracking device in the bed of the truck. They fly to where Antonia is staying and Dominic accuses her of lying to him. She tells him she faked the mayday call so she could meet him and try and get a job. She tells them she was fired at her other job for rejecting the chief pilot's advances. Hawke and Dominic then fly away after Dominic tells her to send a resume next time. Dominic goes to where Antonia is staying and offers her a job and they leave in his helicopter. Ellinson tells Dominic there is a slight delay in the bombing run and tells him he will radio him when he is ready. Dominic tells Ellinson to stop the bombing run, and as Ellinson is about to cancel the bombing, Nash takes the radio mike away from him and relieves him of his duty. Back at Hawke's cabin, Archangel tries to hire Antonia, but Dominic tells him Antonia is coming to work for him as his top stunt pilot.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 2 Episode 1 Sweet Britches played by Ernest Borgnine
The phone rings at Dominic's hangar and he asks Hawke to answer it. Hawke then tells Dominic how James helped him in Vietnam and is now in trouble in Texas. They get into Airwolf and fly it out of its hiding place. As Caitlin O'Shannessy is being assaulted by Buck, Billie and some other men, Dominic and Hawke arrive in Airwolf and tell them to let Caitlin go. After Caitlin is released and drives off, they use Airwolf to knock over Billie's truck. Dominic drops off Hawke and then parks Airwolf in a fenced in area. As he is drinking coffee, a lion walks his way. He is stuck in Airwolf as he is surrounded by a pride of lions. Hawke calls Dominic and tells him to bust him out of jail. Dominic rescues Hawke as he is being hunted by Buddy and Sam Houston and they knock over Sam's jeep with Airwolf. Dominic and Hawke arrive at the Sheriff's Office in Airwolf and blow up Billie's truck and Sheriff Bogan's Bronco. They then fire Airwolf's weapons and kill Bogan, Buck, Billie and the rest of the men. Caitlin thanks Hawke and then chases after them in her helicopter and tells him he can't leave. Hawke and Dominic then fly off and Dominic starts singing The Yellow Rose of Texas.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 2 Episode 2 Firestorm played by Ernest Borgnine
Dominic and Hawke are testing the performance of Dominic's helicopter, when Dominic mentions they should be doing regular flights with Airwolf to keep it maintained. They land and Everett tells Dominic that he got a call from Angie. They get into Dominic's jeep and ride towards the Four Corners area. At the Last Chance bar, Eddie Donahue lunges at a Soldier and they start to fight as Dominic and Hawke enter the bar. They grab Eddie and Dominic drives his truck home while Hawke follows in Dominic's jeep. Dominic brings Eddie into his trailer and Eddie recalls how Dominic has carried him home numerous times. Before passing out, Eddie mumbles about seeing lights in the desert. They leave after Hawke asks Dominic how many times he is going to help Eddie. Eddie wakes up in the hospital and Dominic gives him some magazines to read and tells him he was screaming about snakes crawling on his body and Dominic tells Eddie, he has to quit drinking. Eddie's heart rate elevates as he tells Dominic of the things he sees in the desert. Two Nurses walk in and one tells the other one to get the doctor. The Nurse then grabs Dominic and pulls him away as Eddie screams that what he saw was nothing from Earth. Back at the hangar, Dominic tells Hawke they should check out the area to see if Eddie was seeing things. They then get into Airwolf and take infrared and thermal scan photographs of the area. Dominic tells Hawke, Eddie used to be a pilot, but took to drinking when a plane he was flying crashed, causing numerous casualties. They fly back and Dominic picks up Eddie from the hospital and brings him back to his trailer. As Dominic goes out to his jeep he sees lights in the sky. Eddie runs out and suddenly a loud screeching noise erupts from where the lights are. Hawke wakes up in a room with Dominic and Eddie and Dominic tells him General Sandower and his group are getting ready to fire the nuclear tipped missile at Moscow to start World War III. They start a fake fight to attract the guard, and then grab him and choke him unconscious when he tries to stop them from fighting. They break out of the room and Sandower starts the launch of the missile. Dominic is shot in the chest as he and Eddie drive away in a jeep and Hawke jumps onto a motorcycle and rides away. Dominic and Eddie arrive at Eddie's trailer, while Hawke gets into Airwolf. Dominic tells Eddie that he will have to help Hawke fly Airwolf to stop Sandower. A group of Sandower's men arrive at Eddie's trailer, but Hawke kills two of them, and the others surrender. Hawke lands Airwolf and Dominic and Hawke tell Eddie that he has to help them. After the desitruction of the missile, Dominic, Hawke and Eddie drive Eddie back to his trailer and Eddie tells Dominic he is going to try to get sober. Eddie goes into his trailer and opens a bottle of liquor as Dominic goes inside to tell him something. Dominic then tells Eddie that no one can live his life for him and he leaves. Eddie looks at the bottle of liquor and Dominic and Hawke leave Eddie's property.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 2 Episode 3 Moffett's Ghost played by Ernest Borgnine
Dominic and Hawke are transporting Dr. Burton in Airwolf to a secret meeting with Soviet scientists. As they cross the Bering Sea, Hawke promises to pick Dr. Burton up when the meeting ends. They land in Russia and Dr. Burton is greeted by the Soviet scientists. At Hawke's cabin, Marella mentions to Hawke and Dominic if Dr. Burton didn't have to work in secret, he would have won numerous Peace Prizes. Archangel tells Hawke he has to make sure he picks up Dr. Burton, or it would be a propaganda nightmare. Archangel asks him if he has had any problems with Airwolf and then tells Hawke, while Marella was monitoring the NORAD map she saw several stray targets. After Archangel and Marella leave, Dominic mentions to Hawke how the computers in Airwolf were acting up. Dominic and Hawke are flying Airwolf when the navigation system starts to run itself and takes over flying Airwolf. The weapon system automatically comes on and fires upon and destroys a drone. They land Airwolf and Dominic asks Hawke how they are going to pick up Dr. Burton if they can't control Airwolf. Dominic then suggests asking Archangel for help, but Hawke refuses. They go to the research office of Dr. Hanson. Hawke tells Dr. Hanson he came to see her about Airwolf and that Airwolf is having computer problems. Dominic and Hawke take a blindfolded Dr. Hanson to Airwolf's secret lair and she notices the computer is on. They watch the video and learn that Moffet put a program in place that would take over Airwolf if he was ever imprisoned or killed. Dr. Hanson explains to Dominic and Hawke how a logic bomb works and how complicated it will be to fix the logic bomb Moffet left in Airwolf. Dr. Hanson continues to work on the computer system of Airwolf and after being shocked, thinks she might have fixed the program. Dominic, Hawke and Dr. Hanson take Airwolf out to test it and the weapons system auto locks on a Cessna plane. It fires towards the plane, and Hawke tells Dr. Hanson they installed blank rounds in the chain guns. Dr. Hanson figures out how to temporarily take control of Airwolf again and they land. She tells Hawke if she had a more powerful computer she might be able to override the program. Hawke and Dominic show Archangel and Marella, Moffet's video and Archangel tells them Airwolf should be grounded. Before they leave, Marella gives them classified detailed designs of Airwolf to give to Dr. Hanson. In the morning, Dr. Hanson tells Dominic and Hawke she doesn't know if she fixed Airwolf and as they about to lift off, she tells them that she planted an explosive in Airwolf and threatens to detonate it. Hawke tells Dr. Hanson he needs her help to save Dr. Burton and gives her the option of detonating the bomb or helping them. A group of FIRM agents follow the signal of a homing device that Archangel also gave to Dr. Hanson to Callahan's Old West Indian Museum. Dominic walks out of the museum and starts to laugh as the agents turn around and leave.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 2 Episode 4 The Truth About Holly played by Ernest Borgnine
In Taxquetl, Mexico, Hawke sneaks inside of a mansion. Hawke and Holly Matthews escape out of the mansion and run to Airwolf as an alarm goes off and Ed Aarons' security chase and shoot at them. They return to the United States and Lieutenant Grodin questions them about Holly and if she was kidnapped. They then argue with Grodin about whether Holly was being held against her will. Dominic and Holly have lunch and she tells Dominic she feels dirty for moving in with Aarons. Holly sees a man and runs away from the table and Dominic runs after her and tells her the nightmare will end little by little. Caitlin O'Shannessy and Dominic are walking to James' funeral when Caitlin accepts working part time for Dominic. On the movie set, Mr. Carlson runs over to Hawke and asks him and Dominic to do the stunt in one take to help with the budget. At the last minute Dominic tells Caitlin he doesn't want her to do the stunt due to her inexperience, but she tells him she will manage. Caitlin then gets into the helicopter to perform the stunt. As she is flying, a bolt comes loose and falls out of the cyclic control. She manages to land the helicopter on the set of a Roman film being shot. Hawke and Dominic run to Caitlin and she tells Hawke the cyclic was jammed. Everett runs to Dominic and points out Tony and Hernando. Dominic and Hawke chase after Tony and Hernando, but they get away. They drive to Edw. Aarons Inc. and Worker asks what he can do for them. Hawke asks to see Aarons and when Worker tells him he isn't there, Hawke keeps on walking. They are stopped by Mancini and Hawke tells him he wants to see Aarons. Mancini tells Hawke, Aarons is in Mexico and Hawke and Dominic tell Mancini to tell Aarons to stay away from Holly. As Caitlin is about to take Holly to Hawke's cabin, Dominic warns her about a restrictive airspace she will have to go around. As Dominic is getting the helicopter ready, a fire breaks out and Caitlin runs over and warns him right before the helicopter explodes. Dominic accuses Aarons of being behind it to Lieutenant Grodin, but Grodin tells him he needs evidence. Everett gives Dominic the phone and Aarons asks to meet with him. Hawke and Dominic land Airwolf and meet with Aarons who tells them he is glad Holly is gone and he just wanted his coded account book which she stole. Aarons then tells them that Holly is crazy and makes up lies and once sent herself a dead cat and cut his break lines. Aarons then asks for a truce and after accepting, Dominic punches him in the face. Everett contacts Dominic and tells him Caitlin and Holly took his helicopter to go to Hawke's cabin. A jet fires a missile at Caitlin and Hawke has Dominic fire a sunburst. Caitlin manages to take the gun away from Holly and flies out of the restricted area. At Dominic's hangar, Holly tells Hawke that her grandmother told her she is going to a nice place for vacation and then she is put in a car and taken away to a mental ward. After she leaves Caitlin is hired by Dominic.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 2 Episode 5 The Hunted played by Ernest Borgnine
Hawke and Dominic are flying Airwolf in the desert when the port engine goes out. They land Airwolf in its lair and Dominic tells Hawke they need to do maintenance on Airwolf. At Dominic's hangar, Dominic arrives and reminds Caitlin she is only a part time worker and she leaves to go on a date. Rosalind Gregory arrives and tells Caitlin she is there to see Dominic. Rosalind then introduces Tony Spandel to Dominic and Dominic starts to introduce Hawke, but Rosalind already knows who he is. She tells Dominic that she would like to contract Santini Air for thirty days to fly company staff when needed. When Hawke asks who is paying, Rosalind tells him Carter Anderson III. Rosalind and the others leave and Dominic tells Hawke how excited he is over the deal, but Hawke doesn't agree. Hawke and Dominic again take out Airwolf, but one engine continues to stall. Hawke tells Dominic he doesn't trust the Anderson deal. They arrive at Santini Air and ask Everett who all the people are searching through the hangar. Hawke asks Tony what is going on and Dominic notices one of the people is photographing his personal paperwork. While Dominic is fixing a fuel control unit, Hawke tells Dominic he worries maybe Anderson is trying to steal Airwolf. Caitlin shows up and asks what Dominic is working on. Dominic then tells her she is on full time for a month and as she is leaving she figures out the gadget is an electric fuel control unit. Caitlin is flying with Hawke and Dominic when Hawke tells her she is the one that is going to fly Anderson. Dominic and Hawke take Rosalind and Tony to a bar and discuss how the operation will go. Later, Robert Villers in a Corsair, pulls along Caitlin's plane and she calls Hawke for help. Robert starts firing missiles at Caitlin's plane and Hawke and Dominic arrive in Airwolf to help. Robert then starts firing at both Airwolf and Caitlin's plane. Hawke gets behind Robert's Corsair and fires his chain guns, disabling the Corsair. Robert gets on the radio and tells Caitlin he will see her and tells Hawke and Dominic good show and then the Corsair explodes. At Hawke's cabin, Dominic tells Hawke he can't get Caitlin to feel better and Hawke goes outside with his cello and Tet. Caitlin tells Hawke not to bother trying to make her feel better, and he plays songs to follow her mood. He then denies the existence of Airwolf as a joke. Caitlin gets riled up and Hawke tells Dominic, Caitlin must be feeling better.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 2 Episode 6 Sins of the Past played by Ernest Borgnine
Hawke goes inside the offices at Santini Air and finds Dominic sitting at his desk. Hawke tells Dominic, Archangel wants them to go on a mission. Dominic then tells Hawke that his daughter Sally died and she is to be buried the next day. They take Airwolf to San Remo island and on their way Dominic tells Hawke of how he hadn't seen Sally in years. Dominic and Hawke are walking along the beach when Dominic sees Aaron Martin. Dominic thanks Aaron for calling him and telling him about Sally and Aaron asks him if he is going to control himself at the funeral. They go to the Our Lady of the Bay church and Dominic kisses the head and kneels in front of Sally's body. Lila Santini walks into the church and she and Dominic exchange looks. At the cemetery, Father Donovan leads the eulogy for Sally, but is interrupted by Lila, who declares that the only reason anyone is at the funeral is to collect money. Lila continues to pester Dominic about why he is at the funeral. Before leaving, Lila tells Dominic that Sally hated him and she isn't sure that Sally was even his daughter. Lila is at her home when Dominic shows up and asks to get the locket he gave to Sally. She continues to insult him and then drops the locket on the ground. Before he leaves, Lila tells him, he was the only mistake she ever regretted. Dominic and Hawke then start on the mission for Archangel and when they return to the hangar, Caitlin runs up to them and tells them Lieutenant Grodin is there to speak with Dominic. Grodin walks up to them and asks Dominic where he was the night before and hands him a picture of Lila and then arrests him for suspicion of murder of Lila who was beaten to death. Dominic is photographed by a Police Photographer and then has his fingerprints taken. Hawke visits Dominic at the County of Los Angeles Central Jail and Dominic tells Hawke he is having memories of being locked up in a North Korean prison camp. Caitlin goes to the prison and visits Dominic and tells him, Hawke is working on a plan to get him out. Later, Dominic arrives with Hawke and they celebrate his release from prison. Dominic then opens Sally's locket and looks at her photo inside.
